Private foundation (trust)EIN 300517812Est. 2010-05

MLE Foundation Inc

New Canaan, CT 06840

Total Assets

$24.0M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$1.1M

FY 2024

Grants Made

82

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$13K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$200–$55K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$1.3M

Total Expenses

$1.1M

Qualifying Distributions

$1.1M

Distributable Amount

$1.2M

Min. Investment Return

$1.2M

Payout rate 90%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.90%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

82 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $200 through median $10K to maximum $55K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

6 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $1.6M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

439 grants

New Canaan Land Trust
$396K
5 grants
First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan
$335K
6 grants
Audubon Connecticut
$300K
6 grants
Waveny Lifecare Network
$256K
5 grants
Central Wisconsin Cultural Center
$255K
5 grants
American Bird Conservancy
$215K
6 grants
Stamford Symphony
$210K
5 grants
Save the Sound
$200K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

437 grants

<$10K
286
grants
$10–50K
136
grants
$50–250K
14
grants
$250K–1M
1
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

18 states

Connecticut
$3.1M
51% of total
Wisconsin
$857K
14% of total
New York
$679K
11% of total
Virginia
$299K
5% of total
Pennsylvania
$258K
4% of total
Hawaii
$216K
3% of total
Massachusetts
$203K
3% of total
Colorado
$110K
2% of total
New Jersey
$103K
2% of total
Maine
$101K
2% of total

+8 more states

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