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Private foundation (trust)EIN 237145009Est. 1971-11

THE BEN MAY CHARITABLE TRUST

MOBILE, AL 36608

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Total Assets

$31.7M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$1.3M

FY 2024

Grants Made

49

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$27K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$3K–$250K

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$1.1M

Total Expenses

$1.7M

Qualifying Distributions

$1.5M

Distributable Amount

$1.6M

Min. Investment Return

$1.6M

Undistributed Income

$1.5M

Payout rate 97%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.97%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

49 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $3K through median $10K to maximum $250K, 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

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $1.5M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

304 grants

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
$1.3M
5 grants
AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
$1.3M
5 grants
JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
$418K
7 grants
ORDER OF ST JOHN
$332K
6 grants
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE PERES INSTITUTE FOR PEACE
$250K
5 grants
FUSE PROJECT
$180K
5 grants
NATURE CONSERVANCY
$143K
4 grants
MOUNT VERNON LADIES ASSOC OF THE UNION
$135K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

304 grants

<$10K
186
grants
$10–50K
98
grants
$50–250K
19
grants
$250K–1M
1
grants
$1–5M—
$5M+—

Geographic Focus

11 states

New York
$2.5M
36% of total
Alabama
$2.2M
32% of total
Illinois
$1.3M
18% of total
District of Columbia
$333K
5% of total
Florida
$261K
4% of total
Virginia
$158K
2% of total
Louisiana
$104K
1% of total
Mississippi
$85K
1% of total
North Carolina
$20K
0% of total
Georgia
$10K
0% of total

+1 more states

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