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Filing year 2024

W W SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST

Saint Louis, Missouri·EIN 23-6648841·NTEE T22 · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations·501(c)(3)
Total revenue
$14.8M
Total assets
$243.2M
Total expenses
$13.1M
Reported officers
2

Executive compensation

Form 990-PF · Part VIII · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2024

Co-trustee
Unclassified
$281k
$303k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Midwest region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 1 unpaid individual.

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Pay in context

Top pay as a share of expenses

In 2024, the highest total compensation at W W SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST equaled 2% of the organization's total expenses. The median for philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations is 15%.

This organization (2024)
2%
Sector median
15%
Middle half of sector
5% to 24%

Based on 35,948 philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations, each measured at its most recent filing year with reported expenses and compensation.

Grants paid

Itemized grants reported on this foundation's 2024 Form 990-PF, Part XV.

Total granted

$12.1M

Itemized grants

251

Median grant

$35k

RecipientLocationPurposeAmount
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCPHILADELPHIA, PASCHOLARSHIPS$223k
DREXEL UNIVERSITYPHILADELPHIA, PASCHOLARSHIPS$200k
WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONWEST CHESTER, PASCHOLARSHIPS$163k
ROWAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCGLASSBORO, NJSCHOLARSHIPS$155k
SAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITYPHILADELPHIA, PASCHOLARSHIPS$141k
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITYVILLANOVA, PASCHOLARSHIPS$138k
DREXEL UNIVERSITYPHILADELPHIA, PAHEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH$125k
DREXEL UNIVERSITYPHILADELPHIA, PAAIDS MEDICAL RESEARCH$125k
DREXEL UNIVERSITYPHILADELPHIA, PACANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH$125k
INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCHPHILADELPHIA, PACANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH$125k
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYBALTIMORE, MDHEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH$125k
LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCHWYNNEWOOD, PACANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH$125k
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIAPHILADELPHIA, PAHEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH$125k
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIAPHILADELPHIA, PACANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH$125k
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITYPHILADELPHIA, PAHEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH$125k
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAPHILADELPHIA, PAHEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH$125k
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAPHILADELPHIA, PAAIDS MEDICAL RESEARCH$125k
WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY & BIOLOGYPHILADELPHIA, PAAIDS MEDICAL RESEARCH$125k
WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY & BIOLOGYPHILADELPHIA, PACANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH$125k
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITYPHILADELPHIA, PACANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH$125k
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PHILANTHROPIC FUNDUNIVERSITY PARK, PACANCER MEDICAL RESEARCH$125k
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITYPHILADELPHIA, PASCHOLARSHIPS$123k
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PHILANTHROPIC FUNDUNIVERSITY PARK, PAHEART DISEASE MEDICAL RESEARCH$122k
URSINUS COLLEGECOLLEGEVILLE, PASCHOLARSHIPS$120k
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYBALTIMORE, MDAIDS MEDICAL RESEARCH$117k
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Climbed 27%
over 2 years

From $222k in 2022 to $281k in 2024.

$222k
2022
$249k
2023
$281k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 19% in real terms$255k to $303k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Midwest region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.

This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($150M - $1B), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.

Among peers

Revenue and top compensation, plotted against similar organizations. This organization is highlighted in cyan.

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What are W W SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST's revenue and expenses?

In 2024, W W SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST reported $14.8M in total revenue and $13.1M in total expenses on its IRS Form 990.

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