The Tommy Fuss Fund

EIN 047024674

Woburn, MA 01801 |(781) 237-7894

https://WWW.TOMMYFUSSFUND.ORG
Total Given 2016–2023
$16.2M
31 grants · $2.0M avg/year
based on 8 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$1M+/yr
mid-tier
capacity
$243K
typical big bets · $120K–$294K
grant size
83%
deep partner · 5/6 multi-year
repeat
$41.2M
Assets (2023)
6
Distinct Recipients

Focus Areas

Science & Research

Application Information

Accepts Unsolicited Proposals No — Preselected Only
Phone (781) 237-7894

Financial Trends

Giving Over Time

Total Assets Over Time

View financial data as table
YearTotal GivingTotal AssetsRevenueGrants
2016 $7.0M $26.9M $4.4M 5
2018 $1.5M $32.7M $3.4M 2
2019 N/A $39.4M $5.0M N/A
2020 $2.0M $37.9M $1.6M 5
2021 $1.7M $43.3M $7.8M 9
2022 $3.1M $37.1M $3.7M 5
2023 $892K $41.2M $3.5M 5

Grant Size Distribution

Based on 31 grants on record

Minimum
$26K
25th Pctl
$120K
Median
$243K
Average
$523K
75th Pctl
$294K
Maximum
$5.8M

Geographic Distribution

Officers & Directors

Grants Awarded (31 total)

Purpose
Children'S Hospital Boston, MA $5,752,500 TOMMY FUSS CENTER FOR NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE RESEARCH YEARS 3 THROUGH 5 2016
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA $2,365,736 CENTER FOR PRECISION PSYCHIATRY - SMOLLER 2022
Boston Children'S Hospital Boston, MA $1,437,500 TOMMY FUSS CENTER FOR NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE RESEARCH YEAR 5 OF 5 2018
Boston Children'S Hospital Boston, MA $1,000,000 TOMMY FUSS CENTER FOR NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE RESEARCH 2020
Children'S Hospital Boston, MA $850,000 TOMMY FUSS CENTER FOR NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE RESEARCH YEAR 2 OF 5 2016
Boston Children'S Hospital Boston, MA $300,000 TOMMY FUSS CENTER FOR NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE RESEARCH 2020
Boston Children'S Hospital Boston, MA $300,000 2021 RESEARCH GRANTS 2021
Boston Children'S Hospital Boston, MA $300,000 NON-ENDOWED FUSS FELLOWSHIP FUND 2021
Columbia University New York City, NY $287,000 REAL-TIME MRI NEUROFEEDBACK FOR DEPRESSION GIFT FUND - AUERBACH 2021
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA $251,020 DISSECTING HETEROGENITY OF DEPRESSION - SMOLLER 2022
Columbia University New York City, NY $250,000 DONATION TO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - NEURAL CORRELATES OF ADOLESCENT SUICIDAL BEHAVIORS. 2020
McLean Hospital Belmont, MA $250,000 ENDOWED CHAIR - 1ST PAYMENT 2023
Boston Children'S Hospital Belmont, MA $250,000 UNRAVELING EARLY ONSET PYSCHOSIS IN YOUTH - GLAHN 2022
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA $248,866 DISSECTING HETEROGENITY OF DEPRESSION - SMOLLER 2023
Children'S Hospital Boston, MA $247,500 TOMMY FUSS CENTER FOR NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE RESEARCH REMAINDER 2016 AND ACCELERATED 2017 2016
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA $243,037 GENOMICS TO BRAIN STRUCTURE, PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AND THERAPEUTIC TARGETS 2021
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA $231,035 DONATION TO MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL - GENOMICS, BRAIN STRUCTURE 2020
McLean Hospital Belmont, MA $206,192 DONATION TO MCLEAN HOSPITAL PREDICTING ONSET OF FUTURE DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN ADOLESCENTS 2020
Boston Children'S Hospital Boston, MA $185,000 INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR AWARD 2021
McLean Hospital Belmont, MA $167,806 ENDOWED CHAIR LESS REMAINING PIZZAGALLI STUDY 2023
Boston Children'S Hospital Belmont, MA $150,000 INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR AWARD 2023
McLean Hospital Belmont, MA $135,397 NEUROSCIENCE-INFORMED, PERSONALIZED TREATMENT FOR ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION 2021
McLean Hospital Belmont, MA $120,000 SLEEP ANALYSIS TO PREDICT ANHEDONIA IN AN ANIMAL MODEL OF EARLY-LIFE ADVERSITY - CARLEZON 2021
McLean Hospital Belmont, MA $120,000 PREDICTING ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION 2 OF 2PREDICTING DEPRESSION IN MALE ADOLESCENTS 2016
McLean Hospital Belmont, MA $120,000 SLEEP ANALYSIS TO PREDICT ANHEDONIA IN AN ANIMAL MODEL OF EARLY-LIFE ADVERSITY - CARLEZON 2022