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The Tom and Virginia Jennaro Family Foundation

Accepts applications Lighthouse Point, Florida · EIN 202604168

The Tom and Virginia Jennaro Family Foundation is a private foundation in Lighthouse Point, Florida. In tax year 2025 it gave $90,000 in 10 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $20,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $85,000 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$80,00010$2.0 million
2024$85,00010$2.1 million
2025$90,00010$2.3 million

How to apply

ContactMarianne Jennaro
2880 NE 14th St Causeway Apt 1011, Pompano Beach, FL 33062
Phone or email(954) 941-0367
What to submitNo restrictions
RestrictionsNo political activities; no private individual recipients

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Tom and Virginia Jennaro Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Florida.

StateGrantsAmount
Florida7$60,000
Illinois1$20,000
California1$5,000
Tennessee1$5,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 10 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse
Delray Beach, FL
For use by the donee for their exempt purposes.$20,000
The Salvation Army
Fort Lauderdale, FL
For use by donee for their exempt purposes$20,000
Leukemia Lymphoma Soc of America
Chicago, IL
For use by donee for their exempt purposes$20,000
St Jude Children's Hospital
Memphis, TN
For use by the donee for their exempt purposes$5,000
Children's Diagnostic Treatment Cen
Fort Lauderdale, FL
For use by the donee for their exempt purposes$5,000
PAWS Broward Humane Society
Fort Lauderdale, FL
For use by the donee for their exempt purposes$5,000
The Carmel Foundation
Carmel, CA
For use by donee for their exempt purposes$5,000
American Cancer Society
Miami, FL
For use by the donee for their exempt purposes.$5,000
American Heart Association
Fort Lauderdale, FL
For use by donee for their exempt purposes$4,000
4 Kids
Fort Lauderdale, FL
For use by the donee for their exempt purposes.$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Tom and Virginia Jennaro Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Tom and Virginia Jennaro Family Foundation give?

$90,000 in tax year 2025, across 10 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs The Tom and Virginia Jennaro Family Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Georgene Freedman (Trustee), Marianne Jennaro (Trustee), Jane Tomaro (Trustee) and Sharyl Jennaro (Trustee).

What does The Tom and Virginia Jennaro Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly human services, health and youth programs.

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