New York · Private foundation
The May Foundation Trust
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.
- $156k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 48%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $31,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $158k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 48% of the organizations The May Foundation Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 78% 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 | 18 | $126k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $181k | 48% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $74k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $24k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $66k | 72% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $17k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $48k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Horse Rescue | $107,500 | 6 | 11% |
| Ventana Wildlife Society | $50,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $28,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Napa Community Animal Response Team | $18,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| National Center for Lgbtq Rights Fka National Center for Lesbian Rights | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Human Rights Campaign Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Native Songbird Care & Conservation | $10,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $8,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Humane League | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($212k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The May Foundation Trust supplied at peak.
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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: Marin Community Foundation · Peter a & Vernice H Gasser Foundation · Community Foundation of the Napa Valley · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The May Foundation Trust
- How much does The May Foundation Trust give?
- The May Foundation Trust reported 19 grants totaling $156,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The May Foundation Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (47%), International (30%), Health (5%).
- Who are The May Foundation Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Sunrise Horse Rescue ($108k), Ventana Wildlife Society ($50k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($29k).
- Does The May Foundation Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The May Foundation 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 The May Foundation Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, Peter a & Vernice H Gasser Foundation, Community Foundation of the Napa Valley.
- Where is The May Foundation Trust based?
- The May Foundation Trust is based in NY.
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