Funding search · EIN 364270223 · Chicago, IL

The Mullen Family Foundation

Name: The Mullen Family Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

62
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

Top recipients

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

Nantucket Cottage Hospital3 grants · $200,000
Represent US3 grants · $175,000
Boston University4 grants · $149,000
Wake Forest University4 grants · $140,000
Nantucket Golf Club Foundation3 grants · $120,000
Robin Hood Foundation2 grants · $100,000
Vanderbilt University1 grant · $100,000
Oxbridge Academy2 grants · $75,000
The Society of the Four Arts4 grants · $50,000
University of Michigan2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$215,500

2021

$238,015

2022

$361,000

2023

$565,000

2024

Grant history

All 62 reported grants, largest first.

$125,000
Nantucket Cottage Hospital · Nantucket, MA · 2024
General purposes
$100,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024
General purposes
$100,000
Represent US · Florence, MA · 2023
General purposes
$75,000
Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General purposes
$60,000
Nantucket Golf Club Foundation · Siasconset, MA · 2023
General purposes
$50,000
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024
General purposes
$50,000
Nantucket Golf Club Foundation · Siasconset, MA · 2024
General purposes
$50,000
Represent US · Florence, MA · 2024
General purposes
$50,000
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2023
General purposes
$50,000
Oxbridge Academy · West Palm Beach, FL · 2021
General purposes
$50,000
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2021
General purposes
$40,000
Nantucket Cottage Hospital · Nantucket, MA · 2023
General purposes
$40,000
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2022
General purposes
$35,000
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2022
General purposes
$35,000
Nantucket Cottage Hospital · Nantucket, MA · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2024
General purposes
$25,000
Robin Hood Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Friends of Recreation · Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Oxbridge Academy · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
United Way of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
General purposes
$25,000
Represent US · Florence, MA · 2021
General purposes
$20,000
The Society of the Four Arts · Palm Beach, FL · 2021
General purposes
$14,000
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2021
General purposes
$12,500
Palm Beach Civic Association · Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Palm Beach Civic Association · Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Palm Beach Day Academy · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
The Headstrong Project · New York, NY · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
The Society of the Four Arts · Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Palm Beach Civic Association · Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Palm Beach Day Academy · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
The Society of the Four Arts · Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
The Society of the Four Arts · Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America · Tampa, FL · 2021
General purposes
$10,000
Nantucket Golf Club Foundation · Siasconset, MA · 2021
General purposes
$10,000
Nantucket Project Academy · Nantucket, MA · 2021
General purposes
$10,000
Palm Beach Navy Seal Evening of Tribute · Palm Beach, FL · 2021
General purposes
$5,000
Cabinet of Curiosity · Oak Park, IL · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Fresh Rx · Boynton Beach, FL · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Sankaty Head Foundation · Siasconset, MA · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
The 1909 Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America · Tampa, FL · 2023
General purposes
$5,000
Palm Beach Navy Seal Evening of Tribute · Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General purposes
$5,000
Sankaty Head Foundation · Siasconset, MA · 2023
General purposes
$5,000
Starting Right Now · Tampa, FL · 2023
General purposes
$5,000
The Florida Holocaust Museum · St Petersburg, FL · 2023
General purposes
$5,000
Cabinet of Curiosity · Oak Park, IL · 2022
General purposes
$5,000
Kieve Wavus Education · Noblebora, ME · 2021
General purposes
$5,000
Sankaty Head Foundation · Siasconset, MA · 2021
General purposes
$2,500
Fire Aid La · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General purposes
$2,500
Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2023
General purposes
$2,500
Seed Global Health · Boston, MA · 2023
General purposes
$2,500
Cabinet of Curiosity · Oak Park, IL · 2021
General purposes
$2,500
The Headstrong Project · New York, NY · 2021
General purposes
$1,500
Red Sneakers for Oakley · Palm Beach, FL · 2021
General purposes
$1,000
Friends of Recreation · Palm Beach, FL · 2024
General purposes
$1,000
Sparcc (Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center) · Sarasota, FL · 2024
General purposes
$1,000
Friends of Recreation · Palm Beach, FL · 2023
General purposes
$515
Place of Hope · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General purposes
$500
Nantucket Dance Theater · Nantucket, MA · 2024
General purposes

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