Funding search · EIN 384117113 · New York, NY
The Mayday Fund
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 40
- grants reported
- $2.7M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $51,936
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
What they fund
painresearchchronicpediatricamericanscienceaddressaddressing
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Funding pattern
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1 grant matching “sickle cell disease” · $82,500
- $82,500
Georgia State University · Atlanta, GA · 2022
A multidisciplinary algorithm of pain: acute to chronic transition for pediatric sickle cell disease (map-act)
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Jackson Laboratories2 grants · $330,000
- United States Association for the Study of Pain (Usasp)2 grants · $330,000
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute2 grants · $249,803
- Chapel and York US Foundation - University of South Australia1 grant · $199,668
- University of Chicago Medical Center1 grant · $175,223
- Stanford University Medical School2 grants · $165,000
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation2 grants · $136,326
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory1 grant · $118,983
- University of North Carolina Department of Medicine Psychiatry2 grants · $97,656
- Boston Children'S Hospital1 grant · $93,500
Giving over time
Grant history
All 40 reported grants, largest first.
- $220,000
Jackson Laboratories · Farmington, CT · 2024
Decoding endometriosis: spatial dynamics and symptoms
- $220,000
United States Association for the Study of Pain (Usasp) · Annapolis, MD · 2022
Clinical translational research awards for young investigators
- $199,668
Chapel and York US Foundation - University of South Australia · New York, NY · 2024
Identifying social factors that stratify health opportuities and outcomes project
- $179,577
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute · 2022
Canada paramedic project to address pain
- $175,223
University of Chicago Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
The maner project: maximizing adoption of nerve blocks in the er
- $118,983
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2024
Research using click chemistry for pain
- $110,000
United States Association for the Study of Pain (Usasp) · Annapolis, MD · 2024
Clinical translational research awards for young investigators
- $110,000
Jackson Laboratories · Farmington, CT · 2023
Decoding endometriosis: spatial dynamics and symptoms
- $93,500
Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
Inovate vr pain program
- $82,608
University of North Carolina Emergency Medicine · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
The online intervention to prevent post traumatic stress and persistent pain in sexual assault survivors
- $82,500
Stanford University Medical School · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
A gamified sensory training for youth with chronic pain (pain train)
- $82,500
Georgia State University · Atlanta, GA · 2022
A multidisciplinary algorithm of pain: acute to chronic transition for pediatric sickle cell disease (map-act)
- $82,500
Stanford University Medical School · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
A gamified sensory training for youth with chronic pain (pain train)
- $71,244
Regents of the University of California · Davis, CA · 2022
Addressing animal burn pain with novel therapeutics
- $70,226
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute · 2023
Canada paramedic project to address pain
- $70,000
University of Toronto · 2023
Super placebo research for pain care
- $68,163
The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation · 2023
Preliminary validation of a screening tool for pediatric neuropathic pain and complex regional pain syndrome
- $68,163
The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation · 2022
Preliminary validation of a screening tool for pediatric neuropathic pain and complex regional pain syndrome
- $64,178
University of California Davis · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Wellness project:the science of pain prevention/mitigation through lifestyle intervention
- $55,000
North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Pain in animals workshop to be held at the nih
- $48,871
University of North Carolina Department of Medicine Psychiatry · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
A biopsychosocial approach to establishing baseline chronic pain experiences of older black men
- $48,785
University of North Carolina Department of Medicine Psychiatry · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
A biopsychosocial approach to establishing baseline chronic pain experiences of older black men
- $48,054
Ucsf Benioff Children'S Hospitals Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
General operating support
- $43,594
University of Bath · 2023
Co-lab p: consensus building for pain care and awareness
- $42,878
Regents of the University of California Uc Davis Center for Family Caregivi · Sacramento, CA · 2022
American journal of nursing papers to inform nurses on better caregiving for pain
- $33,995
International Association for the Study of Pain (Iasp) · Washington, DC · 2023
Pain research forum: virtual reality featured content
- $33,000
Connecticut Children'S Medical Center · Hartford, CT · 2022
Pediatric pain fellowship for pediatricians - program design
- $33,000
Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation · 2022
Skip solutions for kids in pain program
- $26,000
University of Sherbrooke · 2024
North american pain school correspondents science communications program
- $26,000
University of Sherbrooke · 2023
North american pain school correspondents science communications program
- $25,311
Regents of the University of California (Uc Davis) · Davis, CA · 2023
Addressing animal burn pain with novel therapeutics
- $23,500
Childkind International · Weston, MA · 2022
Support for part-time resource center librarian
- $11,500
Childkind International · Weston, MA · 2023
Part-time resource center librarian
- $5,500
Dalhousie University · 2023
White point agenda setting meeting for pediatric pain research, networking and advocacy
- $3,000
Council On Foundations · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
- $3,000
Council On Foundations · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
- $3,000
Council On Foundations · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
- $1,150
Philanthropy New York · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
- $1,150
Philanthropy New York · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $1,150
Philanthropy New York · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
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