Marr Charitable Foundation
South Boston, MA · EIN 22-2699881. Reported 79 grants totalling $269,879 to 53 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Marr Charitable Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $250 and $2,500; the smallest was $25 and the largest $34,403. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester | Dorchester, MA | $64,376 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital | Milton, MA | $41,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester- Rodman Ride for Kids | Dorchester, MA | $24,078 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bgcd Rodman Ride 2021 | Dorchester, MA | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pan Mass Challenge | Needham, MA | $18,250 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| United Way of Mass Bay & Merimack Valley | Boston, MA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Bgcd - Virtual Grand Drawing | Dorchester, MA | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bgcd - Newla Virtual 2021 | Dorchester, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bgcd One Campaign | Dorchester, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Oblates of the Virgin Mary | Boston, MA | $5,750 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bid MILTON615 Looking Forward Sponsorship | Milton, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Clergy Health & Retirement Trust | Braintree, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Saint Rock Haiti Foundation | Milton, MA | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mary Ann Brett Food Pantry - St Teresa of Calcutta Parish | Dorchester, MA | $2,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Berkley Congregational Church | Berkley, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New England Center for Homeless Veterans | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rybnik Childrens Education Foundation | Weymouth, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Agatha | Milton, MA | $2,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| 2022 Catholic Appeal | Braintree, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boston Preservation Alliance | Boston, MA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America | Needham, MA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Archbishop Williams High School | Braintree, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Archdiocese of Boston | Canton, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Anthony Shrine | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action New England | Manhattan Beach, CA | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gavin Foundation | So Boston, MA | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Helping Hands of God | Mansfield, MA | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Family Reach | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marr Scholar Fund | Chapel Hill, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Marr Scholarship Fund | Chapel Hill, NC | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Milton Animal League | Milton, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ron Burton Training Village | Hubbardston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| South Boston Little League | South Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Mary's Center for Women & Children | Dorchester, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Italian Home for Children | Jamaica Plain, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | South Easton, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ma Horticultural Society | Wellesley, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mary Ann Brett Food Pantry | Dorchester, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial | Longmeadow, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Milton Cemetery Gift Fund Spring Lilac Camp | Milton, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nativity Prep School | Jamaica Plain, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pine Street in | Boston, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pmcjimmy Fund | Milton, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Jude's Children Hospital | Memphis, TN | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The House We Built Foundation | Dover, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Zoo New England | Stoughton, MA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Julies Family Learning | So Boston, MA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dana Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Womens Lunch Place | Boston, MA | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Plummer House | Salem, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Mary's for Women & Children | Dorchester, MA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Marist Fathers | Boston, MA | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
15 of 53 (28%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 38%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester
RELIGIOUS, SCIENTIFIC, OR EDUCATIONAL, ETC.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 23 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 22 | $109,450 | $750 |
| 2021 | 16 | $51,678 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 19 | $50,278 | $500 |
| 2023 | 22 | $58,473 | $750 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 99% of this one's giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Marr Charitable Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 25-27 D Street, South Boston, MA, 02127. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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