The Christine and Lawrence Smith Charitable Trust focuses on supporting local community social services with a strong emphasis on faith-based programming and direct service organizations. Their giving prioritizes close, repeat relationships with a small number of local providers that deliver community programs, youth services, and grief/counseling support. Grants skew to a handful of large awards rather than many small gifts, often directed to organizations providing hands-on social and recreational services in the community.
Concentrated, large-dollar giving to a few repeat local grantees (multiple multi-year or repeat grants), favoring community social programs and faith-based institutions over broad national grantmaking.
A single place-based pattern defines the Christine and Lawrence Smith Charitable Trust: large, repeated support for community social programs in Pennsylvania, especially through Central Schwenkfelder Church. The trust gave that organization $426,332 in 2025 and $225,000 in 2024, making it the clearest anchor in the recent record. Other substantial awards show the same direct-service orientation, including $210,000 to the YMCA in Conshohocken and $204,000 to the Center for Loss and Bereavement in Skippack. The trust’s giving favors organizations that deliver services locally rather than broad national initiatives, and its recipient list is concentrated among churches, YMCAs, senior living communities, youth-serving charities, and counseling providers. Grants also reach community-based groups tied to recreation, children’s services, and neighborhood support. Across the recent grants list, the pattern is consistent: support for organizations that serve residents through hands-on programming, social connection, and practical assistance. The trust’s awards are not spread widely across many states or countries; they stay within Pennsylvania and often return to the same organizations across multiple years.
The trust’s strongest theme is community social programs delivered through local institutions. It supported Central Schwenkfelder Church with $426,332 in 2025 for community social programs, and the same organization also received $225,000 in 2024 and $105,000 in 2023. The YMCA is another recurring channel for this work: the trust gave $210,000 in 2024 and $200,000 in 2025 to the Conshohocken branch for community social programs, plus $10,000 in 2023. For counseling and bereavement support, the Center for Loss and Bereavement received $204,000 in 2023. Children’s services also appear in the record, including $100,000 in 2025 to Variety - the Children's Charity for community social programs. Smaller awards extend the same pattern to recreation, senior support, historical groups, and local volunteer organizations.
Typical grants cluster around a median of $10,000, with a p25 of $2,000 and a p75 of $101,250, while the recent record also includes several very large awards. The trust repeatedly funds the same recipients across multiple years, including Central Schwenkfelder Church, the YMCA in Conshohocken, Meadowood Senior Living, Rodale Institute, Natural Lands Trust, and Sebastian Riding Associates. That repeat pattern suggests ongoing relationships rather than one-time awards. The trust is not an operating foundation in the usual sense of a broad national grantmaker; it is a local charitable trust with giving confined to Pennsylvania. It does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments.
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Most grants fall between $2K and $101K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$101K
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Notable grantees: Central Schwenkfeler Church, YMCA, Center for Loss and Bereavement, Variety — The Children's Charity
All recent grants in the dataset went to U.S. recipients, and every grant landed in Pennsylvania. The clearest recipient clusters are in Lansdale, Conshohocken, Worcester, and Skippack, with additional awards in Collegeville, Kutztown, Media, and Audubon. The trust gives most often in Pennsylvania, matching the 100% in-state share of grants. Because the giving is local, geography looks tightly centered on nearby communities rather than a multi-state footprint.
It supports local community social services, especially faith-based programming, direct service organizations, youth services, bereavement and counseling support, and children’s services. Recent grants also include senior living, recreation, volunteer groups, and community-focused environmental or civic organizations.
Yes. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including Central Schwenkfelder Church, the YMCA in Conshohocken, Meadowood Senior Living, Rodale Institute, Natural Lands Trust, and Sebastian Riding Associates. The pattern points to repeat relationships with local providers.
The median recent grant is $10,000. The middle half of grants falls between $2,000 at the 25th percentile and $101,250 at the 75th percentile, showing a mix of smaller community awards and larger anchor grants.
Its giving is entirely in Pennsylvania in the recent data, with 24 out of 24 grants going to U.S. recipients in the state. Recipient cities include Lansdale, Conshohocken, Worcester, Skippack, Collegeville, Kutztown, Media, and Audubon.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YMCA | CONSHOHOCKEN, PA | $200,000 | 2026 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| CENTRAL SCHWENKFELDER CHURCH | LANSDALE, PA | $125,000 | 2026 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| CENTER FOR LOSS AND BEREAVEMENT | SKIPPACK, PA | $102,000 | 2026 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| MEADOWOOD SENIOR LIVING | LANSDALE, PA | $5,000 | 2026 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| MEADOWOOD RESIDENT ASSOCIATION SPRING APPEAL | LANSDALE, PA | $1,000 | 2026 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| CENTRAL SCHWENKFELDER CHURCH | LANSDALE, PA | $426,332 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| YMCA | CONSHOHOCKEN, PA | $200,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY | WORCESTER, PA | $100,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| RODALE INSTITUTE | KUTZTOWN, PA | $25,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| NATURAL LANDS TRUST | MEDIA, PA | $5,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| SEBASTIAN RIDING ASSOCIATES | COLLEGEVILLE, PA | $2,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| WORCESTER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT | WORCESTER, PA | $2,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| FRIENDS OF WORCESTER | WORCESTER, PA | $1,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| ST ANDREW'S LUTHERAN CHURCH | AUDUBON, PA | $1,000 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| MEADOWOOD RESIDENT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION | LANSDALE, PA | $500 | 2025 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| CENTRAL SCHWENKFELDER CHURCH | LANSDALE, PA | $225,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| YMCA | CONSHOHOCKEN, PA | $210,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| MEADOWOOD SENIOR LIVING | LANSDALE, PA | $22,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| RODALE INSTITUTE | KUTZTOWN, PA | $10,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| NATURAL LANDS TRUST | MEDIA, PA | $5,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY | WORCESTER, PA | $5,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| SEBASTIAN RIDING ASSOCIATES | COLLEGEVILLE, PA | $1,000 | 2024 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| CENTER FOR LOSS AND BEREAVEMENT | SKIPPACK, PA | $204,000 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| CENTRAL SCHWENKFELDER CHURCH | LANSDALE, PA | $105,000 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| MEADOWOOD SENIOR LIVING | LANSDALE, PA | $50,000 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| YMCA | CONSHOHOCKEN, PA | $10,000 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| RODALE INSTITUTE | KUTZTOWN, PA | $10,000 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| NATURAL LANDS TRUST | MEDIA, PA | $5,000 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
| WORCESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY | LANSDALE, PA | $2,000 | 2023 | COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS |
YMCA
$200,000COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS
CENTRAL SCHWENKFELDER CHURCH
$125,000COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS
CENTER FOR LOSS AND BEREAVEMENT
$102,000COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS
MEADOWOOD SENIOR LIVING
$5,000COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS
MEADOWOOD RESIDENT ASSOCIATION SPRING APPEAL
$1,000COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS
CENTRAL SCHWENKFELDER CHURCH
$426,332COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS
YMCA
$200,000COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS
VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY
$100,000COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SEBASTIAN RIDING ASSOCIATES
$2,000COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS
WORCESTER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
$2,000COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS
FRIENDS OF WORCESTER
$1,000COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS
ST ANDREW'S LUTHERAN CHURCH
$1,000COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS
MEADOWOOD RESIDENT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
$500COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS
CENTRAL SCHWENKFELDER CHURCH
$225,000COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS
MEADOWOOD SENIOR LIVING
$22,000COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS
VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY
$5,000COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SEBASTIAN RIDING ASSOCIATES
$1,000COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS
CENTER FOR LOSS AND BEREAVEMENT
$204,000COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS
CENTRAL SCHWENKFELDER CHURCH
$105,000COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS
MEADOWOOD SENIOR LIVING
$50,000COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS
WORCESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY
$2,000COMMUNITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS