Funding search · EIN 392006747 · Madison, WI

May Family Foundation

Name: May Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

73
grants reported: $1.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Robert W Monk Gardens3 grants · $195,000
Red Caboose Child Care4 grants · $190,000
Matrix Human Services4 grants · $140,000
Mentoring Affects Youth4 grants · $106,000
826 Michigan4 grants · $90,000
Once Upon a Room4 grants · $90,000
Brent'S Place4 grants · $77,500
Robert W Monk Botanical Gardens1 grant · $65,000
Ymca of the Northwoods2 grants · $50,000
Faith'S Lodge4 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$460,988

2022

$381,000

2023

$336,500

2024

$378,000

2025

Grant history

All 73 reported grants, largest first.

$65,000
Robert W Monk Botanical Gardens · Wausau, WI · 2025
Various charitable purposes
$65,000
Robert W Monk Gardens · Wausau, WI · 2024
Various charitable purposes
$65,000
Robert W Monk Gardens · Wausau, WI · 2023
Various charitable purposes
$65,000
Robert W Monk Gardens · Wausau, WI · 2022
Various charitable purposes
$50,000
Matrix Human Services · Columbus, OH · 2025
Various charitable purposes
$50,000
Red Caboose Child Care · Madison, WI · 2024
Various charitable purposes
$50,000
Red Caboose Child Care · Madison, WI · 2023
Various charitable purposes
$50,000
Red Caboose Child Care · Madison, WI · 2022
Various charitable purposes
$40,000
Brent'S Place · Aurora, CO · 2025
Various charitable purposes
$40,000
Red Caboose Child Care · Madison, WI · 2025
Various charitable purposes
$40,000
Ymca of the Northwoods · Rhinelander, WI · 2022
Various charitable purposes
$38,788
Detroit Hives · Detroit, MI · 2022
Various charitable purposes
$35,000
North Lakeland Discovery Center · Manitowish Waters, WI · 2022
Various charitable purposes
$30,000
Once Upon a Room · La Canada, CA · 2025
Various charitable purposes
$30,000
Matrix Human Services · Columbus, OH · 2024
Various charitable purposes
$30,000
Matrix Human Services · Columbus, OH · 2023
Various charitable purposes
$30,000
Matrix Human Services · Columbus, OH · 2022
Various charitable purposes
$30,000
Once Upon a Room · La Canada, CA · 2022
Various charitable purposes
$28,000
Mentoring Affects Youth · Boston, MA · 2025
Various charitable purposes
$28,000
Mentoring Affects Youth · Boston, MA · 2024
Various charitable purposes
$25,000
826 Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2025
Various charitable purposes
$25,000
Little Forest School · Manitowish Waters, WI · 2025
Various charitable purposes
$25,000
826 Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Various charitable purposes
$25,000
826 Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Various charitable purposes
$25,000
Mentoring Affects Youth · Boston, MA · 2023
Various charitable purposes
$25,000
Shenandoah Iowa Education Foundation · Shenandoah, IA · 2023
Various charitable purposes
$25,000
Lauritzen Gardens · Omaha, NE · 2022
Various charitable purposes
$25,000
Mentoring Affects Youth · Boston, MA · 2022
Various charitable purposes
$20,000
Faith'S Lodge · Plymouth, MN · 2025
Various charitable purposes
$20,000
Christo Rey Jesuit High School · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Various charitable purposes
$20,000
Scholl Community Impact Group · Winchester, WI · 2023
Various charitable purposes
$17,500
Brent'S Place · Aurora, CO · 2024
Various charitable purposes
$16,000
Pikes Peak Orange Crush · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Various charitable purposes
$15,000
Pikes Peak Orange Crush · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Various charitable purposes
$15,000
Scholl Community Impact Group · Winchester, WI · 2025
Various charitable purposes
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Downtown Detroit · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Various charitable purposes
$15,000
Camp Jorn Ymca · Manitowish Waters, WI · 2024
Various charitable purposes
$15,000
Once Upon a Room · La Canada, CA · 2024
Various charitable purposes
$15,000
Scholl Community Impact Group · Winchester, WI · 2024
Various charitable purposes
$15,000
Once Upon a Room · La Canada, CA · 2023
Various charitable purposes
$15,000
Pikes Peak Orange Crush · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Various charitable purposes
$15,000
826 Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Various charitable purposes
$15,000
Christo Rey Jesuit High School · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Various charitable purposes
$15,000
Pikes Peak Gun Club · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Various charitable purposes
$10,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Various charitable purposes
$10,000
Project 127 · Aurora, CO · 2025
Various charitable purposes
$10,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Various charitable purposes
$10,000
Faith'S Lodge · Plymouth, MN · 2024
Various charitable purposes
$10,000
Project 127 · Aurora, CO · 2024
Various charitable purposes
$10,000
Brent'S Place · Aurora, CO · 2023
Various charitable purposes
$10,000
Camp Jorn Ymca · Manitowish Waters, WI · 2023
Various charitable purposes
$10,000
Faith'S Lodge · Plymouth, MN · 2023
Various charitable purposes
$10,000
Frank B Koller Memorial Library · Manitowish Waters, WI · 2023
Various charitable purposes
$10,000
Our House · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Various charitable purposes
$10,000
Project 127 · Aurora, CO · 2023
Various charitable purposes
$10,000
Wausau Childrens Museum · Wausau, WI · 2023
Various charitable purposes
$10,000
Ymca of the Northwoods · Rhinelander, WI · 2023
Various charitable purposes
$10,000
Brent'S Place · Aurora, CO · 2022
Various charitable purposes
$10,000
Faith'S Lodge · Plymouth, MN · 2022
Various charitable purposes
$10,000
Frank B Koller Memorial Library · Manitowish Waters, WI · 2022
Various charitable purposes
$10,000
Our House · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Various charitable purposes
$10,000
Project 127 · Aurora, CO · 2022
Various charitable purposes
$10,000
Wausau Childrens Museum · Wausau, WI · 2022
Various charitable purposes
$6,000
Women'S Service League · Wausau, WI · 2023
Various charitable purposes
$6,000
Nebraska Golf Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2022
Various charitable purposes
$5,000
Lakeland School Supplies · Manitowish Waters, WI · 2025
Various charitable purposes
$5,000
Lakeland School Supplies · Manitowish Waters, WI · 2024
Various charitable purposes
$5,000
United Way of Marathon County · Wausau, WI · 2024
Various charitable purposes
$5,000
Workplace Volunteer Council · Wausau, WI · 2024
Various charitable purposes
$5,000
Workplace Volunteer Council · Wausau, WI · 2023
Various charitable purposes
$5,000
The Smile Train · New York, NY · 2022
Various charitable purposes
$5,000
Workplace Volunteer Council · Wausau, WI · 2022
Various charitable purposes
$1,200
Badger Boys State · Portage, WI · 2022
Various charitable purposes

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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.