Funding search · EIN 473862135 · Boca Raton, FL
Thomas W Smith Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 257
- grants reported
- $37.0M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $110,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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4 grants matching “watchdogging” · $570,000
- $150,000
American Watchdogs · Paris, IL · 2025
Public policy
- $150,000
American Watchdogs · Paris, IL · 2024
Public policy
- $150,000
American Watchdogs · Paris, IL · 2023
Public policy
- $120,000
American Watchdogs · Paris, IL · 2022
Public policy
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Manhattan Institute4 grants · $4.5M
- Real Clear Foundation4 grants · $1.4M
- University of Notre Dame4 grants · $1.4M
- Vmts Education4 grants · $1.2M
- Institute for Humane Studies3 grants · $1.1M
- Princeton University4 grants · $1.0M
- Heterodox Academy4 grants · $900,000
- New Civil Liberties Alliance3 grants · $883,000
- Kenyon College4 grants · $874,000
- Texas Public Policy Foundation2 grants · $825,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 257 grants.
- $1.3M
Manhattan Institute · New York, NY · 2023
Education/public policy
- $1.1M
Manhattan Institute · New York, NY · 2025
Education/public policy
- $1.1M
Manhattan Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Education/public policy
- $982,988
Manhattan Institute · New York, NY · 2022
Education/public policy
- $575,000
Texas Public Policy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2025
Energy policy
- $500,000
Real Clear Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Education
- $460,000
Institute for Humane Studies · Arlington, VA · 2022
Community
- $400,000
Real Clear Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Education
- $377,000
Kenyon College · Gambier, OH · 2022
Education
- $375,000
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2022
Education
- $350,000
University of Notre Dame · South Bend, IN · 2025
Education
- $350,000
Institute for Humane Studies · Arlington, VA · 2024
Community
- $350,000
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Education
- $350,000
Real Clear Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Education
- $350,000
University of Notre Dame · South Bend, IN · 2024
Education
- $350,000
University of Notre Dame · South Bend, IN · 2023
Education
- $350,000
University of Notre Dame · South Bend, IN · 2022
Education
- $333,000
New Civil Liberties Alliance · Washington, DC · 2022
Public policy
- $320,000
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Education
- $310,000
Institute for Humane Studies · Arlington, VA · 2023
Community
- $300,000
George Mason University Fdtn - the Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2025
Education
- $300,000
New Civil Liberties Alliance · Washington, DC · 2025
Public policy
- $300,000
Vmts Education · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Public policy
- $300,000
Vmts Education · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Public policy
- $300,000
American Legislative Exchange Council · Arlington, VA · 2023
Public policy
- $300,000
Vmts Education · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Public policy
- $300,000
American Transparency · Burr Ridge, IL · 2022
Education
- $300,000
Vmts Education · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Public policy
- $270,000
Pacific Research Institute · Pasadena, CA · 2025
Research
- $270,000
Pacific Research Institute · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Research
- $255,000
Georgetown U Law Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Education
- $250,000
Fdrlst Media Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Public policy
- $250,000
Heterodox Academy · New York, NY · 2025
Education
- $250,000
The Graduate Center Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Education
- $250,000
American Transparency · Burr Ridge, IL · 2024
Education
- $250,000
Graduate School Foundation-Cuny · New York, NY · 2024
Education
- $250,000
Heterodox Academy · New York, NY · 2024
Education
- $250,000
New Civil Liberties Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024
Public policy
- $250,000
Texas Public Policy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
Energy policy
- $250,000
American Transparency · Burr Ridge, IL · 2023
Education
- $250,000
Graduate School Foundation-Cuny · New York, NY · 2022
Education
- $250,000
Prager U Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2022
Education
- $237,000
Kenyon College · Gambier, OH · 2024
Education
- $235,000
Clemson University · Clemson, SC · 2022
Education
- $230,000
Unleash Prosperity · Washington, DC · 2025
Public policy
- $230,000
Committee To Unleash Prosperity · Fairfield, CT · 2024
Education/public policy
- $230,000
Committee To Unleash Prosperity · Fairfield, CT · 2023
Education
- $225,000
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Education
- $225,000
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Education
- $210,000
The Federalist Society · Washington, DC · 2025
Public policy
- $200,000
American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
Public policy
- $200,000
Clemson University · Clemson, SC · 2025
Education
- $200,000
Government Accountability Institute · Tallahassee, FL · 2025
Public policy
- $200,000
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2025
Education
- $200,000
The Foundation for Cultural Review · New York, NY · 2025
Public policy
- $200,000
Aei · Washington, DC · 2024
Public policy
- $200,000
Clemson University · Clemson, SC · 2024
Education
- $200,000
Fdrlst Media Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Public policy
- $200,000
Government Accountability Institute · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Public policy
- $200,000
Aei · Washington, DC · 2023
Public policy
- $200,000
Government Accountability Institute · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Public policy
- $200,000
Heterodox Academy · New York, NY · 2023
Education
- $200,000
Aei · Washington, DC · 2022
Public policy
- $200,000
Atlas Economic Research Fdtn · Arlington, VA · 2022
Public policy
- $200,000
Committee To Unleash Prosperity · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Education
- $200,000
George Mason University Fdtn · Arlington, VA · 2022
Education
- $200,000
Heterodox Academy · New York, NY · 2022
Education
- $200,000
President & Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Public policy
- $200,000
Real Clear Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Education
- $175,000
Foundation for the Constitution · Siesta Key, FL · 2025
Education
- $175,000
Donors Trust · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Public policy
- $170,000
University of California Law School · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Education
- $170,000
University of California Law School · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Education
- $165,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2025
Education
- $157,000
Kenyon College · Gambier, OH · 2023
Education
- $150,000
American Legislative Exchange Council · Arlington, VA · 2025
Public policy
- $150,000
American Watchdogs · Paris, IL · 2025
Public policy
- $150,000
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2025
Education
- $150,000
Atlas Economic Research Fdtn · Arlington, VA · 2025
Public policy
- $150,000
Center for American Greatness · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Education
- $150,000
Defense of Freedom Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
Public policy
- $150,000
Freedom Foundation · Peachtree City, GA · 2025
Public policy
- $150,000
Intercollegiate Studies Institute · Wilmington, DE · 2025
Education
- $150,000
President & Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Education
- $150,000
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2025
Public policy
- $150,000
The Claremont Institute · Claremont, CA · 2025
Education
- $150,000
The Daily Caller News Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Education
- $150,000
The Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Public policy
- $150,000
American Legislative Exchange Council · Arlington, VA · 2024
Public policy
- $150,000
American Watchdogs · Paris, IL · 2024
Public policy
- $150,000
Atlas Economic Research Fdtn · Arlington, VA · 2024
Public policy
- $150,000
Claremont Institute · Upland, CA · 2024
Public policy
- $150,000
Daily Caller News Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Public policy
- $150,000
Foundation for Cultural Review - the New Criterion · New York, NY · 2024
Public policy
- $150,000
Freedom Foundation · Peachtree City, GA · 2024
Public policy
- $150,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2024
Public policy
- $150,000
Intercollegiate Studies Institute · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Education
- $150,000
President & Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Education
- $150,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Education
- $150,000
American Watchdogs · Paris, IL · 2023
Public policy
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