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Malin Family Foundation

Accepts applications Portsmouth, Rhode Island · EIN 056096498

Malin Family Foundation is a private foundation in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. In tax year 2025 it gave $55,500 in 13 grants; the typical grant was $3,000 and the largest $10,000. 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 $52,000 the year before.

46% of its 2025 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
2023$54,09913$620,253
2024$52,00013$713,340
2025$55,50013$758,647

How to apply

ContactJudith Malin
43 Hillside Avenue, Portsmouth, RI 02871
Phone or email(401) 683-9362
What to submitBy letter, specifying the use to which the funds will be put.
RestrictionsStrictly based on the discretion of the trustees.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Malin Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 6 states, the most to Massachusetts.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts4$24,000
Rhode Island3$11,000
New York3$8,000
District of Columbia1$7,500
California1$3,000
Illinois1$2,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 13 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
The Outreach Inc End Hunger NE
Marshfield, MA
Unrestricted grant$10,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Washington, DC
Unrestricted grant$7,500
Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod
Yarmouthport, MA
Unrestricted grant$6,000
American Civil Liberties Union
New York, NY
Unrestricted grant$5,000
Dorcas International Institute of R
Providence, RI
Unrestricted grant$5,000
Cape Cod Neighborhoods Fund
Hyannis, MA
Unrestricted grant$5,000
Adoption Ri
Providence, RI
Unrestricted grant$3,000
Family Pantry of Cape Cod
Harwich, MA
Unrestricted grant$3,000
Mendocino Food Network
Fort Bragg, CA
Unrestricted grant$3,000
Providence Children's Museum
Providence, RI
Unrestricted grant$3,000
Alzheimer's Association
Chicago, IL
Unrestricted grant$2,000
Birthright Israel Foundation
New York, NY
Unrestricted grant$2,000
Doctors Without Borders
New York, NY
Unrestricted grant$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Malin Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Malin Family Foundation give?

$55,500 in tax year 2025, across 13 grants, with a typical grant of $3,000.

Who runs Malin Family Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Judith A Malin (Manager), David M Malin (Manager) and Robert D Malin (Manager).

What does Malin Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly food and hunger and international.

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