Washington · Private foundation
Edward and Cynthia Maletis 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.
- $288k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $37,800
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Edward and Cynthia Maletis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 | 5 | $288k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $92k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $695k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $690k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $358k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $635k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $414k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $378k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Art Museum | $1,421,000 | 9 | 2% |
| University of Oregon Foundation | $1,024,693 | 7 | 0% |
| De la Salle North Catholic High School | $755,583 | 9 | n/a |
| Crossroad Institute Inc | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cappella Romana | $17,500 | 1 | 2% |
| St George Greek Orthodox Church | $10,225 | 1 | n/a |
| Motiv8 Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bald Faced Truth Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($600k), not named here.
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Edward and Cynthia Maletis Foundation with peer funders
About Edward and Cynthia Maletis Foundation
- How much does Edward and Cynthia Maletis Foundation give?
- Edward and Cynthia Maletis Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $287,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Edward and Cynthia Maletis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (36%), Arts & Culture (36%), Recreation & Sports (23%).
- Who are Edward and Cynthia Maletis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Portland Art Museum ($1.4M), University of Oregon Foundation ($1.0M), De la Salle North Catholic High School ($756k).
- Does Edward and Cynthia Maletis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Edward and Cynthia Maletis 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 Edward and Cynthia Maletis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Edward and Cynthia Maletis Foundation based?
- Edward and Cynthia Maletis Foundation is based in WA.
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