Florida · Private foundation
The Melville Foundation
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.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 72
- Grants FY2024
- 72
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $913,275
- Organizations funded a year
- 72 to 83
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $26M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations The Melville Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k 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 | 72 | $2.0M | 10% |
| FY2023 | 72 | $1.2M | 8% |
| FY2022 | 83 | $2.8M | 43% |
| FY2021 | 83 | $1.4M | 24% |
| FY2020 | 78 | $1.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York Botanical Garden | $1,028,182 | 4 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Martin County | $355,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Jefferson Scholars Foundation | $346,640 | 2 | 1% |
| Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation | $325,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc | $170,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Christ Episcopal Church Inc | $150,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Denver Botanic Gardens Inc | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Lost Tree Chapel Inc | $105,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Heterodox Academy | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Teach for America Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 79 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 68 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Melville 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.
Open a dossier: Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · The J & E Berkley Foundation · Perry Foundation Inc · The Charles Fund Inc · The Community Foundation Inc · Caplin Foundation · S&P Global Foundation Fka the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Oakwood Foundation Charitable Trust · The Genan Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Manning Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Melville Foundation
- How much does The Melville Foundation give?
- The Melville Foundation reported 72 grants totaling $2,022,043 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 72 and 83 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Melville Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (36%), Health (20%), Environment (15%).
- Who are The Melville Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: New York Botanical Garden ($1.0M), Boys & Girls Club of Martin County ($355k), Jefferson Scholars Foundation ($347k).
- Does The Melville Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Melville 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 Melville Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, The J & E Berkley Foundation, Perry Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Melville Foundation based?
- The Melville Foundation is based in FL.
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