About Donna Anne Poulack Foundation
The Donna Anne Poulack Foundation concentrates support on children and youth programs in the New England area, favoring direct-service organizations that provide education, enrichment, health, and basic needs for young people. Grants are often unrestricted (“general use”), suggesting trust in grantee leadership and a desire to support operational capacity across a small set of priority organizations. The foundation also shows interest in arts access and in bolstering local civic infrastructure through gifts to community foundations.
Focus Areas
Out-of-school youth development and mentoring programs (e.g., Rodman for Kids, Breakthrough Manchester)Children’s health care and pediatric services (e.g., Boston Children’s Hospital)Basic needs for children — clothing and seasonal supports (e.g., Operation Warm)Arts access and arts education outreachSupport for regional community philanthropy (gifts to The Boston Foundation)
Who They Fund
unspecified / not defined
Giving Approach
Relatively concentrated giving: about 10 grants totaling $220k with multiple repeat awards to a handful of organizations. Grants tend to be moderate-to-large and unrestricted, indicating multi-year or continuing relationships rather than one-off small gifts.
About Donna Anne Poulack Foundation
The Donna Anne Poulack Foundation’s grantmaking is shaped by repeated general-use support for children and youth organizations, with Rodman for Kids and Breakthrough Manchester appearing as some of its largest recent recipients. The foundation also backs pediatric care, seasonal basic-needs support, and youth enrichment groups, which gives its portfolio a direct-service profile rather than a programmatic one-off style. Recent gifts include repeated support for Boston Children’s Hospital and Operation Warm, alongside community-based grants that reach New Hampshire organizations and a small set of regional nonprofits. That pattern suggests the foundation favors organizations serving children through education, health, clothing, food, and mentoring. In the recent grants list, several awards are marked “GENERAL USE,” including major gifts to Rodman for Kids, Breakthrough Manchester, and Boston Children’s Hospital, indicating flexible support for operating needs. The foundation also appears to maintain relationships with select organizations over more than one year, with multiple grantees receiving awards in both 2023 and 2024. Its giving combines larger anchors and smaller community grants, creating a portfolio centered on youth-serving organizations and related civic support.
What Donna Anne Poulack Foundation Funds
Children and youth services are the clearest thread in the foundation’s recent grants. In out-of-school youth development and mentoring, it gave $25,000 to Breakthrough Manchester in 2024 and $30,000 to Rodman for Kids in 2023, both as general-use support. Health and pediatric care also appear in the portfolio: Boston Children’s Hospital received $20,000 in both 2023 and 2024. Basic-needs support shows up through grants to Operation Warm, which received $20,000 in 2023 and another $20,000 in 2024 for general use. The foundation also gave to The Artist Outreach in Dallas for general use, reflecting some interest in arts access and enrichment. These grants point to a preference for direct-service organizations serving children through education, care, clothing, and enrichment.
How Donna Anne Poulack Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster at a modest-to-mid scale: p25 is $5,000, median is $6,000, and p75 is $20,000. The recent list shows repeat support across years for several organizations, including Breakthrough Manchester, Boston Children’s Hospital, Operation Warm, Special Olympics of New Hampshire, and New Hampshire Food Bank. Most awards are labeled general use, which points to flexible operating support rather than narrowly restricted project funding. The foundation is a private foundation, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Its latest 990 year on file is 2024.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$124K
Total Assets
$2.1M
Total Revenue
$84K
Total Expenses
$171K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $20K, with a median of $6K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$6K
75th Percentile
$20K
Geographic Reach
Regional9 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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