The May & Stanley Smith Charitable Trust envisions a just society that values each individual as vital to the strength, richness, and well-being of the whole, and in which systems are deliberately structured to provide the opportunities and resources that each person needs to reach their full potential. Today, the Trust's grantmaking supports:

The Trust envisions a society where adults and transitioning youth with intellectual, developmental, and/or physical disabilities maximize their ability to live independently, secure employment, and are connected to an inclusive community.

The Trust envisions a society where families have the resources and the support they need to flourish and where youth who cannot remain with their parents have access to safe and nurturing homes and are supported to heal and thrive.

The Trust envisions a society where older adults are visible, valued, and have access to necessary or desired support to lead dignified and engaged lives, rooted in interdependence and self-determination.

The Trust envisions a society where veterans can transition into communities with resources available to live with dignity and achieve their full potential.

About the Trust

In all of its grantmaking, the Trust is interested in supporting organizations that promote the dignity, agency, and self-sufficiency of individuals within its focus populations.

Generous and unassuming in their personal giving, the Smiths were an extremely private couple who preferred staying out of the spotlight and actively discouraged public recognition and attention.

Today, the trustees of the Smith foundations honor and sustain the values evident in the Smiths’ lives and personal philanthropy, including humility and a belief in the dignity and potential of every individual.

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“A man who succeeds in world commerce as I have is no fool and above all he pretty soon learns that his wealth is something lent to him during his life; he can’t take it with him! It’s no virtue then to give it away.”

— STANLEY SMITH