Delaware · Private foundation
The Mathenaeum Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $534k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $10M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 64% of the organizations The Mathenaeum Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $291k 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 | 8 | $534k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $661k | 64% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $309k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $240k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $23k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $159k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $107k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Universal Math Museum | $357,975 | 3 | 51% |
| Society for Science & the Public | $216,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Stony Brook Foundation Inc | $140,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls Angle Inc | $138,510 | 6 | 24% |
| The Oeis Foundation Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 65% |
| Ross Mathematics Foundation | $114,641 | 2 | 26% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities New York Metro Inc | $98,731 | 1 | 1% |
| Math Cultural Center of Chicago | $91,597 | 1 | 34% |
| Prison Mathematics Project Inc | $85,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Universal Math Museum | $357,975 | 3 | 51% |
| Society for Science & the Public | $216,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Stony Brook Foundation Inc | $140,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls Angle Inc | $138,510 | 6 | 24% |
| The Oeis Foundation Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 65% |
| Ross Mathematics Foundation | $114,641 | 2 | 26% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities New York Metro Inc | $98,731 | 1 | 1% |
| Math Cultural Center of Chicago | $91,597 | 1 | 34% |
| Prison Mathematics Project Inc | $85,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Every Org | $72,000 | 1 | 0% |
| ImpactStory | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| St Lawrence University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| West Contra Costa Public Education Fund | $26,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Golden Gate STEM Fair | $16,384 | 1 | 26% |
| Talkstem | $15,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Venice Heritage Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 10% |
| The Art of Problem Solving Initiative Inc | $11,561 | 2 | 0% |
| The Young People's Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fannie and John Hertz Foundation | $6,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Old Westbury College Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($323k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Mathenaeum Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Gates Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About The Mathenaeum Foundation
- How much does The Mathenaeum Foundation give?
- The Mathenaeum Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $533,597 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Mathenaeum Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (43%), Arts & Culture (22%), Science & Tech (20%).
- Who are The Mathenaeum Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Seattle Universal Math Museum ($358k), Society for Science & the Public ($216k), Stony Brook Foundation Inc ($140k).
- Does The Mathenaeum Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mathenaeum 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 The Mathenaeum Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gates Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is The Mathenaeum Foundation based?
- The Mathenaeum Foundation is based in DE.
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