Welcome to the Mary Powell Foundation
A registered non-profit organization (501c3) dedicated to continuing the good works of a remarkable, selfless woman who took the initiative to become involved in her community and to fight for social justice. Today, we continue to recognize and reward leaders of community service.
Our Mission
To support people, organizations and causes that exhibit the traits and ideals demonstrated by Mary Powell throughout her remarkable life. Selfless dedication to helping others, doing what is morally right, and taking the initiative to become involved in one’s community are the traits the MPF seeks to exhibit and support.
All Proceeds to Charity
An all-volunteer organization, 100% of donations are used to fulfill and expand the Foundation’s charitable mission; supporting our scholarship and award programs as well as our veterans music therapy sponsorships.
Our History
Our history begins with the selfless service of Mary Powell, a noted community volunteer in New York City who, despite the challenges of working, commuting and raising a family, set an example of initiative, perseverence and community engagement.
A Guidestar Platinum Organization
The Mary Powell Foundation is recognized by Guidestar (now Candid) as a Platinum Level organization, the highest level possible for transparency.
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News & Events
Check Out What We've Been Up To!
Wish Granted: Juan and Yanise Meet the Team at the 76ers Game
We met fifteen-year-old Juan, his mother Yanise and his younger sister Naliah at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia in the summer of 2022. Juan had been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, a diagnosis that no boy or his mother and family should ever have to face....
Above and Beyond – Community Service is Alive and Well in America
Above and Beyond – Community Service is Alive and Well in America
Inspiration: Orlando United – mpfusa is proud to be the Fiscal Sponsor for this compassionate art project.
We're proud to announce that The Mary Powell Foundation is now the fiscal sponsor for the Inspiration Orlando United mural project. Inspiration Orlando United is a "living mural" project by Michael Pilato, Yuriy Karabash, and Chimene Pindar Hurst that honors the...
President’s Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients
Rarely do we meet volunteers who are eligible for the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest level of the President’s Volunteer Service Award. That’s because it requires 4,000 hours of voluntary service to qualify. It takes a remarkably dedicated...
Gold Level Recipient of the President’s Volunteer Service Award
Tiffany is a bright H.S. student in New York City who is committed to volunteering her skills and compassion for the sake of others. Fascinated by books and numbers as a child, Tiffany has become quite knowledgeable in her own right as she's gotten older. She tutors...
Black History Month
It has been too long coming, but the Pentagon recently issued a directive to the U.S. Military to proceed with plans to rename nine Army bases in six states and hundreds of other items whose names honor the Confederacy by the end of 2023. The directive is, perhaps, a...
MPF Mission Continues as Mary Powell’s 104th Birthday is celebrated (2022)
As we continue to rebound from the impact of the covid pandemic and are reminded daily about the dysfunction and evil that exists in our world, this day is one that serves annually to remind us of the good in the world and people like Mary Powell, born exactly 104...
2019 Century Tour
Volunteers and participants at Brooklyn's Canarsie Pier during the 30th New York City Century Tour. Each year since 2014, The Mary Powell Foundation has supported this event and the underlying idea of Vision Zero*, a global project aimed at reducing fatalities and...
2019 HS YCD
HS YCD 2019
2015 High School for Youth & Community Development @ Erasmus Hall
Joel Reckley not only won this year’s Mary Powell Community Service Award and Scholarship at his HS, but he also qualified for the prestigious President’s Volunteer Service Award, Silver Level, by volunteering over 175 hours between the Brooklyn Library, where he...
2015 JHS Student Awards – Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association
The MPF and MMHCA teamed up again to award the Mary Powell Community Service Award and accompanying grants to two very deserving JHS students at Cunningham and Marine Park in Brooklyn. At the MMHCA Civic Meeting, Sydni, a local Girl Scout and 3-year member of her...
2015 – President’s Volunteer Service Awards
The Mary Powell Foundation awarded eight President’s Volunteer Service Awards & Medallions (1 Gold and 1 Lifetime Award and 6 Group Member Awards) to a wonderful group of volunteers helping patients at the Medstar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C....
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