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Mellen Charitable FDN (fka TF FDN): 17 grants to organizations, $35.7 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Mellen Charitable FDN (fka TF FDN), a private foundation in Boston, MA, paid 17 grants to organizations totaling $35,658,156 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 11, 2025. The largest was $25,047,906 to Jerome Avenue Fund Co the Boston Foundation in East Haven, CT for general purpose - 90,885 sh vti book value $19,385,886mean fmv used for deduction.
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- EIN
- 853945419
- Based in
- Boston, MA
- Assets
- $317,973,352
- Grants paid
- $35,658,156
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 11, 2025, IRS object ID 202513159349101736. It reported $35,658,156 in grants paid; 17 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Avenue Fund Co the Boston Foundation | East Haven, CT | General purpose - 90,885 sh vti book value $19,385,886mean fmv used for deduction | $25,047,906 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dana-Farber Inc | Boston, MA | Dana-farber cancer institute projects and initiatives | $4,060,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Social Finance | Boston, MA | Support training for the unemployed or underemployed to gain access to high-demand jobs that pay family sustaining wages | Human services | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Upstream USA | Boston, MA | Support upstream usa's mission to expand opportunity by reducing unplanned pregnancy | Health care | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Year Up Inc | Boston, MA | Direct service programs and new pilots and initiatives | Education | $540,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Focusing Philanthropy | Santa Monica, CA | Jewish vocational service / focusing philanthropy matching gift campaign | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $537,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Youth Villages | Woburn, MA | Provide young adults with lifeset services | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Milford Public Schools | Milford, MA | Support evidence based 1:1 virtual tutoring through ignite reading to support 1st and 2nd grade students in high poverty | $445,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St Vincent's Medical Center | Bridgeport, CT | Establish the neil and diane mellen critical care fund | $425,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Waltham Public Schools | Waltham, MA | Support evidence based 1:1 virtual tutoring through ignite reading to support 1st and 2nd grade students in high poverty | $402,750 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Duet Inc | Boston, MA | Provide opportunities for post-secondary degrees that are designed for affordability and career advancement | Community improvement and capacity building | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Los Angeles, CA | Further the area of gynecologic oncology at cedars-sinai | Health care | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Horizons for Homeless Children | Roxbury, MA | Fund the incremental costs of educating 50 additional children in the early education program | Human services | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New England Aquarium | Boston, MA | Support the hiring of conservation field staff within the anderson cabot center for ocean life | Animal-related | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Teach for America - Ma | New York, NY | Commitment to a future where every child has an equal chance in life | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Teach for America - CT | New York, NY | Commitment to a future where every child has an equal chance in life | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Teach for America - Ri | New York, NY | Commitment to a future where every child has an equal chance in life | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Human services | $1,250,000 |
| Health care | $1,250,000 |
| Education | $540,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $537,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $300,000 |
| Animal-related | $250,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Connecticut | $25,472,906 |
| Massachusetts | $8,748,250 |
| California | $787,000 |
| New York | $650,000 |
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Updated November 11, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.