Funding search · EIN 223385621 · Boston, MA

Russell & Costello Family Foundation

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

70
grants reported
$179,054
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

animalsclinicaleducationhomelessmedicalskillstechnology

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Solana Beach Presyterian Church4 grants · $40,550
  • San Diego Rescue Mission3 grants · $34,015
  • Evan School Foundation1 grant · $29,500
  • The Evans School Foundation1 grant · $25,665
  • Fidelity Charitable - Chris Costello Giving Fund1 grant · $9,000
  • Samaritan'S Purse4 grants · $5,500
  • Tufts University1 grant · $5,000
  • Plant With Purpose3 grants · $4,787
  • St Benedict'S Preparatory Schoool3 grants · $4,500
  • Compassion International4 grants · $3,384

Giving over time

$34,307
2022
$43,802
2023
$52,409
2024
$48,536
2025

Grant history

All 70 reported grants, largest first.

  • $33,250

    San Diego Rescue Mission · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General fund

  • $29,500

    Evan School Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025

    General fund

  • $25,665

    The Evans School Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2023

    General fund

  • $10,750

    Solana Beach Presyterian Church · Solana Beach, CA · 2025

    General fund

  • $10,600

    Solana Beach Presyterian Church · Solana Beach, CA · 2024

    General fund

  • $9,600

    Solana Beach Presyterian Church · Solana Beach, CA · 2023

    General fund

  • $9,600

    Solana Beach Presyterian Church · Solana Beach, CA · 2022

    General fund

  • $9,000

    Fidelity Charitable - Chris Costello Giving Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    General fund

  • $5,000

    Tufts University · Boston, MA · 2022

    Clinical skills and medical education technology fund

  • $2,560

    Plant With Purpose · San Diego, CA · 2022

    General fund

  • $2,000

    Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2025

    General fund

  • $2,000

    St Benedict'S Preparatory Schoool · Newark, NJ · 2024

    General fund

  • $1,518

    Plant With Purpose · San Diego, CA · 2024

    General fund

  • $1,500

    St Benedict'S Preparatory Schoool · Newark, NJ · 2023

    General fund

  • $1,500

    Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2022

    General fund

  • $1,041

    Compassion International · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025

    General fund

  • $1,041

    Compassion International · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024

    General fund

  • $1,000

    Black Mountain Home for Children Youth & Families · Black Mountain, NC · 2024

    General fund

  • $1,000

    Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024

    General fund

  • $1,000

    Kingdom Builder Foundation · Solana Beach, CA · 2023

    General fund

  • $1,000

    North Coast Repertory · Solana Beach, CA · 2023

    General fund

  • $1,000

    Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2023

    General fund

  • $1,000

    St Benedict'S Preparatory Schoool · Newark, NJ · 2022

    General fund

  • $900

    Community Bible Study · Colorado Spgs, CO · 2024

    General fund

  • $761

    Compassion International · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023

    General fund

  • $750

    Pacific Palisades Church · Palisades, CA · 2025

    General fund

  • $709

    Plant With Purpose · San Diego, CA · 2023

    General fund

  • $650

    Community Bible Study · Colorado Spgs, CO · 2025

    General fund

  • $541

    Compassion International · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022

    General fund

  • $515

    San Diego Rescue Mission · San Diego, CA · 2025

    General fund

  • $500

    California Center for the Arts Escondido · Encondido, CA · 2025

    General fund

  • $500

    North Coast Repertory · Solana Beach, CA · 2025

    General fund

  • $500

    North Coast Repertory · Solana Beach, CA · 2024

    General fund

  • $500

    Community Bible Study · Colorado Spgs, CO · 2023

    General fund

  • $500

    Focus On the Family · Colorado Spgs, CO · 2023

    General fund

  • $500

    Black Mountain Home for Children Youth & Families · Black Mountain, NC · 2022

    General fund

  • $500

    Daily Hope Ministeries (With Rick Warren) · Rancho Santa Margarita, CA · 2022

    General fund

  • $500

    Focus On the Family · Colorado Spgs, CO · 2022

    General fund

  • $500

    Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness · St Paul, MN · 2022

    General fund

  • $500

    Solana Beach Civic and Historical Society · Solana Beach, CA · 2022

    General fund

  • $500

    Solana Beach Community Theater (Hey Jo Jo Productions) · Solana Beach, CA · 2022

    General fund

  • $500

    Women'S Empowerment · San Diego, CA · 2022

    General fund

  • $450

    Black Mountain Home for Children Youth & Families · Black Mountain, NC · 2025

    General fund

  • $418

    Women'S Empowerment · San Diego, CA · 2025

    General fund

  • $306

    Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2022

    General fund

  • $261

    Women'S Empowerment · San Diego, CA · 2023

    General fund

  • $256

    Fighting the Blind · Columbia, MO · 2025

    General fund

  • $250

    First Baptist Church · San Bernardino, CA · 2025

    General fund

  • $250

    Nature Collective · Encinitas, CA · 2025

    General fund

  • $250

    Bishops School · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    General fund

  • $250

    Franklin College · Franklin, IN · 2024

    General fund

  • $250

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023

    General fund

  • $250

    Community Bible Study · Colorado Spgs, CO · 2022

    General fund

  • $250

    Mom'S in Prayer International · Poway, CA · 2022

    General fund

  • $250

    San Diego Rescue Mission · San Diego, CA · 2022

    General fund

  • $250

    Ymca · Encinitas, CA · 2022

    General fund

  • $208

    San Diego River Conservancy · Lakeside, CA · 2025

    General fund

  • $206

    Network for Good · Washington, DC · 2023

    Support of homeless animals

  • $200

    Black Mountain Home for Children Youth & Families · Black Mountain, NC · 2023

    General fund

  • $200

    Solana Beach Civic and Historical Society · Solana Beach, CA · 2023

    General fund

  • $200

    Community Resource Center · Encinitas, CA · 2022

    General fund

  • $175

    Sudbury Historical Society · Sudbury, MA · 2025

    General funds

  • $173

    Given Gain Foundation · Lauderdale, FL · 2025

    General fund

  • $150

    Brother Benno Foundation · Oceanside, CA · 2025

    General fund

  • $150

    Authora Care Foundation · Burlington, NC · 2023

    General fund

  • $100

    Md Anderson Center · Houston, TX · 2024

    General fund

  • $100

    Hospice of the North Coast · Solana Beach, CA · 2023

    General fund

  • $100

    St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023

    General fund

  • $100

    UCLA · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General fund

  • $100

    Cri-Help · North Hollywood, CA · 2022

    General fund

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.