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David & Mary Barros Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Scituate, Massachusetts · EIN 134186806

David & Mary Barros Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Scituate, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $27,604 in 16 grants; the typical grant was $1,500 and the largest $4,000. 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 $23,208 the year before.

19% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$21,02512$440,097
2024$23,20814$491,686
2025$27,60416$486,691

How to apply

ContactDavid Mary Barros Foundation Inc
784 Parish Road, Scituate, MA 02066-3117
Phone or email(781) 378-1546
What to submitNo formal required contents
DeadlinesNo deadline for submission
RestrictionsNo restrictions on awards

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What David & Mary Barros Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts13$19,604
Connecticut2$5,000
Tennessee1$3,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 16 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Avon Old Farms School
Avon, CT
Education$4,000
Scituate Animal Shelter
Scituate, MA
Protection and welfare of animals$3,561
Friendship Home
Norwell, MA
Shelter for victims of domestic viol$3,108
St Judes Childrens Research Hospita
Memphis, TN
Pediatriac medical research$3,000
St Mary's Center for Women & Childr
Dorchester, MA
Homeless women & children$2,000
Our Lady of the Angels
Worcester, MA
Religious organization$2,000
MGH Fund
Bostom, MA
Support healthcare$1,560
South Shore Health System Foundatio
South Weymouth, MA
Critical care training & education$1,500
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Brookline, MA
Cancer research$1,500
Alliance Health and Human Services
Newtown, MA
Health care to elders & children$1,000
Pine Street Inn Homeless Shelter
Boston, MA
Homeless shelter$1,000
Father Bills and Mainspring
Brackton, MA
Families in need & avoid homelessnes$1,000
Team CDKL15
Westbrook, CT
Cdkl5 research$1,000
Red Sox Foundation
Boston, MA
Promoting physical activty$575
St Johns Episcopal Church
Hingham, MA
Religious organization/church$500
Alzheimers Assn
Newton, MA
Alzheimer research$300

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does David & Mary Barros Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: No deadline for submission.

How much does David & Mary Barros Foundation Inc give?

$27,604 in tax year 2025, across 16 grants, with a typical grant of $1,500.

Who runs David & Mary Barros Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists David Barros (Director), Mary Barros (Director), Catherine Barros (Director) and Michael Barros (Director) among 7 officers and trustees.

What does David & Mary Barros Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health, housing and homelessness and youth programs.

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