Funding search · EIN 853945419 · Boston, MA

Mellen Charitable Fdn (Fka Tf Fdn)

Name: Mellen Charitable Fdn (Fka Tf Fdn) grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

41
grants reported: $46.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $425,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

life chance child commitment equal every future

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

3 grants matching “neil” · $1.5M

$425,000
St Vincent'S Medical Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Establish the neil and diane mellen critical care fund
$425,000
St Vincent'S Medical Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Establish the neil and diane mellen critical care fund
$675,000
St Vincent'S Medical Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Establish the neil and diane mellen critical care fund

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Jerome Avenue Fund Co the Boston Foundation3 grants · $26.0M
Dana-Farber3 grants · $5.1M
Upstream USA3 grants · $3.0M
Year Up3 grants · $1.6M
Focusing Philanthropy3 grants · $1.5M
St Vincent'S Medical Center3 grants · $1.5M
Social Finance1 grant · $1.0M
Youth Villages2 grants · $1.0M
Horizons for Homeless Children3 grants · $750,000
New England Aquarium3 grants · $750,000

Giving over time

$5.0M

2022

$5.6M

2023

$35.7M

2024

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

$25.0M
Jerome Avenue Fund Co the Boston Foundation · East Haven, CT · 2024
General purpose - 90,885 sh vti book value $19,385,886mean fmv used for deduction
$4.1M
Dana-Farber · Boston, MA · 2024
Dana-farber cancer institute projects and initiatives
$1.0M
Social Finance · Boston, MA · 2024
Support training for the unemployed or underemployed to gain access to high-demand jobs that pay family sustaining wages
$1.0M
Upstream USA · Boston, MA · 2024
Support upstream usa's mission to expand opportunity by reducing unplanned pregnancy
$1.0M
Upstream USA · Boston, MA · 2023
Support upstream usa's mission to expand opportunity by reducing unplanned pregnancy
$1.0M
Upstream USA · Boston, MA · 2022
Support upstream usa's mission to expand opportunity by reducing unplanned pregnancy
$700,000
Jerome Avenue Fund Co the Boston Foundation · East Haven, CT · 2023
General purpose
$675,000
St Vincent'S Medical Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Establish the neil and diane mellen critical care fund
$540,000
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2024
Direct service programs and new pilots and initiatives
$540,000
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2023
Direct service programs and new pilots and initiatives
$540,000
Year Up · Boston, MA · 2022
Direct service programs and new pilots and initiatives
$537,000
Focusing Philanthropy · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Jewish vocational service / focusing philanthropy matching gift campaign
$530,000
Dana-Farber · Boston, MA · 2023
Dana-farber cancer institute projects and initiatives
$530,000
Dana-Farber · Boston, MA · 2022
Dana-farber cancer institute projects and initiatives
$500,000
Youth Villages · Woburn, MA · 2024
Provide young adults with lifeset services
$500,000
Focusing Philanthropy · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Jewish vocational service / focusing philanthropy matching gift campaign
$500,000
Youth Villages · Woburn, MA · 2023
Provide young adults with lifeset services
$500,000
Focusing Philanthropy · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Jewish vocational service / focusing philanthropy matching gift campaign
$500,000
Jewish Vocational Service · Boston, MA · 2022
Support the work of jvs in establishing and operating arlab healthcare and biotechnology career institute
$445,500
Milford Public Schools · Milford, MA · 2024
Support evidence based 1:1 virtual tutoring through ignite reading to support 1st and 2nd grade students in high poverty
$425,000
St Vincent'S Medical Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Establish the neil and diane mellen critical care fund
$425,000
St Vincent'S Medical Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Establish the neil and diane mellen critical care fund
$402,750
Waltham Public Schools · Waltham, MA · 2024
Support evidence based 1:1 virtual tutoring through ignite reading to support 1st and 2nd grade students in high poverty
$300,000
Duet · Boston, MA · 2024
Provide opportunities for post-secondary degrees that are designed for affordability and career advancement
$290,000
Jerome Avenue Fund Co the Boston Foundation · East Haven, CT · 2022
General purpose
$250,000
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Further the area of gynecologic oncology at cedars-sinai
$250,000
Horizons for Homeless Children · Roxbury, MA · 2024
Fund the incremental costs of educating 50 additional children in the early education program
$250,000
New England Aquarium · Boston, MA · 2024
Support the hiring of conservation field staff within the anderson cabot center for ocean life
$250,000
Teach for America - Ma · New York, NY · 2024
Commitment to a future where every child has an equal chance in life
$250,000
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Further the area of gynecologic oncology at cedars-sinai
$250,000
Horizons for Homeless Children · Roxbury, MA · 2023
Fund the incremental costs of educating 50 additional children in the early education program
$250,000
New England Aquarium · Boston, MA · 2023
Support the hiring of conservation field staff within the anderson cabot center for ocean life
$250,000
Teach for America - Ma · New York, NY · 2023
Commitment to a future where every child has an equal chance in life
$250,000
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Further the area of gynecologic oncology at cedars-sinai
$250,000
Horizons for Homeless Children · Roxbury, MA · 2022
Fund the incremental costs of educating 50 additional children in the early education program
$250,000
New England Aquarium · Boston, MA · 2022
Support the hiring of conservation field staff within the anderson cabot center for ocean life
$250,000
United States Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2022
To support unicef's work on behalf of ukrainian children and families
$200,000
Teach for America - Ct · New York, NY · 2024
Commitment to a future where every child has an equal chance in life
$200,000
Teach for America - Ri · New York, NY · 2024
Commitment to a future where every child has an equal chance in life
$200,000
Teach for America - Ct · New York, NY · 2023
Commitment to a future where every child has an equal chance in life
$200,000
Teach for America - Ri · New York, NY · 2023
Commitment to a future where every child has an equal chance in life

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