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May Kay Houck Foundation

Name: May Kay Houck Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

81
grants reported: $501,000
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

services

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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.

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Top recipients

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

Finger Lakes Land Trust4 grants · $51,500
Genesee Valley Conservancy4 grants · $49,000
Albany Symphony4 grants · $49,000
Haywood Habitat for Humanity4 grants · $40,000
Reach of Haywood County4 grants · $40,000
Canandaigua Lake Watershed Assoc4 grants · $38,000
Manasota Lighthouse for Blind2 grants · $24,000
Foodlink3 grants · $24,000
Lighthouse Vision Loss Education Ct2 grants · $20,000
World Central Kitchen2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$123,000

2021

$141,000

2022

$108,000

2023

$129,000

2024

Grant history

All 81 reported grants, largest first.

$17,500
Finger Lakes Land Trust · Ithica, NY · 2023
Program services
$15,000
Genesee Valley Conservancy · Geneseo, NY · 2024
Program services
$15,000
Haywood Habitat for Humanity · Waynesville, NC · 2022
Program services
$14,000
Albany Symphony · Albany, NY · 2024
Program services
$14,000
Albany Symphony · Albany, NY · 2022
Program services
$13,000
Finger Lakes Land Trust · Ithica, NY · 2024
Program services
$12,000
Finger Lakes Land Trust · Ithica, NY · 2022
Program services
$12,000
Genesee Valley Conservancy · Geneseo, NY · 2022
Program services
$12,000
Manasota Lighthouse for Blind · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Program services
$12,000
Genesee Valley Conservancy · Geneseo, NY · 2021
Program services
$12,000
Manasota Lighthouse for Blind · Sarasota, FL · 2021
Program services
$11,000
Albany Symphony · Albany, NY · 2021
Program services
$10,000
Canandaigua Lake Watershed Assoc · Canandaigua, NY · 2024
Program services
$10,000
Cobblestone Foundations · Farmington, NY · 2024
Program services
$10,000
Lighthouse Vision Loss Education Ct · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Program services
$10,000
Reach of Haywood County · Waynesville, NC · 2024
Program services
$10,000
Albany Symphony · Albany, NY · 2023
Program services
$10,000
Canandaigua Lake Watershed Assoc · Canandaigua, NY · 2023
Program services
$10,000
Genesee Valley Conservancy · Geneseo, NY · 2023
Program services
$10,000
Lighthouse Vision Loss Education Ct · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Program services
$10,000
Reach of Haywood County · Waynesville, NC · 2023
Program services
$10,000
Canandaigua Lake Watershed Assoc · Canandaigua, NY · 2022
Program services
$10,000
Reach of Haywood County · Waynesville, NC · 2022
Program services
$10,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Program services
$10,000
Reach of Haywood County · Waynesville, NC · 2021
Program services
$10,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2021
Program services
$9,000
Haywood Habitat for Humanity · Waynesville, NC · 2023
Program services
$9,000
Finger Lakes Land Trust · Ithica, NY · 2021
Program services
$9,000
Haywood Habitat for Humanity · Waynesville, NC · 2021
Program services
$8,000
Foodlink · Rochester, NY · 2024
Program services
$8,000
Foodlink · Rochester, NY · 2023
Program services
$8,000
Foodlink · Rochester, NY · 2022
Program services
$8,000
Canandaigua Lake Watershed Assoc · Canandaigua, NY · 2021
Program services
$7,000
Haywood Habitat for Humanity · Waynesville, NC · 2024
Program services
$7,000
Sarge'S Animal Rescue · Waynesville, NC · 2024
Program services
$7,000
Ymca of Greater Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2021
Program services
$6,000
Cobblestone Foundations · Farmington, NY · 2023
Program services
$5,000
Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy · Delmar, NY · 2024
Program services
$5,000
Southeastern Guide Dogs · Palmetto, FL · 2024
Program services
$5,000
Wild Wings · Honeoye, NY · 2024
Program services
$5,000
Southeastern Guide Dogs · Palmetto, FL · 2023
Program services
$5,000
Love Leads US · Lima, NY · 2022
Program services
$5,000
Mote Marine Laboratory · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Program services
$5,000
Open Door Mission · Rochester, NY · 2022
Program services
$5,000
Southeastern Guide Dogs · Palmetto, FL · 2022
Program services
$5,000
Ymca of Greater Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2022
Program services
$5,000
Cobblestone Foundation · Farmington, NY · 2021
Program services
$5,000
Love Lead US · Lima, NY · 2021
Program services
$5,000
Sarge'S Animal Rescue Foundation · Waynesville, NC · 2021
Program services
$5,000
Southeastern Guide Dogs · Palmetto, FL · 2021
Program services
$4,000
Mote Marine Laboratory · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Program services
$4,000
Friends of the Mendon Public Librar · Honeoye Falls, NY · 2023
Program services
$4,000
Friends of the Mendon Public Librar · Honeoye Falls, NY · 2022
Program services
$4,000
Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy · Delmar, NY · 2022
Program services
$3,000
Cancer Connection · Northampton, MA · 2021
Program services
$3,000
Friends of the Mendon Public Librar · Honeoye Falls, NY · 2021
Program services
$3,000
Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy · Delmar, NY · 2021
Program services
$2,500
Vail Veterans Foundation · Vail, CO · 2024
Program services
$2,500
Vail Veterans Foundation · Vail, CO · 2021
Program services
$2,000
Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy · Delmar, NY · 2023
Program services
$2,000
Mote Marine Laboratory · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Program services
$2,000
Vail Veterans Foundation · Vail, CO · 2023
Program services
$2,000
Vail Veterans Foundation · Vail, CO · 2022
Program services
$1,000
Adirondack Land Trust · Keene, NY · 2024
Program services
$1,000
Aim High Childrens Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Program services
$1,000
Adirondack Council · Elizabethtown, NY · 2022
Program services
$1,000
Aim High Childrens Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Program services
$1,000
Adirondack Council · Elizabethtown, NY · 2021
Program services
$1,000
Aim High Childrens Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Program services
$1,000
Lake Placid Center for the Arts · Lake Placid, NY · 2021
Program services
$500
Adirondack Council · Elizabethtown, NY · 2024
Program services
$500
Lake Placid Center for the Arts · Lake Placid, NY · 2024
Program services
$500
Protect the Adirondacks · Johnsburg, NY · 2024
Program services
$500
Adirondack Council · Elizabethtown, NY · 2023
Program services
$500
Adirondack Land Trust · Keene, NY · 2023
Program services
$500
Aim High Childrens Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Program services
$500
Lake Placid Center for the Arts · Lake Placid, NY · 2023
Program services
$500
Protect the Adirondacks · Johnsburg, NY · 2023
Program services
$500
Adirondack Mountain Club · Lake George, NY · 2022
Program services
$500
Lake Placid Center for the Arts · Lake Placid, NY · 2022
Program services
$500
Adirondack Mountain Club · Lake George, NY · 2021
Program services

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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.