Colorado · Private foundation
The May Family 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.
- $169k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 83
- Grants FY2024
- 59
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $14,838
- Organizations funded a year
- 55 to 73
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations The May Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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 | 64 | $169k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 59 | $156k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 73 | $187k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 68 | $181k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 58 | $111k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 55 | $160k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 56 | $137k | 41% |
| FY2017 | 62 | $131k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vail Veterans Foundation Inc | $258,260 | 8 | 3% |
| Eagle County Charter Academy | $39,398 | 5 | 0% |
| The Seattle Times Community Impact Fund | $23,510 | 7 | 0% |
| Education Foundation of Eagle Cnty | $21,315 | 3 | 9% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula | $21,137 | 8 | 0% |
| The Exploratorium | $20,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $20,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Glider | $15,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Jobtrain Inc | $15,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Vail Health Services Foundation | $13,575 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 103 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 81 recipients with no EIN on record ($532k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The May Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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: Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Peckham Family Foundation · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Hrbt Foundation · The Scherman Foundation Inc · The Tow Foundation Inc · George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Bright Funds Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc
How this is measured
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About The May Family Foundation
- How much does The May Family Foundation give?
- The May Family Foundation reported 83 grants totaling $169,316 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 55 and 73 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The May Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (23%), Housing & Shelter (16%), Philanthropy (15%).
- Who are The May Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Vail Veterans Foundation Inc ($258k), Eagle County Charter Academy ($39k), The Seattle Times Community Impact Fund ($24k).
- Does The May Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The May Family 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 May Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Peckham Family Foundation.
- Where is The May Family Foundation based?
- The May Family Foundation is based in CO.
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