The Marshall L and Barbara A Tobins Family Charitable Foundation shows no evidence of direct programmatic giving in this dataset; both recorded grants (totaling $91,500) were transfers into a donor-advised fund at JP Morgan. There are no named mission-specific beneficiaries or NTEE codes, so the foundation appears to be using a donor-advised vehicle to hold or regrant philanthropic dollars rather than directly funding service providers. With only two identical entries, there is insufficient public grant history here to identify issue-area priorities or geographic focus.
The Marshall L and Barbara a Tobins Family Charitable Foundation’s largest recorded recent grants are transfers to a donor-advised fund at JP Morgan rather than direct program grants: $47,500 in 2024 and $44,000 in 2023, both described as made to further the organization’s tax-exempt purpose. That pattern is central to understanding how the foundation appears in the public record. Alongside those vehicle transfers, the foundation also made smaller direct gifts to named nonprofit organizations. Mass General Cancer Center received $5,000 in 2023 and another $5,000 in 2024, each described as funding efforts to advance knowledge and rapidly translate discovery into exceptional, personalized cancer care for patients. The other named grants in the file are much smaller, but they show additional areas of interest beyond healthcare. The giving pattern suggests a family charitable structure that uses a donor-advised fund alongside direct grants, with no evidence here of support to individuals or program-related investments. In the available 2024 filing, the foundation reported $103,000 in annual grants and $564,028 in total assets.
Cancer research and clinical translation appears as a repeated theme in the file. Mass General Cancer Center received $5,000 in 2023 and $5,000 in 2024 for work to advance knowledge and rapidly translate discovery into exceptional, personalized cancer care for patients. The foundation also made a $1,000 grant to The Japan Society in New York for programs and activities that educate and inform audiences on the changing nature of Japan and U.S.-Japan relations in a global context. A separate $500 grant went to World Central Kitchen in Washington, DC for meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises. Taken together, the named grants point to a mix of medical, educational, and crisis-response support rather than a single narrow program area.
The recorded grants are highly skewed toward two large donor-advised fund transfers, with p25 at $2,000, a median grant size of $5,000, and p75 at $34,250. The same named recipient, Mass General Cancer Center, appears in both 2023 and 2024, which shows some repeat support rather than one-off giving only. The foundation’s public record also shows use of a donor-advised vehicle: JP Morgan Donor Advised Fund - Marshall and Barbara Tobins Family Ch Fnd appears as a recipient in both years. No program-related investments are recorded, and the foundation does not fund individuals.
$103K
$564K
$28K
$71K
Most grants fall between $2K and $34K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$34K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in DC.
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Highly concentrated and non-programmatic: small number of internal transfers into a single donor-advised fund rather than distributed grants to external nonprofits; no repeat independent grantees or theme-specific funding evident.
Notable grantees: JP Morgan Donor Advised Fund - Marshall and Barbara Tobins Family Charitable Fund
All recorded grants in the file went to U.S. recipients. By count, Washington, DC is the top recipient location, followed by Boston, MA, New York, NY, and Greenwich, CT. Two grants went to Boston for Mass General Cancer Center, while the donor-advised fund transfers were sent to Greenwich. The recipient-country distribution is entirely domestic, with 6 grants to U.S. organizations and none outside the country.
The public record shows support for a donor-advised fund vehicle, a cancer center, an international-education nonprofit, and a humanitarian food-response group. The named grants include Mass General Cancer Center, The Japan Society, and World Central Kitchen, alongside two transfers to a JP Morgan donor-advised fund.
Yes. Mass General Cancer Center appears in both 2023 and 2024 with $5,000 grants each year. The donor-advised fund recipient also appears in both years, indicating repeated use of the same charitable vehicle.
The reported distribution shows p25 at $2,000, a median grant size of $5,000, and p75 at $34,250. That spread reflects a mix of smaller direct gifts and larger transfers to the donor-advised fund.
By grant count, Washington, DC is the top recipient location. Other recipient cities in the file include Boston, MA, New York, NY, and Greenwich, CT. All recorded grants went to U.S. recipients.
2024
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2024.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP MORGAN DONOR ADVISED FUND - MARSHALL AND BARBARA TOBINS FAMILY CH FND | GREENWICH, CT | $47,500 | 2024 | TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| MASS GENERAL CANCER CENTER | BOSTON, MA | $5,000 | 2024 | FUNDS TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE AND RAPIDLY TRANSLATE DISCOVERY INTO EXCEPTIONAL, PERSONALIZED, CANCER CARE FOR PATIENTS. |
| JP MORGAN DONOR ADVISED FUND - MARSHALL AND BARBARA TOBINS FAMILY CH FND | GREENWICH, CT | $44,000 | 2023 | TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX EXEMPT PURPOSE |
| MASS GENERAL CANCER CENTER | BOSTON, MA | $5,000 | 2023 | FUNDS TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE AND RAPIDLY TRANSLATE DISCOVERY INTO EXCEPTIONAL, PERSONALIZED, CANCER CARE FOR PATIENTS |
| THE JAPAN SOCIETY | NEW YORK, NY | $1,000 | 2023 | FUNDS TO PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT EDUCATE AND INFORM AUDIENCES ON THE CHANGING NATURE OF JAPAN AND U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS IN GLOBAL CONTEXT |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | WASHINGTON, DC | $500 | 2023 | FUNDS TO PROVIDE MEALS IN RESPONSE TO HUMANITARIAN, CLIMATE, AND COMMUNITY CRISES. |
JP MORGAN DONOR ADVISED FUND - MARSHALL AND BARBARA TOBINS FAMILY CH FND
$47,500TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX EXEMPT PURPOSE
MASS GENERAL CANCER CENTER
$5,000FUNDS TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE AND RAPIDLY TRANSLATE DISCOVERY INTO EXCEPTIONAL, PERSONALIZED, CANCER CARE FOR PATIENTS.
JP MORGAN DONOR ADVISED FUND - MARSHALL AND BARBARA TOBINS FAMILY CH FND
$44,000TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX EXEMPT PURPOSE
MASS GENERAL CANCER CENTER
$5,000FUNDS TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE AND RAPIDLY TRANSLATE DISCOVERY INTO EXCEPTIONAL, PERSONALIZED, CANCER CARE FOR PATIENTS
THE JAPAN SOCIETY
$1,000FUNDS TO PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT EDUCATE AND INFORM AUDIENCES ON THE CHANGING NATURE OF JAPAN AND U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS IN GLOBAL CONTEXT
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN
FUNDS TO PROVIDE MEALS IN RESPONSE TO HUMANITARIAN, CLIMATE, AND COMMUNITY CRISES.