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The Hayes Foundation

Name: The Hayes 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.

217
grants reported: $7.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
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.

What they fund

community conservation education nature environment service medical 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.

Top recipients

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

Himalayan Cataract Project4 grants · $515,000
Wolf Conservation Center4 grants · $335,000
Girls Inc Santa Fe4 grants · $310,000
Safe Passage4 grants · $310,000
Connecticut Foodshare4 grants · $235,000
Georges Malaika Foundation4 grants · $230,000
Focusing Philanthropy4 grants · $225,000
Mission Blue4 grants · $215,000
World Wildlife Fund4 grants · $205,000
Santa Fe Conservation Trust4 grants · $205,000

Giving over time

$1.6M

2022

$1.5M

2023

$1.7M

2024

$2.2M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 217 grants.

$215,000
Himalayan Cataract Project · Waterbury, VT · 2025
Health
$145,000
Girls Inc Santa Fe · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Community
$115,000
Safe Passage · New Gloucester, ME · 2025
Education
$115,000
Safe Passage · New Gloucester, ME · 2024
Child services
$100,000
Mission Blue · Napa, CA · 2025
Environment
$100,000
Himalayan Cataract Project · Waterbury, VT · 2024
Medical research
$100,000
Himalayan Cataract Project · Waterbury, VT · 2023
Medical research
$100,000
Wolf Conservation Center · South Salem, NY · 2023
Nature conservation
$100,000
Bowdoin College Alumni Fund · Brunswick, ME · 2022
Educational
$100,000
Himalayan Cataract Project · Waterbury, VT · 2022
Medical research
$100,000
Wolf Conservation Center · South Salem, NY · 2022
Nature conservation
$95,000
Georges Malaika Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Community service
$85,000
Santa Fe Conservation Trust · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Environment
$85,000
Girls Inc Santa Fe · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Youth education
$75,000
Connecticut Foodshare · Wallingford, CT · 2025
Community
$75,000
Wolf Conservation Center · South Salem, NY · 2025
Environment
$75,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
Environment
$75,000
Focusing Philanthropy · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Community service
$70,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2025
International community support
$70,000
New York Marine Rescue Center · Riverhead, NY · 2025
Environment
$65,000
Save the Sound · New Haven, CT · 2024
Nature conservation
$60,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2025
International community support
$60,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2025
Environment
$60,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
International community support
$60,000
Connecticut Foodshare · Wallingford, CT · 2024
Sustainable food source
$60,000
Wolf Conservation Center · South Salem, NY · 2024
Nature conservation
$55,000
Hang Time · Bridgeport, CT · 2025
Community
$55,000
The Nature Conservance · Arlington, VA · 2023
Environmental sustainability
$55,000
The Nature Conservance · Arlington, VA · 2022
Environmental sustainability
$50,000
Focusing Philanthropy · Santa Monica, CA · 2025
International community support
$50,000
Georges Malaika Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
International community support
$50,000
Guilford Land Conservation Trust · Guilford, CT · 2025
Environment
$50,000
Save the Sound · New Haven, CT · 2025
Environment
$50,000
Snow Leopard Trust · Seattle, WA · 2025
Environment
$50,000
We Care Solar · Berkeley, CA · 2025
Health
$50,000
Focusing Philanthropy · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Community service
$50,000
Georges Malaika Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Community service
$50,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024
Humanitarian assistance
$50,000
Mission Blue · Orange County, FL · 2024
Nature conservation
$50,000
Santa Fe Conservation Trust · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Land & community preservation
$50,000
Snow Leopard Trust · Seattle, WA · 2024
Snow leopard conservation
$50,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Nature conservation
$50,000
Connecticut Foodshare · Wallingford, CT · 2023
Sustainable food source
$50,000
Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue · Hampton Bays, NY · 2023
Animal rescue
$50,000
Focusing Philanthropy · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Community service
$50,000
Safe Passage · New Gloucester, ME · 2023
Child services
$50,000
Connecticut Foodshare · Wallingford, CT · 2022
Sustainable food source
$50,000
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Cultural
$50,000
Harlem Children'S Zone · New York, NY · 2022
Child services
$50,000
Museum of New Mexico Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Cultural
$45,000
Girls Inc Santa Fe · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Youth education
$42,000
New York Marine Rescue Center · Riverhead, NY · 2022
Community service
$40,000
Common Hope · St Paul, MN · 2025
International community support
$40,000
Food Depot · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Community
$40,000
Connecticut Hospice · Branford, CT · 2024
Medical assistance
$40,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2024
Medical assistance
$40,000
Food Depot · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Charitable
$40,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024
Environmental sustainability
$40,000
Connecticut Hospice · Branford, CT · 2023
Medical assistance
$40,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2023
Medical assistance
$40,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023
Environmental sustainability
$40,000
Santa Fe Conservation Trust · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Land & community preservation
$40,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Nature conservation
$40,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2022
Medical assistance
$40,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022
Environmental sustainability
$40,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Nature conservation
$35,000
Career Resources · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Educational
$35,000
Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue · Hampton Bays, NY · 2024
Animal rescue
$35,000
New York Marine Rescue Center · Riverhead, NY · 2024
Community service
$35,000
Career Resources · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Educational
$35,000
Mission Blue · Orange County, FL · 2023
Nature conservation
$35,000
Save the Sound · New Haven, CT · 2023
Nature conservation
$35,000
Snow Leopard Trust · Seattle, WA · 2023
Snow leopard conservation
$35,000
Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue · Hampton Bays, NY · 2022
Animal rescue
$35,000
Georges Malaika Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Community service
$35,000
Girls Inc Santa Fe · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Youth education
$35,000
Park and Recreation Association of · Sag Harbor, NY · 2022
Community
$35,000
Save the Sound · New Haven, CT · 2022
Nature conservation
$30,000
Aldea Children & Family Services · Binghampton, NY · 2025
International community support
$30,000
Bowdoin College Alumni Fund · Brunswick, ME · 2025
Education
$30,000
Centenary Equestrian Foundation Llc · Hackettstown, NJ · 2025
Education
$30,000
Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue · Hampton Bays, NY · 2025
Environment
$30,000
Institute of American Indian Arts · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
Arts
$30,000
Maine Island Trail Association · Portland, ME · 2025
Environment
$30,000
Aldea Children & Family Services · Napa, CA · 2024
Family services
$30,000
Bowdoin College Alumni Fund · Brunswick, ME · 2024
Educational
$30,000
Breakwater Sailing Center · Sag Harbor, NY · 2024
Educational
$30,000
Centenary Equestrian Foundation Llc · Hackettstown, NJ · 2024
Support for centenary university
$30,000
Common Hope · St Paul, MN · 2024
Child services
$30,000
Maine Island Trail Association · Portland, ME · 2024
Conservation
$30,000
Park and Recreation Association of · Sag Harbor, NY · 2024
Community
$30,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Food sustainability
$30,000
Aldea Children & Family Services · Napa, CA · 2023
Family services
$30,000
Bowdoin College Alumni Fund · Brunswick, ME · 2023
Educational
$30,000
Common Hope · St Paul, MN · 2023
Child services
$30,000
Park and Recreation Association of · Sag Harbor, NY · 2023
Community
$30,000
Aldea Children & Family Services · Napa, CA · 2022
Family services
$30,000
Common Hope · St Paul, MN · 2022
Child services
$30,000
Maine Island Trail Association · Portland, ME · 2022
Conservation
$30,000
Mission Blue · Orange County, FL · 2022
Nature conservation

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