Funding search · EIN 311734222 · Pittsburgh, PA

Matthew T Mellon Foundation-Ima

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

43
grants reported
$1.1M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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1 grant matching “needlepoint · $20,000

  • $20,000

    Needlepoint Sanctuary of Maine · Bangor, ME · 2025

    General operating

Top recipients

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  • Tanzanian Children'S Fund3 grants · $135,000
  • Doctors Without Borders3 grants · $105,000
  • Housing Works3 grants · $95,000
  • City Harvest3 grants · $95,000
  • Animals Asia3 grants · $90,000
  • Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Refuge3 grants · $90,000
  • Peconic Land Trust4 grants · $60,000
  • Island Harvest1 grant · $55,000
  • Knox County Homeless Coalition1 grant · $40,000
  • New York Times Neediest Cases Fund2 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$35,000
2022
$265,000
2023
$200,000
2024
$575,000
2025

Grant history

All 43 reported grants, largest first.

  • $80,000

    Tanzanian Children'S Fund · Cambridge, MA · 2025

    General operating

  • $65,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025

    General operating

  • $55,000

    City Harvest · New York, NY · 2025

    General operating

  • $55,000

    Housing Works · Brooklyn, NY · 2025

    General operating

  • $55,000

    Island Harvest · Melville, NY · 2025

    General operating

  • $50,000

    Animals Asia · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    General operating

  • $50,000

    Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Refuge · Hampton Bays, NY · 2025

    General operating

  • $40,000

    Knox County Homeless Coalition · Rockland, ME · 2023

    General operating

  • $35,000

    Society of Jesus · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General operating

  • $30,000

    Peconic Land Trust · Southampton, NY · 2025

    General operating

  • $30,000

    Tanzanian Children'S Fund · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    General operating

  • $25,000

    Tanzanian Children'S Fund · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Cape Eleuthera Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Friends of the Bahamas Humane Society · Delray Beach, FL · 2025

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Maine Recoevery Access Project · Augusta, ME · 2025

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Needlepoint Sanctuary of Maine · Bangor, ME · 2025

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Animals Asia · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operating

  • $20,000

    City Harvest · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Refuge · Hampton Bays, NY · 2024

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Housing Works · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Isalnd Harvest · Melville, NY · 2024

    General operating

  • $20,000

    New York Times Neediest Cases Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Animals Asia · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General operating

  • $20,000

    City Harvest · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Refuge · Hampton Bays, NY · 2023

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Housing Works · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Island Harvest Ltd · Melville, NY · 2023

    General operating

  • $20,000

    New York Times Neediest Cases Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating

  • $20,000

    United Way Worldwide · Alexandria, VA · 2023

    General operating

  • $20,000

    Meshothelioma Research · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating

  • $10,000

    St Paul'S School Alumni Foundation · Concord, NH · 2025

    General operating

  • $10,000

    The Kings Trust USA · New York, NY · 2025

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Cape Eleuthera Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Friends of the Bahamas Humane Society · Delray Beach, FL · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Peconic Land Trust · Southampton, NE · 2024

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Cape Eleuthera Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Idyll Dandy Arts · Dowelltown, TN · 2023

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Magee Womens · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Peconic Land Trust · Southampton, NE · 2023

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Peconic Land Trust · Southampton, NY · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    St Paul'S School Alumni Foundation · Concord, NH · 2022

    General operating

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.