· Private foundation
The Mayer Foundation
Its FY2025 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.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| VIM Berkshires | $5,000 |
| Chemotherapy Foundation | $2,500 |
| The Fresh Air Fund | $2,500 |
| Meals of Hope | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,750 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,750 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,750 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,750 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,750 |
| Charmaine Bee co Jamila Reddy | $1,750 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,750 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,500 |
| Food for Thought | $1,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,500 |
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 (FY22–22, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those 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
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 +261% since the first grant, against +43% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 81 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $112k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- VIVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE-BERKSHIRES INC6× · 2017–2025 · $30k · revenue +261%
- VIVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE2× · 2021–2022 · $10k
FRESH AIR FUND3× · 2023–2025 · $8k · revenue +41%
Funded once
- OBONE BLOCL INC CO ANN LENANEone grant, 2022 · $4k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $3k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $3k
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.
Food bank of central new york is a not-for-profit organization: our mission is to lead the effort to eliminate hunger in our region, through partnerships with others in our community, through education, advocacy, and distribution of…
At food connect, we're dedicated to bridging the gaps in our food system, working to end hunger and fostering healthier communities through our innovative initiatives and programs. we build scalable technologies that support last-mile…
Using the power of volunteers and community partnerships to expand dignified access to food in the heart of disadvantaged communities.
Hope for new york's mission is to provide volunteers, grants and capacity building support to strengthen organizations serving poor and marginalized communities in new york city.
Provide housing and social services for the needy.
Food bank for nyc has been the city's major hunger-relief organization driven by our mission to empower every new yorker to achieve food security for good. we harness the collective power of our network of food providers, partners, and…
Field & fork network connects communities to innovative solutions that foster a sustainable food system. the 4 areas of focus include: food access, agriculture economic development, youth development and healthy neighborhoods.
We strive to maximize participation in, and support for, federally funded nutrition assistance programs including supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap), the school breakfast program and national school lunch program, the summer…
To lead a network of partners to alleviate hunger, prevent food waste, and nourish the communities we serve. our vision is that all people have the nutritious food they need to thrive.
Food 1st foundation helps to feed emergency service workers and neighbors who have limited access to food by partnering with restaurants throughout new york city in a way that will also revitalize the city's food and beverage industry.
To provide a much-needed third meal of the day to food-insecure children.
The hope program empowers new yorkers to build sustainable futures through training, jobs and career advancement.
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 521 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
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Mayer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mayer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Volunteers in Medicine-Berkshires Inc: 5% of income from government
How this is measured
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