SMITH FOUNDATION: Form 990PF, tax year 2020

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Organization: SMITH FOUNDATION (EIN 04-6795433)
Tax period: 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed: 2021-11-04
IRS object ID: 202103089349102260
Schema version: 2020v4.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990-PF
Other Expenses Schedule
Other Income Schedule2
Taxes Schedule

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2021-11-04T15:35:52-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2020-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Cambridge Consulting	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	955 Massachusetts Avenue 361	AddressLine1Txt
City	Cambridge	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02139	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990PF	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2020-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	046795433	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	The Smith Foundation	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	SMIT	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	6178648020	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	955 Massachusetts Avenue 361	AddressLine1Txt
City	Cambridge	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02139	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	John B Smith Jr	PersonNm
Person Title	Trustee	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	6178648020	PhoneNum
Signature	2021-05-07	SignatureDt

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	John	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	Smith Jr	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	XXX-XX-XXXX	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	John B Smith Jr	PreparerPersonNm
SSN	XXX-XX-XXXX	SSN
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	3	TrustedCustomerCd
Authentication Assurance Level	AAL1	AuthenticationAssuranceLevelCd
Identity Assurance Level	IAL1	IdentityAssuranceLevelCd
Federated Assurance Level	FAL1	FederatedAssuranceLevelCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2020	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990-PF IRS990PF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization501c3 Exempt PF	Yes (X)	Organization501c3ExemptPFInd
FMV Assets EOY	$40,347	FMVAssetsEOYAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd

Analysis Of Revenue And Expenses AnalysisOfRevenueAndExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Schedule B Not Required	Yes (X)	ScheduleBNotRequiredInd
Cap Gain Net Incm Net Invst Incm	$0	CapGainNetIncmNetInvstIncmAmt
Gross Profit Rev And Expnss	$0	GrossProfitRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Income Rev And Expnss	$22,920	OtherIncomeRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Rev And Expnss	$22,920	TotalRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Net Invst Incm	$0	TotalNetInvstIncmAmt
Legal Fees Rev And Expnss	$0	LegalFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Accounting Fees Rev And Expnss	$0	AccountingFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Prof Fees Rev And Expnss	$0	OtherProfFeesRevAndExpnssAmt
Taxes Rev And Expnss	$35	TaxesRevAndExpnssAmt
Deprec And Dpltn Rev And Expnss	$0	DeprecAndDpltnRevAndExpnssAmt
Other Expenses Rev And Expnss	$22,783	OtherExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Rev And Expnss	$22,818	TotOprExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Net Invst Incm	$0	TotOprExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Tot Opr Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$0	TotOprExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Contri Paid Rev And Expnss	$0	ContriPaidRevAndExpnssAmt
Contri Paid Dsbrs Chrtbl	$0	ContriPaidDsbrsChrtblAmt
Total Expenses Rev And Expnss	$22,818	TotalExpensesRevAndExpnssAmt
Total Expenses Net Invst Incm	$0	TotalExpensesNetInvstIncmAmt
Total Expenses Dsbrs Chrtbl	$0	TotalExpensesDsbrsChrtblAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses	$102	ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Net Investment Income	$0	NetInvestmentIncomeAmt

Form990 PF Balance Sheets Form990PFBalanceSheetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cash BOY	$40,245	CashBOYAmt
Cash EOY	$40,347	CashEOYAmt
Cash EOYFMV	$40,347	CashEOYFMVAmt
Rcvbl From Officers EOY	$0	RcvblFromOfficersEOYAmt
Other Nts And Loans Rcvbl EOY	$0	OtherNtsAndLoansRcvblEOYAmt
Land Bldg Investments EOY	$0	LandBldgInvestmentsEOYAmt
Other Investments EOY	$0	OtherInvestmentsEOYAmt
Land EOY	$0	LandEOYAmt
Other Assets BOY	$0	OtherAssetsBOYAmt
Other Assets EOY	$0	OtherAssetsEOYAmt
Other Assets EOYFMV	$0	OtherAssetsEOYFMVAmt
Total Assets BOY	$40,245	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$40,347	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Assets EOYFMV	$40,347	TotalAssetsEOYFMVAmt
Loans From Officers EOY	$0	LoansFromOfficersEOYAmt
Mortgages And Notes Payable EOY	$0	MortgagesAndNotesPayableEOYAmt
Other Liabilities BOY	$0	OtherLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Other Liabilities EOY	$0	OtherLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Org Does Not Follow FASB117	Yes (X)	OrgDoesNotFollowFASB117Ind
Capital Stock BOY	$38,000	CapitalStockBOYAmt
Capital Stock EOY	$38,000	CapitalStockEOYAmt
Retained Earning BOY	$2,245	RetainedEarningBOYAmt
Retained Earning EOY	$2,347	RetainedEarningEOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY	$40,245	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY	$40,347	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast BOY	$40,245	TotalLiabilitiesNetAstBOYAmt
Total Liabilities Net Ast EOY	$40,347	TotalLiabilitiesNetAstEOYAmt

Chg In Net Assets Fund Balances ChgInNetAssetsFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances BOY	$40,245	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Excess Revenue Over Expenses	$102	ExcessRevenueOverExpensesAmt
Subtotal	$40,347	SubtotalAmt
Tot Net Ast Or Fund Balances EOY	$40,347	TotNetAstOrFundBalancesEOYAmt

Excise Tax Based On Invst Incm ExciseTaxBasedOnInvstIncmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Income Excise Tax	$0	InvestmentIncomeExciseTaxAmt
Tax Under Section511	$0	TaxUnderSection511Amt
Subtotal	$0	SubtotalAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income	$0	TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Tax Due	$0	TaxDueAmt
Applied To ES Tax	$0	AppliedToESTaxAmt

Statements Regarding Acty StatementsRegardingActyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Legislative Political Acty	false	LegislativePoliticalActyInd
More Than100 Spent	false	MoreThan100SpentInd
Form1120 POL Filed	false	Form1120POLFiledInd
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Changes To Articles Or Bylaws	false	ChangesToArticlesOrBylawsInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	false	Form990TFiledInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Section508e Rqr Satisfied	false	Section508eRqrSatisfiedInd
At Least5000 In Assets	Yes (true)	AtLeast5000InAssetsInd
Form990 PF Filed With Atty Gen	Yes (true)	Form990PFFiledWithAttyGenInd
Private Operating Foundation	false	PrivateOperatingFoundationInd
New Substantial Contributors	false	NewSubstantialContributorsInd
Own Controlled Entity	false	OwnControlledEntityInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Comply With Public Insp Rqr	false	ComplyWithPublicInspRqrInd
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Individual With Books	John B Smith Jr	IndividualWithBooksNm
Phone	6178648020	PhoneNum

Location Of Books US Address LocationOfBooksUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	955 Massachusetts Avenue 361	AddressLine1Txt
City	Cambridge	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02139	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Accounts Question	false	ForeignAccountsQuestionInd

Statements Regarding Acty4720 StatementsRegardingActy4720Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Sale Or Exch Disqualified Prsn	false	SaleOrExchDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Brrw Or Lend Disqualified Prsn	false	BrrwOrLendDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Furn Goods Disqualified Prsn	false	FurnGoodsDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Pay Comp Disqualified Prsn	false	PayCompDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Transfer Ast Disqualified Prsn	false	TransferAstDisqualifiedPrsnInd
Payment To Government Official	false	PaymentToGovernmentOfficialInd
Acts Fail To Qlfy As Exceptions	false	ActsFailToQlfyAsExceptionsInd
Uncorrected Prior Acts	false	UncorrectedPriorActsInd
Undistributed Income PY	false	UndistributedIncomePYInd
Undistr Incm Sect4942a2 Not App	false	UndistrIncmSect4942a2NotAppInd
Business Holdings	false	BusinessHoldingsInd
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Jeopardy Investments	false	JeopardyInvestmentsInd
Uncorrected PY Jeopardy Invst	false	UncorrectedPYJeopardyInvstInd
Influence Legislation	false	InfluenceLegislationInd
Influence Election	false	InfluenceElectionInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Noncharitable Purpose	false	NoncharitablePurposeInd
Transactions Fail To Qlfy As Exc	false	TransactionsFailToQlfyAsExcInd
Maintained Expenditure Rspns	false	MaintainedExpenditureRspnsInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Proceeds Or Net Income	false	ProceedsOrNetIncomeInd

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl Info OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplInfoGrp

Officer Dir Trst Key Empl OfficerDirTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt	Employee Benefit ProgramEmployeeBenefitProgramAmt	Expense Account Other AllwncExpenseAccountOtherAllwncAmt
John B Smith
955 Massachusetts Avenue 361	Cambridge	MA	02139	Trustee	10.00	$0	$0	$0
Drayton W Freeman
21 Chauncy Street 34	Cambridge	MA	02138	Advisory Bd	4.00	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl Or NONE	NONE	CompOfHghstPdEmplOrNONETxt
Other Employee Paid Over50k	0	OtherEmployeePaidOver50kCnt
Comp Of Hghst Pd Cntrct Or NONE	NONE	CompOfHghstPdCntrctOrNONETxt
Contractor Paid Over50k	0	ContractorPaidOver50kCnt

Minimum Investment Return MinimumInvestmentReturnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Average Monthly FMV Of Sec	$0	AverageMonthlyFMVOfSecAmt
Average Monthly Cash Balances	$0	AverageMonthlyCashBalancesAmt
FMV All Other Noncharitable Ast	$0	FMVAllOtherNoncharitableAstAmt
Total FMV Of Unused Assets	$0	TotalFMVOfUnusedAssetsAmt
Reduction Claimed	$0	ReductionClaimedAmt
Adjusted Total FMV Of Unused Ast	$0	AdjustedTotalFMVOfUnusedAstAmt
Cash Deemed Charitable	$0	CashDeemedCharitableAmt
Net Vl Noncharitable Assets	$0	NetVlNoncharitableAssetsAmt
Minimum Investment Return	$0	MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt

Distributable Amount DistributableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Minimum Investment Return	$0	MinimumInvestmentReturnAmt
Tax Based On Investment Income	$0	TaxBasedOnInvestmentIncomeAmt
Total Tax	$0	TotalTaxAmt
Distributable Before Adj	$0	DistributableBeforeAdjAmt
Distributable Before Ded	$0	DistributableBeforeDedAmt
Distributable As Adjusted	$0	DistributableAsAdjustedAmt

Qualifying Distri Part XII QualifyingDistriPartXIIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expenses And Contributions	$0	ExpensesAndContributionsAmt
Pct Sect4940e Org Net Invst Incm	$0	PctSect4940eOrgNetInvstIncmAmt
Adjusted Qualifying Distri	$0	AdjustedQualifyingDistriAmt

Undistributed Income UndistributedIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Distributable As Adjusted	$0	DistributableAsAdjustedAmt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr5	$0	ExcessDistributionCyovYr5Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr4	$0	ExcessDistributionCyovYr4Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr3	$0	ExcessDistributionCyovYr3Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr2	$0	ExcessDistributionCyovYr2Amt
Excess Distribution Cyov Yr1	$0	ExcessDistributionCyovYr1Amt
Total Excess Distribution Cyov	$0	TotalExcessDistributionCyovAmt
Treated As Distri From Corpus	$0	TreatedAsDistriFromCorpusAmt
Remaining Distri From Corpus	$0	RemainingDistriFromCorpusAmt
Total Corpus	$0	TotalCorpusAmt
Prior Year Undistributed Incm	$0	PriorYearUndistributedIncmAmt
Taxable1	$0	Taxable1Amt
Taxable2	$0	Taxable2Amt
Undistributed Income CY	$0	UndistributedIncomeCYAmt
Excess Distri Cyov From Yr5	$0	ExcessDistriCyovFromYr5Amt
Excess Distri Cyov To Next Yr	$0	ExcessDistriCyovToNextYrAmt
Excess From Year4	$0	ExcessFromYear4Amt
Excess From Year3	$0	ExcessFromYear3Amt
Excess From Year2	$0	ExcessFromYear2Amt
Excess From Year1	$0	ExcessFromYear1Amt
Excess From Current Year	$0	ExcessFromCurrentYearAmt

Supplementary Information SupplementaryInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributing Manager	None	ContributingManagerNm
Shareholder Manager	None	ShareholderManagerNm
Only Contri To Preselected	Yes (X)	OnlyContriToPreselectedInd

Application Submission Info ApplicationSubmissionInfoGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Recipient Person	John B Smith Trustee The Smith Foun	RecipientPersonNm

Recipient US Address RecipientUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	955 Massachusetts Avenue 361	AddressLine1Txt
City	Cambridge	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02139	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Recipient Phone	6178648020	RecipientPhoneNum
Form And Info And Materials	Letter of inquiry stating purpose and proposed grant request	FormAndInfoAndMaterialsTxt
Submission Deadlines	April 1 and October 1	SubmissionDeadlinesTxt
Restrictions On Awards	unsolicited inquires not often accepted, done so at Trustees discretion	RestrictionsOnAwardsTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Grant Or Contri Pd Dur Yr	$0	TotalGrantOrContriPdDurYrAmt

Analysis Income Producing Acty AnalysisIncomeProducingActyGrp

Program Service Rev Part VII ProgramServiceRevPartVIIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	none	Desc
Business	000000	BusinessCd
Unrelated Business Taxbl Incm	$0	UnrelatedBusinessTaxblIncmAmt
Exclusion	1	ExclusionCd
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt
Related Or Exempt Function Incm	$0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncmAmt

Other Revenue Described OtherRevenueDescribedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	none	Desc
Exclusion	41	ExclusionCd

Subtotals Incm Producing Acty SubtotalsIncmProducingActyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Unrelated Business Taxbl Incm	$0	UnrelatedBusinessTaxblIncmAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt
Related Or Exempt Function Incm	$0	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncmAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Income Producing Acty	$0	TotalIncomeProducingActyAmt

Rln Of Acty To Accom Of Exmpt Prps RlnOfActyToAccomOfExmptPrpsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Line Number	none	LineNumberTxt
Relationship Statement	None	RelationshipStatementTxt

Trnsfr Trans Rln Nonchrtbl EO TrnsfrTransRlnNonchrtblEOGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trnsfr Of Cash To Nonchrtbl EO	false	TrnsfrOfCashToNonchrtblEOInd
Trnsfr Other Asset Nonchrtbl EO	false	TrnsfrOtherAssetNonchrtblEOInd
Sales Or Exchanges Of Assets	false	SalesOrExchangesOfAssetsInd
Purchase Of Assets Nonchrtbl EO	false	PurchaseOfAssetsNonchrtblEOInd
Rental Of Facilities Oth Assets	false	RentalOfFacilitiesOthAssetsInd
Reimbursement Arrangements	false	ReimbursementArrangementsInd
Loans Or Loan Guarantees	false	LoansOrLoanGuaranteesInd
Performance Of Services Etc	false	PerformanceOfServicesEtcInd
Sharing Of Facilities Etc	false	SharingOfFacilitiesEtcInd
Relationships Nonchrtbl EO	false	RelationshipsNonchrtblEOInd

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesSchedule

Other Expenses Schedule OtherExpensesScheduleGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Revenue And Expenses Per BooksRevenueAndExpensesPerBooksAmt
Other	$4,529
Program Expenses	$18,254

Other Income Schedule2 OtherIncomeSchedule2

Other Income Detail OtherIncomeDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Revenue And Expenses Per Books	$22,920	RevenueAndExpensesPerBooksAmt

Taxes Schedule TaxesSchedule

Taxes Detail TaxesDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Category	MA Filing Fee	CategoryTxt
Amt	$35	Amt