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    W W Smith Charitable Trust Tuw

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    SAINT LOUIS, MOWebsite6103971844

    About W W Smith Charitable Trust Tuw

    The W W Smith Charitable Trust TUW appears to operate as a small-number, large-dollar grantmaker: nearly all reported giving ($28M) is distributed in just three grants listed only as 'See Attached Distribution Schedule' with purposes marked 'VARIOUS'. Because recipient names and program details are not disclosed in this dataset, specific issue-area priorities cannot be reliably identified; the trust's behavior suggests flexible, multi-purpose disbursements rather than many targeted small gifts. This pattern is consistent with a private trust making a few substantial awards (possibly endowment distributions, capital gifts, or multi-recipient distributions) rather than routine program-by-program philanthropy.

    Focus Areas

    Not discernible from provided data — recipients and purposes are listed only as 'various' on an attached distribution scheduleLikely flexible multi-purpose grants (e.g., unrestricted operating support or capital distributions)Probable local or regional focus centered on Saint Louis-area organizations (inference based on foundation location, not confirmed)

    Who They Fund

    students/individual scholarship recipientsmedical researchers and research teamspeople living with cancer

    About W W Smith Charitable Trust Tuw

    The W W Smith Charitable Trust Tuw gives on a large-dollar, small-number basis: three reported distributions from 2023 to 2025 account for nearly $28 million, all routed through a single entry labeled “See Attached Distribution Schedule” with the purpose marked “VARIOUS.” Alongside those broad distributions, the trust also makes named awards in scholarships and medical research, showing a mix of flexible trust-level payouts and specific program grants. Its stated program areas include institutional scholarships, basic needs support, maritime education, and medical research related to heart disease, cancer, and AIDS. The scholarship side of the portfolio is built around colleges and universities in the Greater Philadelphia region and Camden, with grants to institutions such as Temple University-of the Commonwealth System of Higher Educ and Drexel University. In health research, the trust supports nonprofit institutions in the same regional footprint, including the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The most recent grant list shows repeated awards across these categories in 2025, indicating an active but highly concentrated pattern of giving.

    What W W Smith Charitable Trust Tuw Funds

    Institutional scholarships are a clear part of the trust’s work. In 2025, it gave $223,000 to Temple University-of the Commonwealth System of Higher Educ, $200,000 to Drexel University, and $163,000 to West Chester University Foundation, all listed for scholarships. Medical research is another defined channel. The trust awarded $125,000 to Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania for AIDS medical research, $125,000 to Johns Hopkins University for heart disease medical research, and $125,000 to Lankenau Institute for Medical Research for cancer medical research. The same year, additional research grants went to Thomas Jefferson University, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Wistar Institute of Anatomy & Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, and Pennsylvania State University Philanthropic Fund across the three disease areas. Basic needs and maritime education are also active program areas in the trust’s stated grant programs.

    How W W Smith Charitable Trust Tuw Gives

    Typical grant size is very high: the p25 is $8,961,839, median is $9,721,619, and p75 is $9,924,236. That spread reflects a structure built around a few large trust-level distributions, plus many smaller program awards. The recent grants list shows the same recipient names repeating across 2025 in different purpose categories, which suggests recurring institutional relationships rather than one-off contact. The trust is classified as a regular funder and does not fund individuals directly in the dataset. Unsolicited applications are accepted for the listed active programs.

    Open Grant Opportunities

    Current and upcoming funding from W W Smith Charitable Trust Tuw that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.

    Open nowCloses in 19 days (Jul 15, 2026)Award: $100K – $125K

    Medical Research Grants

    Heart disease researchCancer researchAIDS research

    Who can apply: 501(c)(3) nonprofit research organizations; applications must be for the work of individual investigators, not the general work of research centers; organization must be located in the five-county Greater Philadelphia region or Camden, NJ; one application per discipline per parent organization; published material relevant to the project must be provided.

    Deadline: July 15 by 11:59 p.m. EST

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    Financial Snapshot

    Annual Giving

    $12.1M

    Total Assets

    $243.2M

    Total Revenue

    $14.8M

    Total Expenses

    $13.1M

    Typical Grant Size

    Most grants fall between $9M and $9.9M, with a median of $9.7M.

    25th Percentile

    $9M

    Median

    $9.7M

    75th Percentile

    $9.9M

    Geographic Reach

    Local1 state funded

    About 0% of grants go to recipients in PA.

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    people living with heart disease/cardiovascular conditions
    people living with HIV/AIDS
    low-income individuals and families experiencing basic-needs insecurity

    Giving Approach

    Highly concentrated: very large total dollars spread across a tiny number of grants; appears to favor sizable, possibly unrestricted or multi-recipient distributions rather than many small or program-specific awards.

    Funding Style

    individual financial aid (scholarships)disease-specific research fundingdirect/basic-needs service supportproject-restricted or purpose-specific grants

    Notable grantees: Undisclosed recipients per 'See Attached Distribution Schedule' (grant 1 of 3), Undisclosed recipients per 'See Attached Distribution Schedule' (grant 2 of 3), Undisclosed recipients per 'See Attached Distribution Schedule' (grant 3 of 3)

    Topics

    educational scholarships (individual student support)cancer medical researchheart disease/cardiovascular researchHIV/AIDS medical researchbasic needs assistance (food, shelter, emergency aid)

    Where W W Smith Charitable Trust Tuw Makes Grants

    Giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania, which is the top state by grant count, while 0% of grants go to recipients in Missouri, the headquarters state. Recent recipients include Philadelphia, West Chester, Wynnewood, University Park, Collegeville, Glenside, and Chester in Pennsylvania, plus Baltimore, Maryland and Glassboro, New Jersey. The grant programs also specify the Greater Philadelphia region and the City of Camden, NJ as core service areas, matching the recipient pattern in the list.

    Frequently Asked Questions About W W Smith Charitable Trust Tuw

    What kinds of programs does The W W Smith Charitable Trust Tuw fund?

    Its active programs include institutional scholarships, basic needs support, maritime education, and medical research. The medical research program focuses on heart disease, cancer, and AIDS, while the basic needs program supports food, clothing, or shelter assistance for children and older adults.

    Does The W W Smith Charitable Trust Tuw accept unsolicited applications?

    Yes. The listed Scholarship Program, Basic Needs Program, Maritime Education Grants, and Medical Research Grants all accept unsolicited applications.

    Where does the trust mainly give?

    Grantmaking is concentrated in Pennsylvania, with Philadelphia-area institutions appearing often and the active programs limited to the Greater Philadelphia region and the City of Camden, NJ. The recipient list also includes organizations in Baltimore, Maryland and Glassboro, New Jersey.

    What is a typical grant size?

    The reported grant-size distribution is very large: p25 is $8,961,839, median is $9,721,619, and p75 is $9,924,236. The recent grants list also includes many smaller institutional awards, such as scholarship and medical research grants at $125,000 to $223,000.

    Does the trust give repeated awards to the same institutions?

    Yes. The recent grants list shows the same organizations appearing more than once in 2025 across different purposes, including Drexel University, Johns Hopkins University, Thomas Jefferson University, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Wistar Institute of Anatomy & Biology.

    Latest 990 Filing

    2025

    Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.

    Open nowCloses Dec 15, 2026Award: $5K+

    Basic Needs Program

    FoodClothingShelter+1 more

    Who can apply: 501(c)(3) organizations in existence for at least one year; established service location in the five-county Greater Philadelphia region or Camden, NJ; one proposal at a time and one grant per year; funds must address food, clothing, and/or shelter; no grants to private foundations, Type III supporting organizations, or individuals.

    Deadline: June 15 by 11:59 p.m. EST; December 15 by 11:59 p.m. EST

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    Recent Grants

    Most recent grants reported to the IRS.

    RecipientLocationAmountYearPurpose
    See Attached Distribution ScheduleWest Conshohocken, PA$8,202,0592025VARIOUS
    TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCPHILADELPHIA, PA$223,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    DREXEL UNIVERSITYPHILADELPHIA, PA$200,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONWEST CHESTER, PA$163,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    ROWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCGLASSBORO, NJ$155,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    SAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITYPHILADELPHIA, PA$141,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    VILLANOVA UNIVERSITYVILLANOVA, PA$138,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYBALTIMORE, MD$125,0002025HEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH
    WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY & BIOLOGYPHILADELPHIA, PA$125,0002025CANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH
    TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAPHILADELPHIA, PA$125,0002025HEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH
    DREXEL UNIVERSITYPHILADELPHIA, PA$125,0002025AIDS MEDICAL RESEARCH
    LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCHWYNNEWOOD, PA$125,0002025CANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH
    DREXEL UNIVERSITYPHILADELPHIA, PA$125,0002025HEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH
    THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIAPHILADELPHIA, PA$125,0002025HEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH
    THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIAPHILADELPHIA, PA$125,0002025CANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH
    WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY & BIOLOGYPHILADELPHIA, PA$125,0002025AIDS MEDICAL RESEARCH
    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITYPHILADELPHIA, PA$125,0002025HEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH
    DREXEL UNIVERSITYPHILADELPHIA, PA$125,0002025CANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH
    TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAPHILADELPHIA, PA$125,0002025AIDS MEDICAL RESEARCH
    INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCHPHILADELPHIA, PA$125,0002025CANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH
    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITYPHILADELPHIA, PA$124,9312025CANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH
    PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PHILANTHROPIC FUNDUNIVERSITY PARK, PA$124,5052025CANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH
    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITYPHILADELPHIA, PA$123,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PHILANTHROPIC FUNDUNIVERSITY PARK, PA$121,5302025HEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH
    URSINUS COLLEGECOLLEGEVILLE, PA$120,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYBALTIMORE, MD$116,7702025AIDS MEDICAL RESEARCH
    ARCADIA UNIVERSITYGLENSIDE, PA$113,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    WIDENER UNIVERSITYCHESTER, PA$112,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONCAMDEN, NJ$111,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    WILLIAMSON COLLEGE OF THE TRADESMEDIA, PA$110,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    HOLY FAMILY UNIVERSITYPHILADELPHIA, PA$110,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    LA SALLE UNIVERSITYPHILADELPHIA, PA$106,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    BRYN MAWR COLLEGEBRYN MAWR, PA$106,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    DELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITYDOYLESTOWN, PA$105,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    SAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITYPHILADELPHIA, PA$101,1872025CANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH
    NEUMANN UNIVERSITYASTON, PA$100,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    GWYNEDD MERCY UNIVERSITYGWYNEDD VALLEY, PA$99,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    CHESNUT HILL COLLEGE OF THE SISTERS OF ST JOSEPHPHILADELPHIA, PA$92,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    EASTERN UNIVERSITYST DAVIDS, PA$91,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGNPHILADELPHIA, PA$90,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    HARCUM COLLEGEBRYN MAWR, PA$89,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    IMMACULATA UNIVERSITYIMMACULATA, PA$88,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PHILANTHROPIC FUNDABINGTON, PA$85,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    CORPORATION OF HAVERFORD COLLEGEHAVERFORD, PA$85,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    CAIRN UNIVERSITYLANGHORNE, PA$84,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    ROWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCGLASSBORO, NJ$83,8322025CANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH
    SHARING EXCESSPHILADELPHIA, PA$80,0002025BASIC NEEDS
    PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PHILANTHROPIC FUNDMEDIA, PA$75,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS
    NUTRITIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICESPHILADELPHIA, PA$70,0002025BASIC NEEDS
    TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAPHILADELPHIA, PA$70,0002025SCHOLARSHIPS

    See Attached Distribution Schedule

    $8,202,059
    West Conshohocken, PA2025

    VARIOUS

    TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUC

    $223,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    DREXEL UNIVERSITY

    $200,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

    $163,000
    WEST CHESTER, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    ROWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC

    $155,000
    GLASSBORO, NJ2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    SAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY

    $141,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY

    $138,000
    VILLANOVA, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

    $125,000
    BALTIMORE, MD2025

    HEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH

    WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY & BIOLOGY

    $125,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    CANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH

    TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

    $125,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    HEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH

    DREXEL UNIVERSITY

    $125,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    AIDS MEDICAL RESEARCH

    LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH

    $125,000
    WYNNEWOOD, PA2025

    CANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH

    DREXEL UNIVERSITY

    $125,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    HEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH

    THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA

    $125,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    HEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH

    THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA

    $125,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    CANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH

    WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY & BIOLOGY

    $125,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    AIDS MEDICAL RESEARCH

    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY

    $125,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    HEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH

    DREXEL UNIVERSITY

    $125,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    CANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH

    TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

    $125,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    AIDS MEDICAL RESEARCH

    INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH

    $125,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    CANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH

    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY

    $124,931
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    CANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH

    PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PHILANTHROPIC FUND

    $124,505
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA2025

    CANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH

    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY

    $123,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PHILANTHROPIC FUND

    $121,530
    UNIVERSITY PARK, PA2025

    HEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH

    URSINUS COLLEGE

    $120,000
    COLLEGEVILLE, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

    $116,770
    BALTIMORE, MD2025

    AIDS MEDICAL RESEARCH

    ARCADIA UNIVERSITY

    $113,000
    GLENSIDE, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    WIDENER UNIVERSITY

    $112,000
    CHESTER, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

    $111,000
    CAMDEN, NJ2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    WILLIAMSON COLLEGE OF THE TRADES

    $110,000
    MEDIA, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    HOLY FAMILY UNIVERSITY

    $110,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    LA SALLE UNIVERSITY

    $106,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    BRYN MAWR COLLEGE

    $106,000
    BRYN MAWR, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    DELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY

    $105,000
    DOYLESTOWN, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    SAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY

    $101,187
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    CANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH

    NEUMANN UNIVERSITY

    $100,000
    ASTON, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    GWYNEDD MERCY UNIVERSITY

    $99,000
    GWYNEDD VALLEY, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    CHESNUT HILL COLLEGE OF THE SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH

    $92,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    EASTERN UNIVERSITY

    $91,000
    ST DAVIDS, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    MOORE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN

    $90,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    HARCUM COLLEGE

    $89,000
    BRYN MAWR, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    IMMACULATA UNIVERSITY

    $88,000
    IMMACULATA, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PHILANTHROPIC FUND

    $85,000
    ABINGTON, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    CORPORATION OF HAVERFORD COLLEGE

    $85,000
    HAVERFORD, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    CAIRN UNIVERSITY

    $84,000
    LANGHORNE, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    ROWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC

    $83,832
    GLASSBORO, NJ2025

    CANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH

    SHARING EXCESS

    $80,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    BASIC NEEDS

    PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PHILANTHROPIC FUND

    $75,000
    MEDIA, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS

    NUTRITIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

    $70,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    BASIC NEEDS

    TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

    $70,000
    PHILADELPHIA, PA2025

    SCHOLARSHIPS