Florida · Private foundation
May Kay Houck 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.
- $129k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations May Kay Houck Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 20 | $129k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $108k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $141k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $123k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $120k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $123k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $119k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $111k | 38% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mana-Sota Lighthouse for the Blind Inc | $101,000 | 9 | 1% |
| The Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc | $101,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Genesee Valley Conservancy Inc | $84,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Reach of Haywood County Inc | $75,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Habitat for Humanity International Haywo | $66,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Canandaigua Lake Watershed Association | $56,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Open Door Mission Inc | $48,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy | $47,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc | $46,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Foodlink Inc | $43,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($167k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget May Kay Houck 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: Rochester Area Community Foundation · Cloudsplitter Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · Ibm International Foundation · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · The Nature Conservancy · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About May Kay Houck Foundation
- How much does May Kay Houck Foundation give?
- May Kay Houck Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $129,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does May Kay Houck Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (28%), Human Services (13%), Health (13%).
- Who are May Kay Houck Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mana-Sota Lighthouse for the Blind Inc ($101k), The Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc ($101k), Genesee Valley Conservancy Inc ($84k).
- Does May Kay Houck Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does May Kay Houck 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 May Kay Houck Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rochester Area Community Foundation, Cloudsplitter Foundation, Ge Aerospace Foundation.
- Where is May Kay Houck Foundation based?
- May Kay Houck Foundation is based in FL.
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