Open Foundations · Connecticut

Melville Charitable Trust Inc

New Haven, Connecticut · EIN 461670702. It paid $12.4M across 54 grants in 2024, a median of $150K each. Its Form 990-PF says it accepts unsolicited grant requests.

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$12.4M
paid in 2024
54
grants paid
$150K
median grant
36%
to first-time recipients
$130.7M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

These application terms come from Part XV of the foundation's Form 990-PF.

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

From the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202513219349102481. Entries appear as filed.

What it funds, in its own words

These are the most frequent words in the purposes the foundation wrote on its 2024 grants.

perc

Biggest grants in 2024

These are the 15 largest of the 54 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Amalgamated Charitable FoundationMD$1,850,000PERC GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
2Urban Strategies IncMO$792,680PERC PROJECT GRANT
3Partnership for Strong CommunitiesCT$750,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
4Forge City WorksCT$670,000SPONSORSHIP
5Center for Budget Policies & PrioritiesDC$600,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
6National Low Income Housing CoalitionDC$550,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
7New Venture Fund (funders for Housing and Opportunity)DC$500,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
8National Alliance to End HomelessnessDC$403,500GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
9Funders Together to End HomelessnessMA$325,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
10Grounded Solutions NetworkCA$294,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
11Center for Community ProgressMI$265,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
12Community SolutionsNY$250,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
13Economic Security ProjectNY$250,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
14Institute for Community ResearchCT$250,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT
15Invisible PeopleCA$250,000GENERAL OPERATING GRANT

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
202454$12.4M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
District of Columbia30%
Connecticut26%
New York11%
California9%
Massachusetts7%

Who decides

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

Biniam GebreDIRECTOR · 2024
Carla JavitsDIRECTOR · 2024
Jc David HaddenDIRECTOR · 2024
Jennifer Leimaile HoDIRECTOR · 2024
Karen Dubois-waltonDIRECTOR · 2024
Kica MatosDIRECTOR · 2024
Robert HaggettDIRECTOR · 2024
Rolan Joni YoungDIRECTOR · 2024
Ruth MelvilleDIRECTOR · 2024
Stephen MelvilleDIRECTOR · 2024
Susan ThomasPRESIDENT · 2024

Each figure comes from the foundation's latest filed year, 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Grants and application terms come from each foundation's latest IRS 990-PF e-file return. 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 count once and totals can run low. Full method.

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

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