About Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation
The foundation concentrates its philanthropy in a small number of relatively large grants, with a strong emphasis on private school support and community-serving charities. A single independent school receives roughly half of the foundation's recorded giving (including repeat gifts), while the remainder is split between social‑justice/equality programming and disease-focused health charities. This profile suggests a local or family interest in sustaining a specific educational institution alongside selective national or regional causes.
Focus Areas
Independent/private day school support (The Country School)Faith‑based or community equality/social justice initiatives (Jubilee Consortium)Blood cancer research, patient services and advocacy (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society)
Who They Fund
crisis-affected communities (humanitarian aid recipients)ecosystems and conservation stakeholdersindividuals with autism and their familiesvoters and civic-minded citizenspublic radio audiences / media consumers
About Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation
A single independent school stands out in the Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation Inc’s recent records: The Country School in Easton, Maryland appears twice at the top of the grant list, including a $60,000 grant in 2023 and a $41,490 grant in 2025. That repeated support helps define a foundation that gives through member recommendation and discretionary processes rather than broad open competition, with grants directed to 501(c)(3) organizations. The recent record shows a mix of education, humanitarian aid, health, arts, conservation, autism services, religion, and equality-related work, but the pattern is selective rather than diffuse. Some gifts are sized as challenge or leverage-style support, while others are smaller member-directed awards. The foundation also makes repeated grants to a blood-cancer charity, alongside gifts to community-serving organizations in several states. In practical terms, the profile reads as a grantmaker that combines sustained backing for a specific school with targeted support for nonprofit organizations chosen by members, including institutions in education, health, and social-service fields.
What Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation Funds
Education is central in the recent grant record. The foundation gave $38,000 to Meher Fund Inc in 2024 for education, then followed with $30,000 to the same organization in 2023, showing interest in school-related support beyond one institution. In health, it awarded $41,200 in 2024 and $21,000 in 2025 to Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in Rye Brook, New York, both in the health category. Humanitarian grants are broader and more varied: $30,600 went to North California Center for Well-being in Santa Rosa, and $30,000 went to The Florence Project in Tuscan, Arizona. The portfolio also includes specialized causes such as $20,400 to Firefly Autism in Lakewood, Colorado and $20,000 to Housatonic Valley Assn in South Lee, Massachusetts for conservation.
How Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation Gives
Typical grants are modest relative to the foundation’s larger awards: the 25th percentile is $500, median grant size is $1,000, and the 75th percentile is $2,450. The recent list also shows a long tail of larger gifts, which means a small number of grants carry much of the dollar volume. Recipients can appear in multiple years, as seen in repeated awards to the same organizations across 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation’s structure is member-driven: grants are made only through active MBTF member recommendations or member discretionary requests, and several programs explicitly accept unsolicited requests while others do not. Matching grants are also part of the toolkit, with eligible member gifts of at least $100 matched on up to a 4:1 basis.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$480K
Total Assets
$10.8M
Total Revenue
$984K
Total Expenses
$920K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $500 and $2K, with a median of $1K.
25th Percentile
$500
Median
$1K
75th Percentile
$2K
Geographic Reach
National30 states funded
About 5% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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