Garrett B. Smith Foundation

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The Garrett B. Smith Foundation was established in memory of our 4-year-old son who passed away on January 30, 1995 after a brief struggle with cancer.

The foundation has a two-fold goal. On the lighter side, the foundation attracted the Big Apple Circus Clown Care^sm to Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital over 11 years ago and provides the complete funding for it. It remains our foundation’s single largest annual financial commitment.

In the scientific arena, the foundation supports research fellowships at leading hospitals around the country as well as the child life department at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital where Garrett was treated. Over the past years, the foundation has funded ten fellowships at five different hospitals. The fellowships cover the cost of a young scientist working in an established cancer research setting for two years. By renewing our fellowships at these institutions over the years, we hope that each Garrett fellow can leverage the work of their predecessors. Our long-term goal is to cultivate a network of top physicians that will remain committed to fighting cancer for their entire careers.

The Garrett B. Smith Foundation has provided funding for the following projects:

1997 - 2008 The Clown Care^sm of the Big Apple Circus Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital
The Garrett B. Smith Research Fellowships at leading Children's Hospitals & Research Laboratories nationwide:
Children’s Hospital, Boston
Children’s Hospital, Michigan
NYU Medical Center – Hassenfeld Children’s Center
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Weill Cornell Medical College
Computers, software, televisions, videogame machines, videogames for the Child Life Department at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital
Website Project for the Vascular Anomalies Center at Children’s Hospital, Boston (www.childrenshospital.org/vascularanomalies)

Garrett B. Smith Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization