← Back to results

Private Foundation · MA

The Poss Family Foundation

Brookline, MA  ·  EIN 043412829  ·  Website (ProPublica) ↗  ·  990s on ProPublica ↗

Assets

$919K

Total Giving

$8.5M

Grants on File

36

Average Grant

$236K

Giving Radius

Where The Poss Family Foundation Has Given

AK — no grants on file AL — no grants on file AR — no grants on file AZ — no grants on file CA — $50K across 1 grant CO — no grants on file CT — no grants on file DC — no grants on file DE — no grants on file FL — no grants on file GA — no grants on file HI — no grants on file IA — no grants on file ID — no grants on file IL — no grants on file IN — no grants on file KS — no grants on file KY — no grants on file LA — no grants on file MA — $6.1M across 18 grants MD — no grants on file ME — no grants on file MI — no grants on file MN — $20K across 1 grant MO — no grants on file MS — no grants on file MT — $135K across 2 grants NC — no grants on file ND — $225K across 3 grants NE — no grants on file NH — no grants on file NJ — no grants on file NM — no grants on file NV — no grants on file NY — $1.3M across 8 grants OH — no grants on file OK — no grants on file OR — $600K across 3 grants PA — no grants on file RI — no grants on file SC — no grants on file SD — no grants on file TN — no grants on file TX — no grants on file UT — no grants on file VA — no grants on file VT — no grants on file WA — no grants on file WI — no grants on file WV — no grants on file WY — no grants on file
Historical grants to 21 recipients across 7 states. Top concentrations: WAYLAND ($2.5M, 6 grants), BOSTON ($2.0M, 7 grants), NEW YORK ($1.0M, 4 grants), CAMBRIDGE ($1.0M, 3 grants), PORTLAND ($600K, 3 grants).

Section I

How to Apply

No application guidelines on file — check the foundation's website directly.

On Unsolicited Proposals no

Section IV

Recent Grants

Recipient Amount Year
Center for Arts Design & Social Research $500K 2020
Young Dance Collective INC $79K 2020
Idris Ackamoor and Cultural Odyssey $50K 2020
Fractured Atlas $15K 2020
The Young People's Theatre Project $200K 2020
The Theatre Offensive $250K 2020
The Mark Morris Dance Group $100K 2020
The Institute of Contemporary Art $750K 2020
The Algebra Project INC $500K 2020
New York Live Arts $450K 2020
Mountain Time Arts $50K 2020
Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance $75K 2020
New York Live Arts $450K 2021
Center for Arts Design & Social Research $500K 2021
Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance $110K 2021
Mountain Time Arts $85K 2021
The Algebra Project INC $500K 2021
The Institute of Contemporary Art $350K 2021
The Mark Morris Dance Group $100K 2021
The Theatre Offensive $350K 2021
The Young People's Theatre Project $200K 2021
Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance $40K 2022
Center for Arts Design & Social Research $500K 2022
The Theatre Offensive $250K 2022
The Algebra Project INC $500K 2022

Page 1 of 2 · 36 total

Section VI

Filing History

Year-by-year financial summary from IRS 990-PF filings. Total assets and qualifying distributions show the foundation's growth and giving trajectory.

Year Total Assets Qualifying Distributions Total Revenue Total Expenses
2023 $1.3M $104K $58 $524K
2022 $1.9M $139K $667K $2.4M
2021 $3.6M $274K $1.5M $2.7M
2020 $4.7M $327K $3.8M $3.1M
2019 $5.6M $383K $2.9M $3.5M
2015 $9.6M $671K $3.2M $2.7M
2014 $9.6M $702K $917K $1.3M
2013 $10.0M $649K $1.4M $1.3M
2012 $10.6M $637K $952K $1.8M
2011 $11.5M $666K $1.3M $1.4M

Section VII

Foundations Like This One

Similar in focus area, location, and asset size. Worth researching as part of the same campaign.

Cannata Family Foundation Inc

Foxboro · MA   T20

$1.8M

Assets

Verano Fund

Boston · MA   T22

$1.8M

Assets

Gadsby Fund Inc

Williamstown · MA   T22

$1.8M

Assets

Joseph F And Clara Ford Foundation

Newton · MA   T20

$1.8M

Assets

Katherine U & Ronald W Takvorian Charitable Foundation

Boston · MA   T20

$1.8M

Assets