New York · Private foundation
The Melanie and Matthew McLennan 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.
- $50k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $14k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Melanie and Matthew McLennan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $220k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $185k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $207k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $310k | 90% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Literary Classics of the US Inc D/B/A Library of America | $634,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Robin Hood Foundation | $150,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Australian Association | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| De la Salle Academy | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of the High Line Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Frick Collection | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Girls Foundation of Tanzania | $25,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Services for Children With Hidden Intelligence | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Aha Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The River Fund New York Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Literary Classics of the US Inc D/B/A Library of America | $634,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Robin Hood Foundation | $150,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Australian Association | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| De la Salle Academy | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of the High Line Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Frick Collection | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Girls Foundation of Tanzania | $25,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Services for Children With Hidden Intelligence | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Aha Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The River Fund New York Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bedford Playhouse Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Tuxedo Park Library Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Melanie and Matthew McLennan Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Melanie and Matthew McLennan Foundation
- How much does The Melanie and Matthew McLennan Foundation give?
- The Melanie and Matthew McLennan Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $50,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Melanie and Matthew McLennan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (35%), Health (33%), Education (17%).
- Who are The Melanie and Matthew McLennan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: The Literary Classics of the US Inc D/B/A Library of America ($634k), Robin Hood Foundation ($150k), American Australian Association ($100k).
- Does The Melanie and Matthew McLennan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Melanie and Matthew McLennan Foundation 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 Melanie and Matthew McLennan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Melanie and Matthew McLennan Foundation based?
- The Melanie and Matthew McLennan Foundation is based in NY.
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