Funding search · EIN 851573082 · Wilmington, DE

Major Family Foundation

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

58
grants reported
$182,500
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$1,000
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.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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2 grants matching “anita · $50,000

  • $25,000

    The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2025

    College of Natural Sciences Integrative Biology James and Anita Major Environmental Research Endowed Excellence Fund

  • $25,000

    The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024

    College of Natural Sciences Integrative Biology James and Anita Major Environmental Research Endowed Excellence Fund

Top recipients

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  • The University of Texas at Austin3 grants · $53,000
  • St Johns School2 grants · $30,000
  • Baylor College of Medicine5 grants · $12,500
  • Falconry Fund4 grants · $10,000
  • Peregrine Fund4 grants · $8,000
  • Houston Audubon Society4 grants · $8,000
  • American Academy of Home Care Medicine3 grants · $5,500
  • Breakthrough Houston1 grant · $5,000
  • University of Vermont Medical Center1 grant · $5,000
  • Forty First Foundation1 grant · $5,000

Giving over time

$20,500
2022
$54,500
2023
$51,500
2024
$56,000
2025

Grant history

All 58 reported grants, largest first.

  • $25,000

    The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2025

    College of Natural Sciences Integrative Biology James and Anita Major Environmental Research Endowed Excellence Fund

  • $25,000

    The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024

    College of Natural Sciences Integrative Biology James and Anita Major Environmental Research Endowed Excellence Fund

  • $15,000

    St Johns School · Houston, TX · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    St Johns School · Houston, TX · 2022

    St. John's Fund

  • $5,000

    Breakthrough Houston · Houston, TX · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Forty First Foundation · Austin, TX · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    University of Vermont Medical Center · Burlington, VT · 2025

    Patient Care in the UVM Cancer Center

  • $5,000

    Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Falconry Fund · Annapolis, MD · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    American Society of Retina Specialists · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Falconry Fund · Annapolis, MD · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Houston Audubon Society · Houston, TX · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Peregrine Fund · Boise, ID · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    American Academy of Home Care Medicine · McLean, VA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Emergency Assistance Foundation · West Palm Bch, FL · 2023

    Maui Wildfires Relief Fund

  • $3,000

    Houston Audubon Society · Houston, TX · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Peregrine Fund · Boise, ID · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $3,000

    Trees for Houston · Houston, TX · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    The Immunization Partnership · Houston, TX · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    Emory University · Decatur, GA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    Tropical Audubon Society · Miami, FL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,500

    American Academy of Home Care Medicine · McLean, VA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Academy at Ocean Reef · Key Largo, FL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    American Academy of Home Care Medicine · McLean, VA · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    American Society of Retina Specialists · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Casa Mateo · Houston, TX · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Falconry Fund · Annapolis, MD · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Hermann Park Conservancy · Houston, TX · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Houston Audubon Society · Houston, TX · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Houston Humane Society · Houston, TX · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Peregrine Fund · Boise, ID · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Ransom Everglades School · Coconut Grove, FL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Sigma Chi Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Tropical Audubon Society · Miami, FL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Uinta Restoration & Preservation · Kamas, UT · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    A Kegley · Hendersonville, TN · 2024

    Short-term Emergency Assistance Grant

  • $1,000

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Msgr Kelly Catholic High School Foundation · Beaumont, TX · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    North Carolina Voluntary Organizations Active in D · Goldsboro, NC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Ransom Everglades School · Coconut Grove, FL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Retina Society · Boston, MA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Special Olympics Texas · Waco, TX · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    The Everglades Foundation · Palmetto Bay, FL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Tropical Audubon Society · Miami, FL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    American Society of Retina Specialists · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Msgr Kelly Catholic High School Foundation · Beaumont, TX · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Ransom Everglades School · Coconut Grove, FL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Retina Society · Boston, MA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    The American Geriatrics Society · New York, NY · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Falconry Fund · Annapolis, MD · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Houston Audubon Society · Houston, TX · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Peregrine Fund · Boise, ID · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $500

    Baylor College of Medicine · Houston, TX · 2024

    Alkek Department of Medicine Women Physicians Group fund

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