Funding search · EIN 980685900 · Tarrytown, NY

The McLain Foundation (US)

Name: The McLain Foundation (US) 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.

53
grants reported: $7.2M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $20,000
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

educational social arts medical education

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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.

Princeton University4 grants · $3.1M
Victoria and Albert Museum3 grants · $2.5M
Donmar Warehouse5 grants · $543,069
Felix Project5 grants · $255,424
Smithsonian5 grants · $241,000
Liger Charitable Foundation4 grants · $100,000
Women for Women International2 grants · $89,085
Duke University1 grant · $75,000
West London Zone4 grants · $63,614
Barnardo'S3 grants · $58,757

Giving over time

$1.4M

2021

$2.5M

2022

$2.8M

2023

$546,088

2024

Grant history

All 53 reported grants, largest first.

$2.5M
Victoria and Albert Museum · 2023
Social
$1.0M
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Educational
$1.0M
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Educational
$1.0M
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2021
Educational
$138,498
Donmar Warehouse · 2021
Arts
$126,328
Donmar Warehouse · 2024
Arts
$119,909
Donmar Warehouse · 2023
Arts
$100,000
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Educational
$100,000
Smithsonian · Washington, DC · 2024
Educational
$100,000
Smithsonian · Washington, DC · 2023
Educational
$87,707
Women for Women International · 2024
Educational
$79,167
Donmar Warehouse · 2022
Arts
$79,167
Donmar Warehouse · 2022
Arts
$75,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2021
Educational
$64,344
Felix Project · 2024
Medical
$55,336
Felix Project · 2022
Medical
$55,336
Felix Project · 2022
Medical
$42,484
Felix Project · 2021
Medical
$37,924
Felix Project · 2023
Medical
$34,615
Barnardo'S · 2021
Social
$30,000
Liger Charitable Foundation · Red Bank, NJ · 2024
Education
$30,000
Liger Charitable Foundation · Red Bank, NJ · 2023
Education
$26,763
West London Zone · 2021
Educational
$20,000
Liger Charitable Foundation · Red Bank, NJ · 2022
Education
$20,000
Liger Charitable Foundation · Red Bank, NJ · 2022
Education
$20,000
Middle East Children'S Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Social
$20,000
Middle East Children'S Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Social
$20,000
Smithsonian · Washington, DC · 2022
Educational
$20,000
Smithsonian · Washington, DC · 2022
Educational
$15,000
Middle East Children'S Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Social
$13,913
Body & Soul Grant · 2021
Social
$12,709
West London Zone · 2024
Educational
$12,071
Barnardo'S · 2022
Social
$12,071
Barnardo'S · 2022
Social
$12,071
Victoria and Albert Museum · 2022
Social
$12,071
Victoria and Albert Museum · 2022
Social
$12,071
West London Zone · 2022
Educational
$12,071
West London Zone · 2022
Educational
$10,000
Jumby Bay Fund · Camden, ME · 2024
Educational
$10,000
Jumby Bay Fund · Oakwood, OH · 2023
Educational
$10,000
Jumby Bay Fund · Oakwood, OH · 2022
Educational
$10,000
Jumby Bay Fund · Oakwood, OH · 2022
Educational
$7,500
Jumby Bay Fund · Oakwood, OH · 2021
Educational
$7,235
Royal Opera House · 2021
Arts
$6,044
Harrow Club · 2022
Social
$6,044
Harrow Club · 2022
Social
$5,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2021
Social
$3,314
Doctors in Distress · 2021
Medical
$2,001
Power2 - United St Saviour'S Charity · 2021
Social
$1,514
Royal Opera House · 2022
Arts
$1,514
Royal Opera House · 2022
Arts
$1,378
Women for Women International · 2021
Educational
$1,000
Smithsonian · Washington, DC · 2021
Educational

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