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Melvoin Foundation

Name: Melvoin Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

173
grants reported: $651,959
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

Anti-Defamation League3 grants · $57,000
Epiphany School3 grants · $30,000
Facing History2 grants · $28,000
Steppingstone Foundation2 grants · $25,000
Temple Shir Tikva2 grants · $21,000
North Shore Senior Center2 grants · $19,769
Jewish Center for Justice3 grants · $19,500
Para Los Ninos3 grants · $18,500
Wilshire Boulevard Temple2 grants · $18,000
United in Harmony4 grants · $18,000

Giving over time

$289,690

2022

$160,000

2023

$202,269

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 173 grants.

$55,000
Anti-Defamation League · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Temple Shir Tikva · Wayland, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$18,000
Facing History · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
The Steppingstone Foiundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
North Shore Senior Center · Northfield, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
Steppingstone Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Epiphany School · Dorchester, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Facing History and Ourselves · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Laist · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Epiphany School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Steppingstone Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Brennen Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Epiphany School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Facing History · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Jewish Center for Justice · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Wfmt & Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$9,000
Wilshire Boulevard Temple · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$9,000
Wilshire Boulevard Temple · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$7,500
Jewish Center for Justice · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,500
Para Los Ninos · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$7,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Unrestricted
$6,250
Henry'S Fork Foundation · Ashton, ID · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,000
Para Los Ninos · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$6,000
United in Harmony · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Beacon Academy · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Belmont Hill · Belmont, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Big Sunday · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Harvard College Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Henry'S Fork Foundation · Ashton, ID · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Ls · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Les Turner Als Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
United in Harmony · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Weinberg Center for Elder Justice · Bronx, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Beacon Academy · Evanston, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Belmont Hill · Belmont, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Big Sunday · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Harvard College Fund · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Jewish Federation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Kpcc - Laist · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Les Turner Als Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Para Los Ninos · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
The Nature Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
United in Harmony · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Weinberg Center for Elder Justice the Hebrew Home · Riverdale, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Beacon Academy · Evanston, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Belmont Hill · Belmont, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Big Sunday · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Center for Environmental Health · Oakland, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Harvard College Fund · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Jewish Federation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Northeastern Il University Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
The Les Turner Als Foundation · Skokie, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$4,769
North Shore Senior Center · Northfield, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$4,470
Noth Shore Congregation Israel · Glencoe, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$4,000
Jewish Agency for Israel · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$4,000
Centre for Effective Altruism USA · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$4,000
Kpcc - Laist · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$4,000
Mac Angels Foundation · Larchmont, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
Everybody Dance La · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$3,000
Jewish Agency for Israel · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$3,000
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
Gabriella Charter Schools · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,500
Children in Conflict · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Doctors Withour Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Harvardwood · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Judaism Your Way · Denver, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
McCarthy'S Brothers Bond · Greenfield, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
United Way of Franklin & Hampshire Region · Northampton, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Amalgamated Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Cancer Connection · Northampton, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Effective Ventures Foundation USA · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Friends of Roots · Dallas, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Harvardwood · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
United Way of Franklin County · Louisburg, NC · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Harvardwood · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Gould Academy · Bethel, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Karsh Family Social Service Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
The Braid · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
United in Harmony · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Everybody Dance La · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Jewish Center for Justice · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Jewish Women'S Theater · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Judaism Your Way · Denver, CO · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
UCLA Foundation (Neuro-Oncology) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
American Brain Tumor Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Amnesty International USA · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
International Rett Syndrome Research Trust · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Jewish Women'S Theater · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Judaism Your Way · Denver, CO · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Logan School · Wilmette, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Northlight Theatre · Skokie, IL · 2022
Unrestricted

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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.