Moser Family Foundation Inc.

Moser Family Foundation Inc. is a small, family-run private foundation (EIN 56-2567449, ruled tax-exempt in July 2006) operating out of Portland, Maine with a Baltimore-area phone contact, run entirely by unpaid Moser family trustees (Elizabeth K Moser, President; Martin P Moser Jr, Secretary; Moriah Moser, VP; Jeremy Rh Moser, Treasurer) plus three outside trustees (Carolyn Goodman Esq, Dr. Daniel Morgenstern, Laura Kittle). Every database consulted — including Grantable, Cause IQ, and Candid — independently confirms the foundation is preselected-only: it does not solicit or accept unsolicited proposals, has no public website, no published guidelines, and no application portal. The internal data flags `preselected_only: true` and `application_instructions: "__none__"`, consistent with the outside research. This is not a foundation to cold-apply to; it is a relationship-driven vehicle for the Moser family's existing giving circle. First-time seekers should not expect a form or LOI process — the realistic path in is a warm introduction through a current grantee, a shared board member, or a shared community institution (a synagogue, a Jewish federation, a Portland or Baltimore civic network). Virtually all 223 tracked grants (totaling $2.616M across the multi-year dataset) carry the generic purpose code "GENERAL PURPOSES" or "GENERAL PURPOSE" — the family funds general operating support, not restricted projects, and repeat funding is the norm: most top grantees (Maine Coast Waldorf School, Congregation Bet Ha'Am, Hand In Hand, Food For Others, Cultivating Community, Seeds of Peace, Preble Street, Tedford Housing, Healthcare for the Homeless, The Telling Room, Space Gallery) received 3-4 separate grants, indicating the foundation renews support annually to a stable roster rather than funding new organizations each cycle. Organizations already receiving smaller amounts (in the $17K-$28K range) appear to be candidates for graduated increases over time (e.g., Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine grew to $100K cumulative across 3 grants). For an organization not already in the family's orbit, the most productive strategy is indirect: build visibility with the Portland and Baltimore Jewish community networks and the specific causes (hunger relief, homelessness, reproductive health, legal aid, arts education) the family already funds, rather than attempting outreach to the foundation directly.

Per the foundation's own typical-grant-size data (56 grants, most recent complete cycle), median grant size is $7,250, average $10,670, with a range of $1,000 to $50,000. The broader multi-year grantee dataset (223 grants, $2,616,000 total, $11,731 average) tells a similar story but reveals a handful of larger cumulative relationships: New Venture Fund ($100,000 across 2 grants) and Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine ($100,000 across 3 grants) top the list, followed by Maine Coast Waldorf School, Congregation Bet Ha'Am, and Hand In Hand (each $80,000 cumulative across 4 grants). The single largest one-time grant identified is $75,000 to American Endowment Foundation, a donor-advised-fund sponsor — indicating the family also routes some giving through a DAF rather than direct grants. Annual grant totals have grown steadily: $587,500 (2019) → $597,500 (2020) → $619,500 (2021) → $664,000 (2022) → $690,500 (2023), a roughly 5%/year increase, while total giving (including non-grant charitable spending) reached $734,424 in 2023. Against total assets of $6.94M (FY2024) and $5.2M (FY2023), the foundation is distributing well above the 5% IRS minimum payout — closer to 11-13% of assets in recent years — suggesting either a spend-oriented philosophy or reliance on strong investment returns (net investment income reached $480,092 in 2021 and $779,677 in 2019) to fund generous grantmaking. By program area, giving skews toward Jewish community and religious institutions (Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine, Congregation Bet Ha'Am, Sinai Hospital, Bikur Cholim of Baltimore, Temple Rodef Shalom, Maine Jewish Film Festival), hunger/homelessness relief (Food For Others, Midcoast Hunger Prevention Program, Preble Street, So Others Might Eat, Tedford Housing, Healthcare for the Homeless), and legal aid/civil rights (Prisoners' Legal Services of New York, Public Justice Center, Maine Equal Justice Partnership, Planned Parenthood). Geographically, grants concentrate in Maine (75 of 223 tracked grants), Maryland (42), New York (25), Virginia (24), and DC (21), with smaller footprints in Illinois, California, Colorado, Oregon, and Michigan — a two-hub pattern (Portland, ME and Baltimore, MD/DC-metro) rather than a single-state focus.

These five peers were matched purely on asset size (all sit within roughly $6.9M-$6.94M, essentially identical to Moser's $6,938,613) and shared IRS NTEE classification (Philanthropy & Grantmaking), not on documented giving levels or focus areas — none of them have detailed public grantmaking data available through the sources checked for this report, which is itself typical of small family foundations and trusts in this asset tier. What differentiates Moser from a generic same-size peer is transparency: despite having no website, Moser's grant history is unusually well-documented in third-party 990-PF aggregators (Cause IQ, Grantable, Instrumentl), giving prospective grantees far more visibility into its actual giving pattern than most foundations its size. Organizations targeting this asset tier of foundation should expect the same preselected/relationship-driven posture from the unlisted peers unless direct outreach proves otherwise.

No news articles, press releases, leadership changes, or new program announcements were found for Moser Family Foundation Inc. in 2025 or 2026 — this is consistent with a foundation that has no website, no media presence, and no public communications function; family foundations at this asset size (under $7M) rarely generate press coverage. The most recent verifiable activity is administrative: the foundation's FY2024 Form 990-PF was received by the IRS in November 2025, reporting total assets of $6,938,613, total revenue of $2,457,601 (driven overwhelmingly by a $2,291,828 gain on asset sales against $165,773 in dividend income), and zero officer compensation across all seven trustees — consistent with prior years. The last confirmed grants data point (FY2023) showed $690,500 in grants paid and $734,424 in total giving, continuing an unbroken multi-year upward trend from $587,500 in 2019. No new trustees, no changes in leadership structure, and no shifts in stated focus areas were detectable in available records; the roster of Elizabeth K Moser (President), Martin P Moser Jr (Secretary), Moriah Moser (VP), Jeremy Rh Moser (Treasurer), Carolyn Goodman Esq, Dr. Daniel Morgenstern, and Laura Kittle appears stable across the filings reviewed. Grant seekers should not expect a public announcement of funding cycles or new initiatives from this foundation — its cadence is filed silently through annual 990-PF returns rather than press activity.

Because Moser Family Foundation Inc. is confirmed preselected-only with no application portal, no published guidelines, and no public email address, the standard "submit an LOI" playbook does not apply here — treat this as a relationship-building target, not a submission target. Concrete, funder-specific advice: (1) Do not cold-mail or cold-call the (410) 385-0497 number or the 40 Bowdoin St, Portland, ME address expecting a proposal review process — third-party aggregators uniformly report the foundation does not accept unsolicited requests, and an unsolicited packet is likely to be discarded unread. (2) Identify the warm path — organizations already in the family's giving circle cluster tightly around Jewish communal life in Portland, ME and Baltimore, MD (Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine, Congregation Bet Ha'Am, Sinai Hospital, Bikur Cholim of Baltimore, Temple Rodef Shalom, Maine Jewish Film Festival) — a nonprofit with board or clergy connections in either of those two Jewish communities has a materially better shot at introduction than one without. (3) Match the cause profile, not just the geography — hunger relief (Food For Others, Midcoast Hunger Prevention, Preble Street, So Others Might Eat), homelessness (Tedford Housing, Healthcare for the Homeless), reproductive health (Planned Parenthood Metro DC and National), legal aid/civil liberties (Prisoners' Legal Services of NY, Public Justice Center, Maine Equal Justice Partnership), and youth/arts education (Seeds of Peace, SMYAL, The Telling Room, Indigo Arts Alliance, Portland Stage Company) are the recurring thematic buckets; a proposal (once invited) should speak the same general-operating-support language the foundation already funds, not a narrowly restricted-project pitch. (4) Expect general operating support, not project grants — nearly every recorded grant purpose is "GENERAL PURPOSES," so if invited to apply, frame the ask around organizational sustainability and mission impact rather than a single restricted initiative. (5) Expect modest, recurring amounts — a first grant is far more likely to land in the $1,000-$20,000 median/average range ($7,250 median, $10,670 average) than at the $50,000-$100,000 ceiling reserved for multi-year repeat relationships. (6) Common mistake to avoid: assuming the moser.org domain (returned in this foundation's enrichment data) is the foundation's website — it is an unrelated, unbuilt German placeholder site ("moser.mobi befindet sich im Aufbau") and should not be used for outreach or cited in materials referencing this funder.