New York · Private foundation
Alfred Lee and Peter Mayer Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $110k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 29
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Alfred Lee and Peter Mayer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 21 | $104k | 48% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $81k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $92k | 16% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $83k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $81k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $39k | 47% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $30k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $25k | 45% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clean Air Task Force Inc | $27,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Citymeals-On-Wheels | $20,056 | 5 | 0% |
| The Mercantile Library Association of the City of New York Inc | $17,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Santa Maddalena Foundation Inc Co Barbara Spence | $16,000 | 8 | 4% |
| The Amyloidosis Foundation | $14,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Share Our Strength | $14,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $14,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders New York City Inc | $13,040 | 7 | 0% |
| Lake Winnipesaukee Association | $10,066 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($328k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Alfred Lee and Peter Mayer Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Alfred Lee and Peter Mayer Foundation with peer funders
About Alfred Lee and Peter Mayer Foundation
- How much does Alfred Lee and Peter Mayer Foundation give?
- Alfred Lee and Peter Mayer Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $110,163 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Alfred Lee and Peter Mayer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Arts & Culture (20%), Civil Rights (17%).
- Who are Alfred Lee and Peter Mayer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Clean Air Task Force Inc ($27k), Citymeals-On-Wheels ($20k), The Mercantile Library Association of the City of New York Inc ($18k).
- Does Alfred Lee and Peter Mayer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Alfred Lee and Peter Mayer Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Alfred Lee and Peter Mayer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pfizer Foundation Inc, American Endowment Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Alfred Lee and Peter Mayer Foundation based?
- Alfred Lee and Peter Mayer Foundation is based in NY.
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