Vermont · Private foundation
Macleay Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $193k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.9M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Macleay Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 | $193k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $224k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $344k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $194k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $141k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $115k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $125k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $110k | 60% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Let's Grow Kids Inc | $610,000 | 7 | 4% |
| North Branch Nature Center Inc | $175,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Mt Ascutney Outdoors Inc | $115,000 | 8 | 5% |
| Resource a Nonprofit Community Enterprise Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Kellogg-Hubbard Library | $85,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Foundation for a Resilient Montpelier Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Elevate Youth Services Inc | $43,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Vermont Public Co | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cross Vermont Trail Assocation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Let's Grow Kids Inc | $610,000 | 7 | 4% |
| North Branch Nature Center Inc | $175,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Mt Ascutney Outdoors Inc | $115,000 | 8 | 5% |
| Resource a Nonprofit Community Enterprise Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Kellogg-Hubbard Library | $85,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Foundation for a Resilient Montpelier Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Elevate Youth Services Inc | $43,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Vermont Public Co | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cross Vermont Trail Assocation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Retreat Farm Ltd | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Vermont Parks Forever Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($311k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Macleay 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 Vermont Community Foundation · National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc · Lintilhac Foundation Inc · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · Larsen Fund · Oakland Foundation Inc · The Windham Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Macleay Foundation
- How much does Macleay Foundation give?
- Macleay Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $192,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Macleay Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (45%), Environment (12%), Recreation & Sports (8%).
- Who are Macleay Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Let's Grow Kids Inc ($610k), North Branch Nature Center Inc ($175k), Mt Ascutney Outdoors Inc ($115k).
- Does Macleay Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Macleay Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Macleay Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Vermont Community Foundation, National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc, Lintilhac Foundation Inc.
- Where is Macleay Foundation based?
- Macleay Foundation is based in VT.
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