Pennsylvania · Private foundation
William Lyster May Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $500
- Granted FY2023
- 1
- Grants FY2023
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $10k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations William Lyster May Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 1 | $500 | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $9k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $2k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $2k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $2k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $1k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $1k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revival Productions Inc | $8,900 | 3 | 4% |
| Uptown Knauer Performing Arts Center | $1,150 | 5 | 0% |
| Kennett Flash Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The People's Light & Theatre Company | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Arts Holding Hands and Hearts Inc | $400 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.
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: Chester County Community Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About William Lyster May Foundation
- How much does William Lyster May Foundation give?
- William Lyster May Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $500 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does William Lyster May Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (68%), Youth Development (32%).
- Who are William Lyster May Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Revival Productions Inc ($9k), Uptown Knauer Performing Arts Center ($1k), Kennett Flash Inc ($500).
- Does William Lyster May Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William Lyster May Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as William Lyster May Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chester County Community Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is William Lyster May Foundation based?
- William Lyster May Foundation is based in PA.
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