Private foundation · New York, NY

Emily L and Robert E Smith Foundation

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Typical grant size
$200 – $500 – $1K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
27
Repeat grantees
14
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2025 990-PF

Leadership · from 2025 990-PF

Emily L Smith
DIRECTOR/VICE-PRESIDENT
Robert E Smith
DIRECTOR/SECRETARY/TREAS.
Amy Lynn Smith
DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT
Karen Gail Smith
DIRECTOR/VICE-PRESIDENT
Victoria Ann Smith
DIRECTOR/VICE-PRESIDENT

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2025
9.4%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
'25
142
Total grants awarded
$226K
Total amount
$2K
Average grant
$15K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2025
$17K
5 grants
2024
$18K
13 grants
2023
$13K
13 grants
2022
$5K
14 grants
2020
$13K
5 grants
2019
$100
1 grants
2018
$17K
10 grants
2017
$29K
13 grants
2016
$24K
15 grants
2015
$27K
18 grants
2014
$22K
17 grants
2013
$41K
18 grants

Top recipients

The Brookings Institute
6 grants · DC
$60K
6 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$24K
5 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$20K
7 grants · NH · ≈ likely match
$17K
Ronald Mc Donald House
1 grant · NY
$15K
Emily & Robt Smith Fordham University Scholarship Fund
3 grants · NY
$15K
Brookings Institute
1 grant · DC
$10K
9 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$6K
Emmily & Robt Smith Fordham University Scholarship Fund
2 grants · NY
$5K
1 grant · NY · ✓ Exact match
$5K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Fordham University
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2025
$7K
Dartmouth College
OPERATIONS
NH · TY 2025
$7K
Bronx Community College Foundation
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2025
$1K
The York Theater
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2025
$1K
Brookdale Community College
OPERATIONS
NJ · TY 2025
$1K
Dartmouth College
OPERATIONS
NH · TY 2024
$5K
Fordham University
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2024
$5K
Planned Parenthood
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2024
$1K
American Diabetes Association
OPERATIONS
VA · TY 2024
$1K
Fortune Society
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2024
$1K
Phi Beta Kappa
OPERATIONS
DC · TY 2024
$1K
Central Park Conservancy
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2024
$500
Smith College
OPERATIONS
MA · TY 2024
$500
Morristown Beard School
OPERATIONS
NJ · TY 2024
$500
Nature Conservancy
OPERATIONS
VA · TY 2024
$500
Harvard Law School
OPERATIONS
MA · TY 2024
$500
Grass Roots Tennis
OPERATIONS
CT · TY 2024
$500
Thirteen
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2024
$500
Fordham University
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2023
$5K
Dystonia Medical Research
OPERATIONS
IL · TY 2023
$2K
Brookdale Community College
OPERATIONS
NJ · TY 2023
$1K
Thirteen
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2023
$500
Central Park Conservancy
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2023
$500
Planned Parenthood
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2023
$500
Harvard Law School
OPERATIONS
MA · TY 2023
$500
American Diabetes Association
OPERATIONS
VA · TY 2023
$500
Fortune Society
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2023
$500
Dartmouth College
OPERATIONS
NH · TY 2023
$500
Morristown Beard School
OPERATIONS
NJ · TY 2023
$500
Phi Beta Kappa
OPERATIONS
DC · TY 2023
$500
Nature Conservancy
OPERATIONS
VA · TY 2023
$500
Chess Foundation
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2022
$1K
Fortune Society
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2022
$500
Dartmouth College
OPERATIONS
NH · TY 2022
$500
American Diabetes Association
OPERATIONS
VA · TY 2022
$500
Fordham University
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2022
$500
Thirteen
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2022
$350
Harvard University
OPERATIONS
MA · TY 2022
$300
Grassroots Tennis
OPERATIONS
CT · TY 2022
$250
Frick Collection
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2022
$100
Phi Beta Kappa
OPERATIONS
DC · TY 2022
$100
Metropolitan Museum of Art
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2022
$100
Planned Parenthood
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2022
$100
Nature Conservancy
OPERATIONS
VA · TY 2022
$100
Central Park Conservancy
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2022
$100
Brookings Institute
OPERATIONS
DC · TY 2020
$10K
Museuem of Modern Art
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2020
$3K
Lower East Side Girls Club
OPERATIONS
NY · TY 2020
$100
American Diabetes Association
OPERATIONS
VA · TY 2020
$80
St Joseph Indian School
OPERATIONS
SD · TY 2020
$75

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.