Virginia · Private foundation
The McBay Charitable Trust
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.
- $4k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 17
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations The McBay Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $4k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $19k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $48k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $66k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $48k | 23% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $43k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flying Deer Nature Center | $62,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Focused Ultrasound Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Parkinson Foundation of the National Capital Area | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Washington Jesuit Academy | $11,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Dream Project Inc | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| McLean Project for the Arts | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Virginia | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Campagna Center Inc | $3,400 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flying Deer Nature Center | $62,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Focused Ultrasound Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Parkinson Foundation of the National Capital Area | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Washington Jesuit Academy | $11,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Dream Project Inc | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| McLean Project for the Arts | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Virginia | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Campagna Center Inc | $3,400 | 1 | 0% |
| New Futures | $2,600 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Virginia Trust for Historic Preservation Lee-Fendall House Museum and Gardens | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Freshfarm Markets | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Offender Aid & Restoration Arlington Co OAR Arlington Alexandria Falls Church | $1,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| The Potomac Conservancy Inc | $650 | 5 | 0% |
| At Home in Alexandria | $600 | 3 | 0% |
| William & Mary Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($18k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The McBay Charitable 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: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Act for Alexandria · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The McBay Charitable Trust
- How much does The McBay Charitable Trust give?
- The McBay Charitable Trust reported 2 grants totaling $4,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 17 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The McBay Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (40%), Environment (28%), Education (15%).
- Who are The McBay Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Flying Deer Nature Center ($62k), Focused Ultrasound Foundation ($40k), Parkinson Foundation of the National Capital Area ($40k).
- Does The McBay Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The McBay Charitable 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 McBay Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, Act for Alexandria, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.
- Where is The McBay Charitable Trust based?
- The McBay Charitable Trust is based in VA.
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