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:

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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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Stanley Smith

“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

Grantseekers

The Trust is not currently accepting unsolicited requests for funding, however, it remains interested in hearing from organizations that may be eligible for future consideration. 

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Welcome Current Grantees

The Trust is honored to support the work of its grantees, and is interested in learning through its grantees’ successes as well as their challenges.

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