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Edith B. Smith Trust

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Legal Philanthropic Trust

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The Edith B. Smith Trust was a charitable trust dedicated to conservationist and environmentalist causes in America. In 2002, the Edith B. Smith Trust made a bequest for an undisclosed amount to American Forests. 1

Besides making a bequest to American Forests, the Edith B. Smith Trust made philanthropic contributions to criminal justice policy group Evident Change and health care charity PARC Center for Disabilities. 2

Environmentalist Grantmaking

In 2002, the Edith B. Smith Trust made a bequest for an undisclosed amount to American Forests. The conservationist nonprofit thanked the Smith Trust along with a number of others in an article in the World of Trees news bulletin. 3

Edith B. Smith Trust made additional charitable contributions to American Forests in 2010 and 2011, according to American Forests’ annual reports. In 2010, the group used said donations to pay for some of the five million total trees it planted. 4 In 2011, it planted 4.7 million, and continued to secure major sponsorships from corporations like IKEA, Prudential, and Estee Lauder. 5

Other Grantmaking

In fiscal year 2019, the Edith B. Smith Trust was credited among the “Founder’s Council Arthur Ringland Society” of the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) for donating between $10,000 and $24,999. 6

It also donated an undisclosed amount to criminal justice policy group Evident Change (formerly the National Council on Crime and Delinquency) at an undisclosed date: it is listed as a “funding partner” of the organization on its website with the description, “Evident Change’s work is made possible by current and recent grants and contributions from the following institutions.” 7

Evident Change is a is a left-of-center research group that has opposed the use of cash bail as a condition of pretrial release, claiming that it places an unfair burden on poor and nonwhite defendants. 8 It has received funding from  George Soros’s Open Society Foundations and the MacArthur Foundation. 9

Edith B. Smith Trust funded the construction of the building for the PARC Center for Disabilities in Tampa, Florida. The 2,400 square-foot building was named after Edith B. Smith in her honor. 10

References

  1. American Forests. “Thank you (News from the World of Trees).” The Free Library, March 22, 2002. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Thank+you.+(News+from+the+World+of+Trees)-a085175582.
  2. American Forests. “Thank you (News from the World of Trees).” The Free Library, March 22, 2002. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Thank+you.+(News+from+the+World+of+Trees)-a085175582.
  3. American Forests. “Thank you (News from the World of Trees).” The Free Library, March 22, 2002. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Thank+you.+(News+from+the+World+of+Trees)-a085175582.
  4. “American Forests 2010 Annual Report.” American Forests. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.americanforests.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/AnReport-FINAL-5-24-12.pdf
  5. “American Forests 2011 Annual Report.” American Forests. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.americanforests.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/AnReport-2011-FINAL.pdf.
  6. “Annual Report 2019.” CARE International. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.care.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/FY2019_CARE_Annual_Report_spreads.pdf.
  7. “Funders.” Evident Change. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://evidentchange.org/about-evident-change/funding-partners/
  8. “Risk, Values, and Pretrial Reform.” Evident Change, September 21, 2018. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://evidentchange.org/blog/risk-values-and-pretrial-reform/.
  9. “Funders.” Evident Change. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://evidentchange.org/about-evident-change/funding-partners/.
  10. “About Us.” PARC Center for Disabilities. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.parc-fl.org/about-us/.
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