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 has been recognized by Guidestar (now Candid) as a Platinum Level organization, the highest level possible for transparency.
News & Events
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Challenges, Opportunities, and the Power of Unity
Nonprofit organizations across the country are navigating a period of significant uncertainty. Economic pressures, shifting philanthropic priorities, increased competition for charitable dollars, and growing community needs have made it more challenging than ever to...
Serendipity
Our supporters may recall that today is a special day for our organization. It is the day that the remarkable life of Mary Powell began. Well today, on Mary's birthday, as we verified the service hours of another young volunteer, we made yet another serendipitous...
President’s Volunteer Service Award – Gold!
As 2023 comes to an end, we are proud to recognize another shining example of a young student dedicated to helping others by volunteering her time and talent. Marlin worked with three separate organizations to share her time and her math and computer skills as a...
Wish Granted: Juan and Yanise Meet the 76ers Team
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
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
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