Malaney Family Foundation
Malaney Family Foundation is a private foundation, based in Charlottesville, VA. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2024. As of 2024, the organization holds $4.8M in total assets. In 2024, it awarded 4 grants totaling $250K. Net investment income was $438K.
Malaney Family Foundation at a glance
In short: Malaney Family Foundation gave $250K across 4 grants in 2024 (avg $63K), mostly in California. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2024)
- $250,000
- +19.0% vs 2023
- Grants made (2024)
- 4
- -20.0% vs 2023
- Average grant
- $62,500
- +48.8% vs 2023
- Median grant
- $80,000
- Total assets
- $4,751,498
- +3.9% vs 2023
- Primary geography
- California (64% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2024 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2024; updated September 2026.
Who Malaney Family Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 4 recipients in 2024
The largest 2024 recipient was Magic Bus USA ($80K). Together the top 4 received $250K.
Grant Size Distribution
25 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 15 grants of 25 (60%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2024 grant dollars across all 4 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Malaney Family Foundation gives
- Giving fell 34% from 2021 to 2024. Method
- In 2024 it paid out 100% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $185K (2022) to $379K (2021). In 2024 it made 4 grants totaling $250K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Bus USA Houston, TX | Magic bus works with children and young people in india taking them on a journey from childhood to livelihood and out of poverty. By enabling children and young people to complete secondary education, delay their age at marriage, and attain the skills needed for a stable job, magic bus helps to break the cycle of poverty for them and their future generations. | $80,000 |
| MK Level Playing Field Institute Aka Smash Academy Oakland, CA | To support smash academ in it commitment to eliminating the barriers faced by underrepresented people of color in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and fostering their untapped talent for the advancement of our nation. | $80,000 |
| Pacific Forest Trust San Fancisco, CA | To create and advance strategies that cultivate commitment, imagination, and resources to make it easier and more rewarding to give back to forests that give so much to us. To create economic incentives that reward private forest owners for conserving their lands and practicing sustainable forestry. Help shape regional and national forest conservation and climate policies, all in an effort to save wildlife and their habitats, create effective climate change solutions, conserve intact forested landscapes, and protect natural water sources. | $80,000 |
| Make a Difference Now Boise, ID | To fund the three life changing programs focused on quality education to vulnerable youth and women so they can become contributing citizens. | $10,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4,751,498 | $497,117 | $308,935 | $250,000 | 4 | $250,000 | $438,182 | $248,859 |
| 2023 | $4,571,209 | $46,577 | $255,513 | $210,000 | 5 | $210,000 | $97,344 | $235,072 |
| 2022 | $4,802,339 | $944 | $223,867 | $185,000 | 6 | $185,000 | $40,242 | $242,552 |
| 2021 | $5,011,650 | $115,518 | $420,239 | $379,000 | 6 | $391,000 | $86,279 | $280,170 |
| 2020 | $5,110,265 | $221,835 | $268,099 | $250,000 | 4 | — | $203,736 | $254,107 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Malaney Family Foundation reported a distributable amount of $249K for 2024 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Malaney Family Foundation is led by Kathy Malaney, President & Director on every filing since 2020; none of the 4 officers listed in 2024 report compensation.
Officers on the 2024 filing
Kathy Malaney
President & Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Edward J. Finley II
Secretary, Treasurer & Director
Secretary & Treasurer → Secretary, Treasurer & Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leslie Pace
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sanjeev Malaney
Sole Member & Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Malaney Family Foundation
How much does Malaney Family Foundation give each year?
Malaney Family Foundation gave $250K across 4 grants in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2023 it gave $210K across 5 grants.
What is Malaney Family Foundation's typical grant size?
Malaney Family Foundation's median grant in 2024 was $80,000, and its average grant was $62,500, across 4 grants on its 2024 IRS Form 990-PF.
Where does Malaney Family Foundation give grants?
Malaney Family Foundation gives mostly in California: 64% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2024 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest state was Texas (32%).
Does Malaney Family Foundation give general operating support?
Not in 2024: none of the 4 grants with a stated purpose on Malaney Family Foundation's 2024 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support.
How large is Malaney Family Foundation?
Malaney Family Foundation reported $4.8M in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $250K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $249K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What is Malaney Family Foundation's EIN?
Malaney Family Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 52-2202553. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2024.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.
Data update history
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When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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