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Posoli Family Foundation

Accepts applications Bellaire, Texas · EIN 456211344

Posoli Family Foundation is a private foundation in Bellaire, Texas. In tax year 2024 it gave $379,680 in 56 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $100,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2024 was up from $346,945 the year before.

54% 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
2023$346,94548$6.7 million
2024$379,68056$7.4 million

How to apply

ContactPaul Joseph Posoli
5311 Valerie Street, Bellaire, TX 77401
Phone or email(713) 664-6431

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Posoli Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 18 states, the most to Texas.

StateGrantsAmount
Texas30$265,948
Massachusetts3$16,500
New York3$15,500
Illinois3$14,750
Arkansas1$12,000
California4$11,750
Colorado1$10,000
New Jersey1$9,700
Indiana1$5,000
Missouri1$5,000

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 56 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Career Spring
Bellaire, TX
For general purposes$100,000
Child Advocates Inc
Houston, TX
For general purposes$28,300
Student Mobilization
Conway, AR
For general purposes$12,000
University of St Thomas
Houston, TX
For general purposes$12,000
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
For general purposes$10,000
Focus
Golden, CO
For general purposes$10,000
JDRF
New York, NY
For general purposes$10,000
Paradisus Dei
Houston, TX
For general purposes$10,000
Small Steps Nurturing Center
Houston, TX
For general purposes$10,000
Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Houston, TX
For general purposes$10,000
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
Short Hills, NJ
For general purposes$9,700
Family Legacy Missions
Irving, TX
For general purposes$8,864
Alzheimers Association
Chicago, IL
For general purposes$6,000
Legionaries of Christ - Regnum Christi
Houston, TX
For general purposes$5,800
Cristo Rey Jesuit
Houston, TX
For general purposes$5,484
George School
Newtown, PA
For general purposes$5,000
Gratia Plena
Stafford, TX
For general purposes$5,000
His Father's Heart Strings
Houston, TX
For general purposes$5,000
His Grace Foundation
Tomball, TX
For general purposes$5,000
Holocaust Museum Houston
Houston, TX
For general purposes$5,000
Hope Stone Inc
Houston, TX
For general purposes$5,000
Jesuit High School
Carmichael, CA
For general purposes$5,000
Jesuits Central and Southern Providence
St Louis, MO
For general purposes$5,000
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation
Alexandria, VA
To fund scholarship program$5,000
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
For general purposes$5,000
One Cause
Indianapolis, IN
For general purposes$5,000
Rice University
Houston, TX
For general purposes$5,000
San Francisco Nativity
San Francisco, CA
For general purposes$5,000
Serenity Retreat
Houston, TX
For general purposes$5,000
Summer House
Houston, TX
For general purposes$5,000
The Landing
Houston, TX
For general purposes$5,000
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
New York, NY
For general purposes$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Houston, TX
For general purposes$5,000
Fresh Arts
Houston, TX
For general purposes$5,000
Here I Am Orphan
Brenham, TX
For general purposes$5,000
Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School
Methuen, MA
For geenral purposes$5,000
Periwinkle Foundation
Houston, TX
For general purposes$5,000
American Association of Medical Assistants
Chigao, IL
For general purposes$3,750
Isabel Mak
NA, TX
For general purposes$3,000
Search Homeless Services
Houston, TX
For general purposes$2,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Posoli Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Posoli Family Foundation give?

$379,680 in tax year 2024, across 56 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Posoli Family Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Paul Joseph Posoli (President) and Joy Michelle Posoli (Vice-President).

What does Posoli Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, youth programs and faith communities.

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