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← THE THOMAS E SMITH FIGHT TO CURE PARALYSIS FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by THE THOMAS E SMITH FIGHT TO CURE PARALYSIS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$576,704
Total expenses
$800,749
Contributions and grants received
$553,928
Grants paid
$200,374
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$45,603
Other revenue
-$22,827
Total assets, end of year
$0
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$371,573
Management and general expenses
$279,979
Fundraising expenses
$149,197
Program service expenses (Part III)
$371,573

Program services were 46.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $331,727

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $222,201

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $45,603 · excluded $45,603

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $27,113

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $331,727

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $49,940

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$22,827 · excluded -$22,827

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $25,000 · program services $25,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $175,374 · program services $175,374

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $353,304 · program services $102,635 · management and general $132,016 · fundraising $118,653

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $32,366 · program services $13,552 · management and general $744 · fundraising $18,070

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,896 · management and general $4,896

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $5,877 · management and general $5,877

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $30,705 · program services $9,775 · management and general $9,427 · fundraising $11,503

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $19,411 · program services $8,905 · management and general $10,506

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $62,814 · program services $4,365 · management and general $58,449

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,650 · management and general $1,650

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $21,847 · management and general $21,847

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,510 · program services $97 · management and general $4,398 · fundraising $15

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,421 · program services $2,814 · management and general $10,607

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,478 · program services $42 · management and general $8,480 · fundraising $956

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,030 · management and general $1,030

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,904 · management and general $1,904

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT SERVICE

    total $19,014 · program services $19,014

  • 24b · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSE

    total $14,899 · program services $10,000 · management and general $4,899

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS & ENTERTAINMENT E

    total $2,585 · management and general $2,585

  • 24d · Other expenses: LICENSES AND PERMITS

    total $291 · management and general $291

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $373 · management and general $373

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $165,445 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,042,140 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,408 · end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $0

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,853 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,333,443 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $170,699 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $364,105 · end of year $0

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,025,485 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE THOMAS E. SMITH FOUNDATION IS A 501(C)(3) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO BETTER THE LIVES OF THOSE AFFECTED BY AND LIVING WITH PARALYSIS THROUGH FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING PREVENTIVE INNOVATIONS THAT DECREASE THE RISK OF SPINAL CORD INJURIES.

  • STRONGER TOGETHER GRANT PROGRAM (GRANT PROGRAM DISBURSEMENTS): THE THOMAS E. SMITH FOUNDATION MAINTAINS ITS STRONGER TOGETHER GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH SUPPORTS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY AND LIVING WITH PARALYSIS. IN 2025 THIS PROGRAM DISTRIBUTED $200,374 IN GRANTS FOR VARIOUS EXPENSES NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE, SUCH AS: PHYSICAL THERAPY, HOME MODIFICATIONS, NURSING CARE, EQUIPMENT, AND RESEARCH.

    Expenses $371,573 · Grants $200,374

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Thomas E Smith

    PRESIDENT/CO-FOUNDER & TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $209,386
    From this org
    $106,385
    From related orgs
    $83,346
    Other
    $19,655
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $106,385 + $83,346 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,419 + $2,663 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,677 + $5,896 related
    Filer's total
    $117,481 + $91,905 related

  • J Tucker Mullin

    CO-FOUNDER & TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Christopher K Smith

    CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $208,914
    From this org
    $104,615
    From related orgs
    $81,654
    Other
    $22,645
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $104,615 + $81,654 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,411 + $2,645 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,617 + $6,972 related
    Filer's total
    $117,643 + $91,271 related

  • Sarah Merrefield

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/COO

    Total calculated
    $212,856
    From this org
    $109,385
    From related orgs
    $87,769
    Other
    $15,702
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $109,385 + $87,769 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,439 + $2,626 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,356 + $4,281 related
    Filer's total
    $118,180 + $94,676 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Assets distributed on this return

Schedule N, as filed: what the organization did with its assets when it liquidated or dissolved, or disposed of more than a quarter of them, and who received them. A recipient with an EIN is usually a successor organization; filers also list expenses such as legal fees here.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
14 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611359349302856

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