· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k78 grants · $104k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $66k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION | $14,838 |
| VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION | $14,837 |
| EAGLE COUNTY 4-H CLUB | $13,132 |
| THOMAS COLE HOUSE | $13,000 |
| COMMUNITY FIRST FOUNDATION (COLORADOGIVEORG) | $10,000 |
| COLORADOGIVESORG | $7,500 |
| COLORADOGIVESORG | $6,760 |
| THOMAS COLE NATIONAL HISTORICAL SITE | $6,000 |
| THOMAS COLE NATIONAL HISTORICAL SITE | $5,000 |
| THOMAS COLE HOUSE | $5,000 |
| EAGLE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| SEATTLE TIMES FUND FOR THE NEEDY | $3,500 |
| VAIL MOUNTAIN SCHOOL | $3,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE PENINSULA | $3,000 |
| STRONG TOWNS | $2,641 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $266k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 3% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.
94 repeat relationships: 48 still active in FY2024, 46 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- VVVAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC8× · 2017–2024 · $258k · revenue +61%
- ECEagle County Charter Academy5× · 2020–2024 · $39k · revenue +37%
- TSTHE SEATTLE TIMES COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND7× · 2018–2024 · $24k · revenue +60%
Funded once
- CTCrawlin To A Cureone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -40%
- VVVAIL VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $10k
- WCWickenburg Community Hospital Foundationgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $7k · revenue +190%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…
Vermont public informs, educates, and entertains through public service journalism and enlightening content rooted in vermont. our storytelling enriches lives and fosters community connection and understanding.
The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…
The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.
The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…
The Frick Collection (the "Collection") operates an internationally recognized art museum and library program for the inspiration and enjoyment of the public and for the advancement of the study of fine arts and kindred subjects.
CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.
Epacenter's mission is to increase opportunities for youth to discover and amplify their talents, realize their potential, and impact the world through art, design, and technology.
How this is measured
107 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 107 of the 188 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds VAIL VETERANS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Eagle County Charter Academy ↗
- Who funds THE SEATTLE TIMES COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND ↗
- Who funds EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EAGLE CNTY ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE PENINSULA ↗
- Who funds THE EXPLORATORIUM ↗
- Who funds MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Glider ↗
- Who funds JOBTRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds VAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The Concord Review Inc ↗
- Who funds ICE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE DUDE RANCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ↗
- Who funds Crawlin To A Cure ↗
- Who funds COWBOYS FOREVER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds STRONG TOWNS ↗
- Who funds King County Sexual Assault Resource Center ↗
- Who funds COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds Wickenburg Community Hospital Foundation ↗
- Who funds THE OLANA PARTNERSHIP ↗
- Who funds DONORSCHOOSEORG ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds AREI INC ↗
- Who funds UPSTATE FILMS LTD ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The May Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The May Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Cover Home Repair Inc: 3% of income from government
- Reed Institute: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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