Funding search · EIN 851573082 · Wilmington, DE

Major Family Foundation

Name: Major Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

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 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

anita biology college endowed environmental excellence integrative james

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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.

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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