The Zell Family Foundation Inc
Private foundation · Boston, MA · EIN 04-2767470 · reported 2023–2025 · files as Zell Family Foundation Inc
53grants reported
$2,000median award
$1,000lower quartile
$1,000smallest grant
$364Ktotal paid
8states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 1 of its 53 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $2,000 in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
230 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02110-2409
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| TO Rise UP Industries | San Diego, CA | $56,000 |
| Give A Beat Foundation | Laguna Beach, CA | $41,000 |
| Dismas House of Massachusetts | Worcester, MA | $41,000 |
| Avenues for Justice GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, AND HONORARIUM | New York, NY | $21,000 |
| Transformational Prison Project HONORARIUM ARMAND COLEMAN AND TRANSFORMATIONAL PRISON PROJECT | Boston, MA | $21,000 |
| YMCA of Greater Portland HONORARIUM, AND FAMILY PRESERVATION PROJECT | Portland, OR | $21,000 |
| Center for Restoratvie Justice Works | Montebello, CA | $20,000 |
| Motherhood Behind Bars | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 |
| Golden Rule Reentry | Ashland, OR | $16,000 |
| Women First Transition and Referral Center | Portland, OR | $15,000 |
| Freedom Farms | Gold Hill, OR | $11,000 |
| Beyond These Walls | Portland, OR | $10,000 |
| Give A Beat Foundation | Laguna Beach, CA | $6,000 |
| IT Takes A Village | Huntington, MA | $3,000 |
| TO Leap to Success | Carlsbad, CA | $3,000 |
| The Doe Fund | New York, NY | $3,000 |
| Gsl Rescue | West Hollywood, CA | $3,000 |
| Roca Inc | Chelsea, MA | $3,000 |
| TO Hias Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $2,000 |
| American Friends of Natal | New York, NY | $2,000 |
| Kitchen Angels | Santa FE, NM | $2,000 |
| The Doe Fund | New York, NY | $2,000 |
| YWCA of Greater Portland HONORARIUM, AND FAMILY PRESERVATION PROJECT | Portland, OR | $2,000 |
| IT Takes A Village | Huntington, MA | $2,000 |
| Spotlight PA | Harrisburg, PA | $2,000 |
| Rehabilitation Through the Arts | Purchase, NY | $2,000 |
| Prison Arts Collective | San Diego, CA | $2,000 |
| West Coast Care | Marina Del Rey, CA | $2,000 |
| Photoville | Brooklyn, NY | $2,000 |
| Jewish Communal Fund | New York, NY | $2,000 |
| Los Angeles Food Bank | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000 |
| Center City Concern | Portland, OR | $1,500 |
| English for New Bostonians | Boston, MA | $1,500 |
| Refuge Point | Boston, MA | $1,500 |
| Mount Tamalpais College | San Quentin, CA | $1,500 |
| National Religious Campaign Against Torture | Washington, DC | $1,000 |
| Cool Hand Series Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| Wyck Historic House Garden and Farm | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 |
| Center for Contemporary Arts | Santa FE, NM | $1,000 |
| Lensic Performing Arts | Santa FE, NM | $1,000 |
| Mothers Against Media Addiction Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| Allen Lane Art Center | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 |
| Community Action Pioneer Valley | Greenfield, MA | $1,000 |
| The Doe Fund | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| Kitchens for Good | San Diego, CA | $1,000 |
| Kitchen Angels | Santa FE, NM | $1,000 |
| Nami Westside LA | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 |
| A New Way of Life SUSAN BARTON, HONORARIUM | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 |
| Sisters Unchained HONORARIUM GABRIELLA P CELESTIN | Jamaica Plain, MA | $1,000 |
| UP Together | Oakland, CA | $1,000 |
| Crossroads Inc | Claremont, CA | $1,000 |
| Root & Rebound | Boston, MA | $1,000 |
| Holyoke Community College Foundation | Holyoke, MA | $1,000 |
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