Minnesota · Private foundation
Melvin L McKay Ta
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.
- $61k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 20
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Melvin L McKay Ta funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 12 | $61k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $47k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $67k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $70k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $59k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Islandmilan Little League Inc | $25,352 | 3 | 12% |
| Christian Care | $17,751 | 5 | 1% |
| Friends of Douglas Park | $16,752 | 4 | 52% |
| River Bend Food Reservoir | $16,251 | 4 | 0% |
| YWCA of the Quad Cities | $15,252 | 4 | 0% |
| Quad City Symphony Orchestra Association | $13,250 | 5 | 0% |
| The Midwest Writing Center | $12,200 | 4 | 3% |
| Youthhope | $12,051 | 3 | 0% |
| Two Rivers YMCA Inc | $10,751 | 3 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of the Heartland Inc | $10,750 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Islandmilan Little League Inc | $25,352 | 3 | 12% |
| Christian Care | $17,751 | 5 | 1% |
| Friends of Douglas Park | $16,752 | 4 | 52% |
| River Bend Food Reservoir | $16,251 | 4 | 0% |
| YWCA of the Quad Cities | $15,252 | 4 | 0% |
| Quad City Symphony Orchestra Association | $13,250 | 5 | 0% |
| The Midwest Writing Center | $12,200 | 4 | 3% |
| Youthhope | $12,051 | 3 | 0% |
| Two Rivers YMCA Inc | $10,751 | 3 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of the Heartland Inc | $10,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Marriage and Family Counseling of R I Co | $8,950 | 4 | 1% |
| The 180 Zone | $8,050 | 3 | 0% |
| Augustana College | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Children's Therapy Center of the Quad Cities Nfp | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Quad City Arts Inc | $4,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lutheran Services in Iowa Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($113k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Melvin L McKay Ta supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Rauch Family Foundation I Inc · Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation · Quad Cities Community Foundation · Grant & Virginia Brissman Foundation Nfp · The Rock Island Community Foundation · Scott County Regional Authority · Doris & Victor Day Foundation Inc · Mary Iva Gittins Knouse Tr Uw · Modern Woodmen of America · Harold R Bechtel Charitable Trust · Moline Foundation · United Way Quad Cities
How this is measured
About Melvin L McKay Ta
- How much does Melvin L McKay Ta give?
- Melvin L McKay Ta reported 12 grants totaling $61,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 20 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Melvin L McKay Ta fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (24%), Youth Development (17%), Recreation & Sports (14%).
- Who are Melvin L McKay Ta's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Rock Islandmilan Little League Inc ($25k), Christian Care ($18k), Friends of Douglas Park ($17k).
- Does Melvin L McKay Ta fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Melvin L McKay Ta 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 Melvin L McKay Ta?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rauch Family Foundation I Inc, Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation, Quad Cities Community Foundation.
- Where is Melvin L McKay Ta based?
- Melvin L McKay Ta is based in MN.
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