· Private foundation
The Mayday Fund
Its FY2020 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2019
- Under $10k2 grants · $4k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $181k
- $50k–250k9 grants · $627k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK | $100,833 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH | $82,500 |
| BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $77,569 |
| STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND LUCILLE PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPI | $77,000 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF NURSING | $66,000 |
| MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL | $57,442 |
| THE AMERICAN PAIN SOCIETY | $56,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA | $55,000 |
| MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER | $54,853 |
| HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN FOUNDATIONSICK KIDS FOUNDATION | $39,057 |
| DALHOUSIE MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $33,000 |
| CONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | $33,000 |
| BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $27,500 |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA | $27,500 |
| SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $20,650 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 79% of grant dollars ($639k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 21% that went abroad ($173k) is mapped below.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–19) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 85% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
Beyond the US: 21% of all-years giving ($173k)
1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
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 children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.
The Organization operates exclusively for the benefit of the charitable purposes of Boston Children's Hospital (the Hospital) and the affiliated Foundations. It works jointly with the Hospital and the Foundations in developing and…
Pediatric healthcare, education & research
Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…
The Foundation's mission is to provide pathology services primarily to patients at Boston Children's Hospital and at satellite locations. The Foundation carries on and promotes basic and applied medical research and education in the field…
Mission: johns hopkins all children's hospital (all children's), a member of johns hopkins medicine, strives to provide the highest quality care to improve the health of our entire community through innovation, collaboration, service…
Children's physicians delivers the highest quality pediatric primary care while supporting education and research.
The Foundation provides medical and health care services primarily to patients at Boston Children's Hospital, and at satellite locations. The Foundation carries on and promotes basic and applied medical research and education in the field…
Children's hospital of pittsburgh foundation is the sole fundraising arm of upmc children's hospital of pittsburgh.the foundation exists to provide financial support for the hospital's mission of improving the health and well-being of…
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
The corporation is organized for charitable, educational and scientific purposes, and to provide healthcare services of pediatric specialty physicians and other personnel to the patients of johns hopkins all children's hospital and…
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 16 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 Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN PAIN SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER ↗
- Who funds CONNECTICUT CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE ↗
- Who funds Seattle Children's Foundation ↗
- Who funds Council on Foundations Inc ↗
- Who funds PHILANTHROPY NEW YORK INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Mayday Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mayday Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
- Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center: 5% of income from government
How this is measured
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