Grants awarded
Who does Thomas W Smith Foundation INC fund?
Thomas W Smith Foundation INC has awarded $66 million across 506 grants to 229 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $100,000, with most between $25,000 and $175,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $100,000 versus $50,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$65.5M
Typical grant
$100K
Grantees
229
Grants
506
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| M Manhattan Institute | $7.3M | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Institute for Humane Studies
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$2.2M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| U University of Notre Dame | $2.1M | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Real Clear Foundation | $1.9M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
The Trustees of Princeton University
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$1.5M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
| G George Mason University Fdtn - the Mercatus Center | $1.4M | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$1.4M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| C Clemson University | $1.3M | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
New Civil Liberties Alliance
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$1.2M | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
Vmts Education INC
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$1.2M | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| A Aei | $1.2M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Graduate School Foundation-CUNY | $1.1M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Committee to Unleash Prosperity | $1.0M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Pacific Research Institute | $1.0M | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G George Mason University Fdtn | $1.0M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$975K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | AZ | |
Kenyon College
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$968K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| F Fdrlst Media Foundation | $950K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| U University of California Law School | $860K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Heterodox Academy
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$800K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Institute for Justice
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$800K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| P Prager U Foundation | $800K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Georgetown U Law Center | $765K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
American Legislative Exchange Council
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$750K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
Government Accountability Institute
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$750K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
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$720K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$720K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| T The Federalist Society | $710K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Donorstrust | $700K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
President and Fellows of Harvard College
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$700K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| C Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation | $655K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Freedom Foundation | $650K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Intercollegiate Studies Institute INC
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$650K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DE | |
Duke University
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$604K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| S Stanford University | $600K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $600K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
State Policy Network
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$600K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | VA | |
Texas Public Policy Foundation
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$600K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| T Texas Public Policy Foundation | $575K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Fdtn for Individual Rights in Education | $550K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U University of Arizona | $450K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Utah State University | $438K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | UT | |
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$430K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
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$425K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$400K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| C Claremont Institute | $400K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Real Clear Foundation | $400K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Center for American Greatness INC | $400K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
| P Property & Environmental Research Center | $375K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Daily Caller News Foundation | $375K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| D Dartmouth College | $375K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$345K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| J Judicial Education Project | $300K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $300K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Texas Tech University | $300K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| V Vmts Education INC | $300K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Franklin News Foundation
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$300K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| I Individual recipient | $300K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N New Civil Liberties Alliance | $300K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Boston College | $292K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| P Purdue University | $290K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Beacon Center of Tennessee
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$275K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
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$275K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| C City College of NY | $260K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| H Heterodox Academy | $250K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Graduate Center Foundation INC | $250K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Brown University of Providence
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$250K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | RI | |
| F Fdrlst Media Foundation | $250K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U Unleash Prosperity INC | $230K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Foundation for Cultural Review - the New Criterion | $210K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Student Free Press Association | $200K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| T The Foundation for Cultural Review | $200K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N National Taxpayers Union Fdtn | $200K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A American Enterprise Institute | $200K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Atlas Network | $200K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| G Government Accountability Institute | $200K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Woodson Center
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$200K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | DC | |
| P Princeton University | $200K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Miami University | $200K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Center for Family Svcs of Pbc | $185K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| Y Young America's Foundation | $181K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Foundation for the Constitution | $175K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C City College 21st Century Foundation | $175K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Donors Trust INC
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$175K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| D Duke University | $165K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Hillsdale College
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$155K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MI | |
| A Arizona State University | $150K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $150K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| D Discovery Institute | $150K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Unreported Story Society
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$150K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $150K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S State Policy Network | $150K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$150K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | SC | |
| P President & Fellows of Harvard College | $150K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Center for American Greatness | $150K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Parents Defending Education
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$150K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| A American Watchdogs INC | $150K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Cato Institute
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$150K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
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$150K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY |
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