Funding search · EIN 042767470 · Boston, MA
Zell 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.
- 66
- grants reported
- $470,500
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $2,000
- 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.
What they fund
honorariumexpensesfamilyhousingpreservationarmandbartoncelestin
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
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- To Rise Up Industries1 grant · $56,000
- Give a Beat Foundation2 grants · $47,000
- Dismas House of Massachusetts1 grant · $41,000
- Valley Community Development Corporation1 grant · $30,000
- Hias1 grant · $30,000
- Motor City Mitten Mission1 grant · $30,000
- Avenues for Justice2 grants · $23,000
- Transformational Prison Project1 grant · $21,000
- Ymca of Greater Portland1 grant · $21,000
- Center for Restoratvie Justice Works1 grant · $20,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 66 reported grants, largest first.
- $56,000
To Rise Up Industries · San Diego, CA · 2024
General
- $41,000
Dismas House of Massachusetts · Worcester, MA · 2023
General
- $41,000
Give a Beat Foundation · Laguna Beach, CA · 2023
General
- $30,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2021
Housing and rent for ukrainian refugees in poland
- $30,000
Motor City Mitten Mission · St Clair Shores, MI · 2021
Intended for assistance for securing or maintaining housing
- $30,000
Valley Community Development Corporation · Northampton, MA · 2021
Econolodge life skills living center pre purchase costs
- $21,000
Avenues for Justice · New York, NY · 2022
General operating expenses, and honorarium
- $21,000
Transformational Prison Project · Boston, MA · 2022
Honorarium armand coleman and transformational prison project
- $21,000
Ymca of Greater Portland · Portland, OR · 2022
Honorarium, and family preservation project
- $20,000
Center for Restoratvie Justice Works · Montebello, CA · 2022
General
- $20,000
Motherhood Behind Bars · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General
- $16,000
Golden Rule Reentry · Ashland, OR · 2024
General
- $15,000
Women First Transition and Referral Center · Portland, OR · 2024
General
- $11,000
Freedom Farms · Gold Hill, OR · 2024
General
- $10,000
Beyond These Walls · Portland, OR · 2024
General
- $6,000
Give a Beat Foundation · Laguna Beach, CA · 2024
General
- $3,000
Gsl Rescue · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
General
- $3,000
It Takes a Village · Huntington, MA · 2024
General
- $3,000
The Doe Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General
- $3,000
To Leap To Success · Carlsbad, CA · 2024
General
- $3,000
Roca · Chelsea, MA · 2023
General
- $2,000
To Hias Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General
- $2,000
It Takes a Village · Huntington, MA · 2023
General
- $2,000
Jewish Communal Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General
- $2,000
Kitchen Angels · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
General
- $2,000
Los Angeles Food Bank · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
- $2,000
Photoville · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General
- $2,000
Prison Arts Collective · San Diego, CA · 2023
General
- $2,000
Rehabilitation Through the Arts · Purchase, NY · 2023
General
- $2,000
Spotlight Pa · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
General
- $2,000
The Doe Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General
- $2,000
West Coast Care · Marina Del Rey, CA · 2023
General
- $2,000
Ywca of Greater Portland · Portland, OR · 2023
Honorarium, and family preservation project
- $2,000
American Friends of Natal · New York, NY · 2022
General
- $2,000
Avenues for Justice · New York, NY · 2021
General operating expenses
- $2,000
Community Action Pioneer Valley · Greenfield, MA · 2021
General
- $2,000
Community of Friends · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General
- $2,000
Humble Design · Pontiac, MI · 2021
General
- $2,000
Kitchen Angels · Santa Fe, NM · 2021
General
- $2,000
Neighborhood Gardens Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General
- $2,000
Ps Science · Inglewood, CA · 2021
General
- $2,000
Street Roots · Portland, OR · 2021
General
- $1,500
Center City Concern · Portland, OR · 2024
General
- $1,500
English for New Bostonians · Boston, MA · 2024
General
- $1,500
Mount Tamalpais College · San Quentin, CA · 2024
General
- $1,500
Refuge Point · Boston, MA · 2024
General
- $1,000
Center for Contemporary Arts · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
General
- $1,000
Cool Hand Series · New York, NY · 2024
General
- $1,000
Lensic Performing Arts · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
General
- $1,000
Mothers Against Media Addiction · New York, NY · 2024
General
- $1,000
National Religious Campaign Against Torture · Washington, DC · 2024
General
- $1,000
Wyck Historic House Garden and Farm · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General
- $1,000
Crossroads · Claremont, CA · 2023
General
- $1,000
Holyoke Community College Foundation · Holyoke, MA · 2023
General
- $1,000
Root & Rebound · Boston, MA · 2023
General
- $1,000
A New Way of Life · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Susan barton, honorarium
- $1,000
Allen Lane Art Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General
- $1,000
Community Action Pioneer Valley · Greenfield, MA · 2022
General
- $1,000
Kitchen Angels · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
General
- $1,000
Kitchens for Good · San Diego, CA · 2022
General
- $1,000
Nami Westside La · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
- $1,000
Sisters Unchained · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022
Honorarium gabriella p celestin
- $1,000
The Doe Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General
- $1,000
Up Together · Oakland, CA · 2022
General
- $250
Building Oppurtunities for Self -Sufficiency · Berkeley, CA · 2021
An honorarium
- $250
Southwest Counseling Solutions · Detroit, MI · 2021
An honorarium
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