The Poss Family Foundation

Invitation Only

Brookline, Massachusetts · EIN 04-3412829 · Private foundation

Grants paid (2025)$2M

Organizations funded6

Typical grant$37,959

Total assets$0

Half of its grants to organizations were between $25,000 and $450,000.

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From the return

How to apply

On its return for tax year 2025 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.

What it funds

Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.

Arts & Culture2
Education1

Where it gives

83% of grants went outside Massachusetts.

Where it gives most, by cause

Its largest causes in a single state on the latest return. Each page shows the leading foundations that fund the same cause there, with their largest grants.

Grants paid in tax year 2025

Recipient	Location	Purpose	Amount
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust	New York, NY	Promote charitable purpose	$1,429,998
Center for Arts - Design and Social Research	Wayland, MA	Promote charitable purpose	$450,000
New York Live Arts	New York, NY	Promote charitable purpose	$100,000
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust	New York, NY	Promote charitable purpose	$37,959
New York Live Arts	New York, NY	Promote charitable purpose	$25,000
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust	New York, NY	Promote charitable purpose	$1,191

Giving by year

Tax year	Grants paid	Grant lines
2025	$2,044,148	6
2024	$381,315	4
2023	$510,000	3
2022	$2,308,500	12

Sources

IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2025, filed Jun 2, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202641539349100319
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 04-3412829
Profile updated Nov 10, 2026

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