Open Foundations · Connecticut

Melville Charitable Trust Inc

New Haven, Connecticut · EIN 461670702. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $12.5M across 65 grants in 2023, a median of $150K each.

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$12.5M
paid in 2023
65
grants paid
$150K
median grant
25%
to first-time recipients
$130.7M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
SEE FUNDING GUIDELINES AT HTTPSMELV
Address
157 CHURCH STREET 19TH FLOOR, NEW HAVEN, CT, 06510
Phone
2039011065
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
SEE FUNDING GUIDELINES AT HTTPS://MELVILLETRUST.ORG/WORK/INQUIRY
Submission deadline
SEE FUNDING GUIDELINES AT HTTPS://MELVILLETRUST.ORG/WORK/INQUIRY
Restrictions on awards
SEE FUNDING GUIDELINES AT HTTPS://MELVILLETRUST.ORG/WORK/INQUIRY

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2023, IRS filing object id 202403189349103340. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2023 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

perc managementmeet momenthousinghomelessnesscommunity

Biggest grants in 2023

The 15 largest of the 65 grants paid in 2023, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Partnership for Strong CommunitiesCT$900,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
2Urban InstituteDC$600,000PERC PROJECT MANAGEMENT
3Forge City WorksCT$550,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
4Urban InstituteDC$518,689PERC PROJECT MANAGEMENT
5Amalgmated FoundationMD$500,000PERC PROJECT MANAGEMENT
6Funders for Housing and OpportunityDC$500,000SUPPORT EFFORTS FOR FUNDERS FOR HOUSING & OPPORTUNITY
7Urban Strategies IncMO$396,340PERC PROJECT MANAGEMENT
8Urban Strategies IncMO$392,500PERC PROJECT MANAGEMENT
9National Alliance to End HomelessnessDC$360,000BUILD STRONGER SUPPORT FOR ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN US
10Center for Community ProgressMI$300,000COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR LIBERATION
11Center on Budget Policy and PrioritiesDC$300,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
12Economic Hardship Reporting ProjectNY$300,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
13Funders Together to End HomelessnessMA$300,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
14Grounded Solutions NetworkCA$300,000SUPPORT 3 CITIES
15Urban Strategies IncMO$261,664PERC PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202070$8.1M
202162$8.8M
202270$11.8M
202365$12.5M

Where the money went

Share of 2023 grant dollars by recipient state
District of Columbia28%
Connecticut25%
New York9%
Maryland6%
Missouri6%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Biniam GebreDIRECTOR · 2023
Carla JavitsDIRECTOR · 2023
Jc David HaddenDIRECTOR · 2023
Jennifer Leimaile HoDIRECTOR · 2023
Karen Dubois-waltonDIRECTOR · 2023
Kica MatosDIRECTOR · 2023
Robert HaggettDIRECTOR · 2023
Rolan Joni YoungDIRECTOR · 2023
Ruth MelvilleDIRECTOR · 2023
Stephen MelvilleDIRECTOR · 2023
Susan ThomasPRESIDENT · 2023

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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