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Anne and Paul Marcus Family Foundation

Accepts applications Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 016220476

Anne and Paul Marcus Family Foundation is a private foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. In tax year 2024 it gave $937,250 in 26 grants; the typical grant was $5,500 and the largest $630,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $2.0 million the year before.

46% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$1.3 million39$1.7 million
2023$2.0 million32$2.1 million
2024$937,25026$2.3 million

How to apply

ContactPaul R Marcus
One Boston Place 201 Washington St, Ste 2100, Boston, MA 02108
Phone or email(617) 556-5200
What to submitLetter outlining need and use of funds
RestrictionsThe foundation favors programs benefiting children

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Anne and Paul Marcus Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts21$901,250
Connecticut2$30,000
New York2$3,500
Louisiana1$2,500

Grants paid in 2024

All 26 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Exceptional Lives
Brookline, MA
To further charitable purpose$630,000
Write the World
Cambridge, MA
To further charitable purpose$60,000
The Children's Trust Inc
Boston, MA
To further charitable purpose$57,500
Harvard University
Boston, MA
To further charitable purpose$35,000
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
To further charitable purpose$25,000
JCC of Greater New Haven
Woodbridge, CT
To further charitable purpose$20,000
The Park School
Brookline, MA
To further charitable purpose$20,000
Mspca-Angell
Boston, MA
To further charitable purpose$12,000
New Profit
Boston, MA
To further charitable purpose$12,000
Chapel Haven Schleifer Center
New Haven, CT
To further charitable purpose$10,000
Families First Parenting Programs
Watertown, MA
To further charitable purpose$10,000
Partnersforyouthwithdisabilities
Boston, MA
To further charitable purpose$7,500
Pan Mass Challenge
Needham, MA
To further charitable purpose$6,000
Catholic School Foundation
Boston, MA
To further charitable purpose$5,000
Edvestors
Boston, MA
To further charitable purpose$5,000
Social Innovation Forum
Boston, MA
To further charitable purpose$5,000
Bridge Boston Foundation
Roxbury, MA
To further charitable purpose$3,000
Hancock Shaker Village
Hancock, MA
To further charitable purpose$2,500
Medicare Rights Center
New York, NY
To further charitable purpose$2,500
Metromorphosis
Baton Rouge, LA
To further charitable purpose$2,500
Courageous Parents Network
Newton, MA
To further charitable purpose$2,000
McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT
Cambridge, MA
To further charitable purpose$1,500
Caritas Communities
Braintree, MA
To further charitable purpose$1,000
Rosie's Place
Boston, MA
To further charitable purpose$1,000
The Andy Bovin Memorial Fund
New York, NY
To further charitable purpose$1,000
Medfield Foundation Inc
Medfield, MA
To further charitable purpose$250

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Anne and Paul Marcus Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Anne and Paul Marcus Family Foundation give?

$937,250 in tax year 2024, across 26 grants, with a typical grant of $5,500.

Who runs Anne and Paul Marcus Family Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Anne P Marcus (Trustee), Paul R Marcus (Trustee) and Richard R Rudman (Trustee).

What does Anne and Paul Marcus Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly youth programs and education.

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