Turrell Fund

Turrell Fund is a US private foundation based in Montclair, NJ.

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Turrell Fund supports organisations that provide quality services to children, especially the youngest and the underserved, and their families. Its grants support quality developmental and educational services in Vermont and in specified New Jersey counties. It gives special consideration to programmes serving children from birth to five, especially infants, toddlers and their families, and prioritises work in areas where quality services are limited and systemic barriers affect children and families. Its focus areas include early childhood, K–12 education, music and arts, family support and systems change. The Fund describes its approach as a partnership: it follows community organisations’ lead, defers to expertise and backs solutions from the communities it serves. It also provides general operating support to vital, community-based nonprofits serving children and families.

Themes

• Early childhood
• K-12 education
• Music and arts
• Family support
• Systems change

Geographic Focus

Vermont; Essex; Hudson; Passaic; Union.

Organisations that have not received a grant through the regular application process in the past five years must first submit a brief Letter of Inquiry before they are eligible to apply.

Deadlines: The spring cycle runs in January and February; the fall cycle runs in July and August.

• Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 90% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
• Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 504 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

• It gives special consideration to programmes serving children from birth to five, especially infants, toddlers and their families.
• It prioritises proposals for areas with limited quality services and a high concentration of children and families facing systemic barriers.
• Applicants seeking to serve children from birth to five must show results supported by rigorous measurement and analysis.
• It values exceptional quality and distinction through new benchmarks or best practices.
• It prioritises organisations pursuing systemic change and addressing racial disparities through policy change and advocacy.
• Grantees are expected to submit a final report documenting the use of grant funds within one year; the report should be no longer than two pages.