Funding search · EIN 237063834 · New York, NY

Alfred Lee and Peter Mayer 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.

93
grants reported
$371,844
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$3,000
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

educationcommunityartsserviceenvironmentalpreservationcivilrights

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Top recipients

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  • The Mercantile Library Association2 grants · $75,000
  • University of Texas Foundation - Dobie Paisano3 grants · $25,000
  • Wnyc Ny Public Radio4 grants · $20,000
  • American Cancer Society2 grants · $20,000
  • Clean Air Task Force4 grants · $17,250
  • Planned Parenthood3 grants · $15,000
  • Columbia University2 grants · $12,000
  • Anti-Defamation League2 grants · $12,000
  • Bard College Development Office4 grants · $12,000
  • Center for Fiction2 grants · $11,500

Giving over time

$89,260
2022
$91,500
2023
$80,921
2024
$110,163
2025

Grant history

All 93 reported grants, largest first.

  • $40,000

    The Mercantile Library Association · Brooklyn, NY · 2025

    Education

  • $35,000

    The Mercantile Library Association · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Donation to library

  • $10,000

    American Cancer Society · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023

    Medical research

  • $10,000

    Center for Fiction · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Library program

  • $10,000

    American Cancer Society · New York, NY · 2022

    Medical research

  • $10,000

    University of Texas Foundation - Dobie Paisano · Austin, TX · 2022

    The arts

  • $7,500

    University of Texas Foundation · Austin, TX · 2025

    The arts

  • $7,500

    University of Texas Foundation - Dobie Paisano · Austin, TX · 2024

    The arts

  • $7,500

    University of Texas Foundation - Dobie Paisano · Austin, TX · 2023

    The arts

  • $6,345

    Tads Tuition Aid Tad · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Tads tuition aid

  • $6,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2025

    Education, civil rights

  • $6,000

    Caring Kind Nyc · New York, NY · 2025

    Alzheimner's caregiving

  • $6,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2025

    Education

  • $6,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023

    Civil rights

  • $6,000

    Columbia University - Department of Cardiac Amyloidosis Research · New York, NY · 2023

    Medical research

  • $6,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022

    Education

  • $5,250

    Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2023

    Environmental preservation

  • $5,000

    Aclu · New York, NY · 2025

    Civil rights

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2025

    Civil rights

  • $5,000

    Wnyc Ny Public Radio · New York, NY · 2025

    The arts

  • $5,000

    Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2024

    Environmental preservation

  • $5,000

    Wnyc Ny Public Radio · New York, NY · 2024

    The arts

  • $5,000

    Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Civil rights

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2023

    Civil rights

  • $5,000

    Wnyc Ny Public Radio · New York, NY · 2023

    The arts

  • $5,000

    Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Civil rights

  • $5,000

    Anti Defemation League · New York, NY · 2022

    Civil rights

  • $5,000

    Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2022

    Environmental preservation

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2022

    Civil rights

  • $5,000

    Wnyc Ny Public Radio · New York, NY · 2022

    The arts

  • $4,056

    City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2025

    Community service (feed homebound elderly)

  • $3,010

    Prospect Schools · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Education

  • $3,000

    Bard College Development Office · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2025

    Education

  • $3,000

    Hudson Valley Hospice Foundation · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2025

    Community service - end of life

  • $3,000

    Immigrant Defender Law System · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Civil rights

  • $3,000

    No Kid Hungy · Washington, DC · 2025

    Commuunity service/hunger

  • $3,000

    Bard College Development Office · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2024

    Education

  • $3,000

    Hudson Valley Hospice · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024

    Community service - end of life

  • $3,000

    The Brooklyn Library · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Donation to library

  • $3,000

    Bard College Development Office · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2023

    Education

  • $3,000

    Brooklyn Prospect Charter School · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Education

  • $3,000

    Caring Kind · New York, NY · 2023

    Medical research

  • $3,000

    Hudson Valley Hospice · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2023

    Community service - end of life

  • $3,000

    The Brooklyn Library · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    The arts

  • $3,000

    Bard College Development Office · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2022

    Education

  • $3,000

    Caring Kind · New York, NY · 2022

    Medical research

  • $3,000

    The Brooklyn Library · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    The arts

  • $2,500

    Coalition for Responsible Homeschooled Children (Crhe) · Stoughton, MA · 2025

    Education

  • $2,500

    Society for Science and the Public · Washington, DC · 2025

    Environmental preservation

  • $2,500

    Coalition for Responsible Homeschooled Children (Crhe) · Stoughton, MA · 2024

    Education

  • $2,500

    92nd Street Y · New York, NY · 2023

    The arts

  • $2,500

    Coalition for Responsible Homeschooled Children (Crhe) · Stoughton, MA · 2022

    Education

  • $2,070

    Brooklyn Public Library · Brooklyn, NY · 2025

    The arts/communitythe arts/community

  • $2,066

    Lake Winnipesaukee Association · Meredith, NH · 2024

    Environmental preservation

  • $2,010

    Prospect School · Hempstead, NY · 2024

    Education

  • $2,000

    Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2025

    Environmental preservation

  • $2,000

    Lake Winnipesaukee Association · Gilford, NH · 2025

    Environmental preservation

  • $2,000

    Prospect Park Alliance · West Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Environmental preservation

  • $2,000

    Santa Maddalena Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Literature development

  • $2,000

    City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2023

    Community service - hunger

  • $2,000

    Coalition for Responsible Homeschooled Children (Crhe) · Stoughton, MA · 2023

    Education

  • $2,000

    Lake Winnipesaukee Association · Meredith, NH · 2023

    Environmental preservation

  • $2,000

    No Kid Hungry · Washington, DC · 2023

    Community service - food

  • $2,000

    Prospect Park Alliance · West Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Environmental preservation

  • $2,000

    Santa Maddalena Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Literature development

  • $2,000

    City Meals On Wheels · New York, NY · 2022

    Community service - food

  • $2,000

    Dorot · New York, NY · 2022

    Community service hunger

  • $2,000

    Lake Winnipesaukee Association · Meredith, NH · 2022

    Environmental preservation

  • $2,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering - Sarcoma Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    Medical research

  • $2,000

    No Kid Hungry · Washington, DC · 2022

    Community service - food

  • $2,000

    Pen International · 2022

    Civil rights

  • $2,000

    Santa Maddalena Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Literature development

  • $2,000

    Second Harvest Food Bank · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    Community service-hunger

  • $1,500

    Center for Fiction · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Library program

  • $1,500

    Columbia University - Department of Cardiac Amyloidosis Research · New York, NY · 2022

    Medical research

  • $1,037

    Stone Ridge Library · Stone Ridge, NY · 2025

    Donation to library

  • $1,000

    Society for Science and the Public · Washington, DC · 2024

    Science education

  • $1,000

    Society for Science and the Public · Washington, DC · 2023

    Science education

  • $1,000

    Aitaf · New York, NY · 2022

    Arts in the armed forces

  • $1,000

    Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden · Dallas, TX · 2022

    Environmental preservation

  • $1,000

    Prospect Park Alliance · West Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Environmental preservation

  • $1,000

    Society for Science and the Public · Washington, DC · 2022

    Science education

  • $500

    Abenaki Tower Association · Melvin Village, NH · 2025

    The environment

  • $500

    Marbletown First Aid Unit · High Falls, NY · 2025

    Medical/community

  • $500

    Woodstick Library · Bronx, NY · 2025

    Donation to library

  • $500

    Stone Ridge Library · Stone Ridge, NY · 2024

    Community service, literacy

  • $500

    Vermont Abenaki Association · Waitsfield, VT · 2024

    The art

  • $500

    Watching Hills · Warren, NJ · 2024

    Education

  • $500

    Stone Ridge Library · Stone Ridge, NY · 2023

    Community service, literacy

  • $500

    Woodstock Library · Woodstock, NY · 2023

    Community service

  • $500

    Woodstock Library · Woodstock, NY · 2022

    Community service

  • $250

    Maverick Concerts · Woodstock, NY · 2023

    The arts

  • $250

    Maverick Concerts · Woodstock, NY · 2022

    The arts

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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.