Christopher Smith Foundation

Analysis

Christopher Smith Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Las Vegas, NV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Christopher Smith Foundation reported income of $69k and spending of $110k, spending 159% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $100k to $69k (-31%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 133% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Christopher Smith Foundation sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 27th percentile, and in the 30th percentile within NV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Women Who Wine Inc ($69k), Schenectady City School District Educational Foundation Inc ($69k) and Library and Community Foundation of Richardson County ($69k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $92k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $92k.