Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Shirley & Louis Matkoff Charitable Trust
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.
- $100k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $320k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Shirley & Louis Matkoff Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $140k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $30k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $30k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $25k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiny Miracles Rescue | $50,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Cat Tales Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Safe Haven Rabbit Rescue Inc | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Bucks County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Rabbit Sanctuary Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Animals in Distress | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Aark Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 5% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($90k), 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: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Shirley & Louis Matkoff Charitable Trust
- How much does Shirley & Louis Matkoff Charitable Trust give?
- Shirley & Louis Matkoff Charitable Trust reported 9 grants totaling $100,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Shirley & Louis Matkoff Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (89%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Shirley & Louis Matkoff Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Tiny Miracles Rescue ($50k), Cat Tales Inc ($45k), Safe Haven Rabbit Rescue Inc ($40k).
- Does Shirley & Louis Matkoff Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shirley & Louis Matkoff Charitable Trust 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 Shirley & Louis Matkoff Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pfizer Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Shirley & Louis Matkoff Charitable Trust based?
- Shirley & Louis Matkoff Charitable Trust is based in PA.
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