Funding search · EIN 461670702 · New Haven, CT

The Melville Charitable Trust

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

189
grants reported
$36.7M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$135,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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Top recipients

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  • Partnership for Strong Communities4 grants · $2.6M
  • Urban Strategies6 grants · $2.4M
  • Forge City Works6 grants · $1.9M
  • Amalgamated Charitable Foundation1 grant · $1.9M
  • Amalgamated Foundation4 grants · $1.7M
  • Urban Institute4 grants · $1.4M
  • National Alliance To End Homelessness3 grants · $1.1M
  • National Low Income Housing Coalition3 grants · $1.0M
  • Grounded Solutions Network5 grants · $934,000
  • Funders Together To End Homelessness3 grants · $925,000

Giving over time

$11.8M
2022
$12.5M
2023
$12.4M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 189 grants.

  • $1.9M

    Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2024

    Perc general operating grant

  • $1.2M

    Amalgamated Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2022

    Parnership for equitable & resilient communities

  • $900,000

    Partnership for Strong Communities · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating grant

  • $900,000

    Partnership for Strong Communities · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating grant

  • $792,680

    Urban Strategies · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Perc project grant

  • $750,000

    Partnership for Strong Communities · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $670,000

    Forge City Works · Hartford, CT · 2024

    Sponsorship

  • $600,000

    Center for Budget Policies & Priorities · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $600,000

    Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    Perc project management

  • $550,000

    National Low Income Housing Coalition · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $550,000

    Forge City Works · Hartford, CT · 2023

    General operating grant

  • $550,000

    Forge City Works · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating grant

  • $523,336

    Urban Strategies · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Parnership for equitable & resilient communities

  • $518,689

    Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    Perc project management

  • $500,000

    New Venture Fund (Funders for Housing and Opportunity) · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $500,000

    Amalgmated Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2023

    Perc project management

  • $500,000

    Funders for Housing and Opportunity · Washington, DC · 2023

    Support efforts for funders for housing & opportunity

  • $500,000

    Funders for Housing Opportunity Nvf · Washington, DC · 2022

    Support efforts for funders for housing & opportunity

  • $403,500

    National Alliance To End Homelessness · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $396,340

    Urban Strategies · St Louis, MO · 2023

    Perc project management

  • $392,500

    Urban Strategies · St Louis, MO · 2023

    Perc project management

  • $392,500

    Urban Strategies · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Parnership for equitable & resilient communities

  • $360,000

    National Alliance To End Homelessness · Washington, DC · 2023

    Build stronger support for ending homelessness in us

  • $360,000

    National Alliance To End Homelessness · Washington, DC · 2022

    Build stronger support for ending homelessness in us

  • $325,000

    Funders Together To End Homelessness · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $300,000

    Center for Community Progress · Flint, MI · 2023

    Community development for liberation

  • $300,000

    Center On Budget Policy and Priorities · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating grant

  • $300,000

    Economic Hardship Reporting Project · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating grant

  • $300,000

    Funders Together To End Homelessness · Boston, MA · 2023

    General operating grant

  • $300,000

    Grounded Solutions Network · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Support 3 cities

  • $300,000

    Center for Budget & Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating grant

  • $300,000

    Center for Community Progress · Flint, MI · 2022

    General operating grant

  • $300,000

    Funders Together To End Homelessness · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating grant

  • $300,000

    Grounded Solutions Network · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Support 3 cities

  • $300,000

    Hopewell Fund the Economic Security Project · Washington, DC · 2022

    Support the economic security project

  • $300,000

    Natil Low Income Housing Coalition · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating grant

  • $297,206

    Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    Parnership for equitable & resilient communities

  • $294,000

    Grounded Solutions Network · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $265,000

    Center for Community Progress · Flint, MI · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $261,664

    Urban Strategies · St Louis, MO · 2023

    Perc project management

  • $250,000

    Community Solutions · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $250,000

    Economic Security Project · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $250,000

    Institute for Community Research · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $250,000

    Invisible People · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $250,000

    Living Cities · Washington, DC · 2024

    Perc general operating grant

  • $250,000

    National Fair Housing Alliance · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $250,000

    National Housing Trust · Boston, MA · 2024

    Project grant

  • $250,000

    National League of Cities · Washington, DC · 2024

    Project grant

  • $250,000

    National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $250,000

    New Venture Fund (Housing Narrative Lab) · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $250,000

    Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $250,000

    Trust Neighborhoods · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $250,000

    Center for Budget Policies and Priorities · Washington, DC · 2023

    Framework for equitable homelessness response

  • $250,000

    Community Solutions · New York, NY · 2023

    A two-year general operating grant of $500,000 ($250,000 per year) to fund the creation of the community race equity portfolio within the built for zero team, a management-level sub-team with responsibility for driving read all
  • $250,000

    Housing Narrative Lab · Washington, DC · 2023

    Shift publics belief on who becomes homeless

  • $250,000

    Living Cities · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating grant

  • $250,000

    National Fair Housing Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023

    A two-year general operating grant of $500,000 ($250,000 per year) for nfha to work with stakeholders to dismantle existing policies and systems that perpetuate discrimination and housing inequality as well as develop a read all
  • $250,000

    National Low Income Housing Coalition · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating grant

  • $250,000

    National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2023

    Homelessness programming

  • $250,000

    Tsne Missionworks · Boston, MA · 2023

    General operating grant

  • $250,000

    A Way Home America (Third Sector New England) · Boston, MA · 2022

    General operating grant

  • $250,000

    Center for Budget & Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating grant

  • $250,000

    Community Solutions · New York, NY · 2022

    A two-year general operating grant of $500,000 ($250,000 per year) to fund the creation of the community race equity portfolio within the built for zero team, a management-level sub-team with responsibility for driving read all
  • $250,000

    Connecticut Coalition To End Homelessness · Hartford, CT · 2022

    General operating grant

  • $250,000

    Habitat for Humanity · Jackson, MS · 2022

    General operating grant

  • $250,000

    Housing Narrative Lab · Washington, DC · 2022

    Shift publics belief on who becomes homeless

  • $250,000

    Living Cities · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating grant

  • $250,000

    National Fair Housing Alliance · Washington, DC · 2022

    A two-year general operating grant of $500,000 ($250,000 per year) for nfha to work with stakeholders to dismantle existing policies and systems that perpetuate discrimination and housing inequality as well as develop a read all
  • $250,000

    National Low Income Housing · Washington, DC · 2022

    Erase project grant

  • $250,000

    National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2022

    Homelessness programming

  • $225,000

    National Low Income Housing Coalition · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating grant

  • $220,500

    Ct Council for Philanthropy · Hartford, CT · 2024

    Sponsorship

  • $200,000

    Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Hartford, CT · 2024

    Project grant

  • $200,000

    National Parent Leadership Institute · Wilton, CT · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $200,000

    Amalgamated Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2023

    General operating grant

  • $200,000

    Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Hartford, CT · 2023

    Community led progran design to understand gbi

  • $200,000

    National Housing Trust · Boston, MA · 2023

    General operating grant

  • $200,000

    National League of Cities · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating grant

  • $200,000

    Amalgamated Foundation Houseus · Rockville, MD · 2022

    Address housing inequality by supporting organizing, movement infrastructure and federal campain work

  • $175,000

    Association for Black Foundation Executives · New York, NY · 2023

    General operating grant

  • $165,000

    The Guardian Foundation · Watchung, NJ · 2022

    Investigation into systemic causes and historic forces driving housing instability

  • $150,000

    Mass Housing Alliance · Boston, MA · 2024

    Project grant

  • $150,000

    National Coalition for the Homeless · Washington, DC · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $150,000

    Amalgamated Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2023

    Perc project management

  • $150,000

    Beyond the Bridge (Mass Housing & Shelter Alliance) · Boston, MA · 2023

    A one-year general operating grant of $300,000 to support beyond the bridge, a documentary about the root causes of and solutions to homelessness.

  • $150,000

    Earn Inc (Dba Saverlife) · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Applied research initiative - housing instability

  • $150,000

    Fair Share Housing · Mt Laurel Township, NJ · 2023

    Fsh work with hud

  • $150,000

    National Coalition for the Homeless · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating grant

  • $150,000

    Private Equity Stakeholder Project · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Project grant

  • $150,000

    Trust Neighborhoods · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General operating grant

  • $150,000

    Connecticut Voices for Children · New Haven, CT · 2022

    General operating grant

  • $150,000

    Fair Share Housing · Mt Laurel Township, NJ · 2022

    Fsh work with hud

  • $150,000

    National Coalitionfor the Homeless · Washington, DC · 2022

    General operating grant

  • $150,000

    Private Equity Stakeholder Project · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Project grant

  • $135,000

    Connecticut Public Broadcasting · Hartford, CT · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $126,000

    Amalgamated Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2023

    Perc project management

  • $125,000

    Connecticut Voices for Children · New Haven, CT · 2024

    General operating grant

  • $125,000

    Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    Meet the moment grant year 3

  • $125,000

    Connecticut Voices for Children · New Haven, CT · 2023

    General operating grant

  • $125,000

    Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2022

    Meet the moment grant year 3

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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.