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Charitable Organization Grant

The Mayer Foundation

Funding Amount

Approximately US $2,000

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

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Eligible organizations

  • The Mayer Foundation makes grants to individuals and private foundations.

Required status

  • 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status

Other requirements

  • Geographic Focus: New York City.

Overview

The Mayer Foundation, a New York nonprofit established in 2002, focuses on economic relief grants for individuals facing hardship due to poverty or disaster. It supports IRS 501(C)(3) organizations with grants for educational and humanitarian purposes, and provides scholarships to students aiming for higher education. Typical grant sizes are around $2,000, aimed at fostering community welfare and educational advancement. The foundation's work significantly impacts the lives of those in need, especially in New York City.

Mission:
to make economic relief grants to needy individuals who are distressed or suffering as a result of poverty, low income or lack of financial resources,  including as a result of natural or civil disasters, or from temporary impoverishment, loss of employment, death of incapacity of a family wage earner or damage to home and property to provide health care to those who cannot afford health care or whose health insurance or financial resources are insufficient to cover medial needs;to make grants to other IRS 501(C)(3) organizations for educational, literary, cultural, humanitarian, scientific, health-care related and other charitable purposes; andto award scholarship benefits and student aid to high school, college or graduate school students to enable the recipients to complete an undergraduate or graduate education in the field of their choice at the college or graduate school of their choice.
Grant Sizes:

  • Grant sizes vary but generally range around $2,000 per grant.

Eligibility

The Mayer Foundation makes grants to individuals and private foundations.Geographic Focus: New York City.The Mayer Foundation makes grants to other IRS 501(C)(3) organizations for educational, literary, cultural, humanitarian, scientific, health-care related and other charitable purposes.

What The Mayer Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2025

Grants in 2025
87
Total given
$125K
Median grant
$1,250
Range
$1,000–$5,000
  • By dollars: New York 89%, Massachusetts 4%, Washington 2%. Top recipient cities: Brooklyn, NY; New York, NY; Bronx, NY.
  • 100% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.

Example grants

  • Vim Berkshires · Great Barrington, MA

    General welfare

    $5,000

  • The Fresh Air Fund · New York, NY

    General welfare

    $2,500

  • Chemotherapy Foundation · New York, NY

    General welfare

    $2,500

  • Meals of Hope · Boyton Beach, FL

    General welfare

    $2,000

  • Daniel Reiser · Brooklyn, NY

    General welfare

    $1,750

IRS Form 990-PF, 2025. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Nonprofits
  • Hardship

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