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Major Family Foundation: 19 grants to organizations, $56,000 (tax year ended December 2025)
Major Family Foundation, a private foundation in Wilmington, DE, paid 19 grants to organizations totaling $56,000 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 13, 2026. The largest was $25,000 to The University of Texas at Austin in Austin, TX for college of natural sciences integrative biology james and anita major environmental research endowed excellence fund.
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- EIN
- 851573082
- Based in
- Wilmington, DE
- Assets
- $1,366,543
- Grants paid
- $56,000
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed May 13, 2026, IRS object ID 202611339349105026. It reported $56,000 in grants paid; 19 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | College of Natural Sciences Integrative Biology James and Anita Major Environmental Research Endowed Excellence Fund | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Breakthrough Houston | Houston, TX | General & Unrestricted | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Forty First Foundation | Austin, TX | General & Unrestricted | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Vermont Medical Center Inc | Burlington, VT | Patient Care in the UVM Cancer Center | Health care | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Immunization Partnership | Houston, TX | General & Unrestricted | Health care | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Academy at Ocean Reef Inc | Key Largo, FL | General & Unrestricted | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Academy of Home Care Medicine Inc | McLean, VA | General & Unrestricted | Health care | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Society of Retina Specialists Inc | Chicago, IL | General & Unrestricted | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, TX | General & Unrestricted | Education | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Casa Mateo | Houston, TX | General & Unrestricted | Human services | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Falconry Fund Inc | Annapolis, MD | General & Unrestricted | Recreation and sports | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hermann Park Conservancy | Houston, TX | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Houston Audubon Society | Houston, TX | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Houston Humane Society | Houston, TX | General & Unrestricted | Animal-related | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peregrine Fund Inc | Boise, ID | General & Unrestricted | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ransom Everglades School Inc | Coconut Grove, FL | General & Unrestricted | Education | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sigma Chi Foundation | Evanston, IL | General & Unrestricted | Education | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tropical Audubon Society Inc | Miami, FL | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Uinta Restoration & Preservation | Kamas, UT | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed July 2, 2025, IRS object ID 202541839349100609. It reported $51,500 in grants paid; 15 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | College of Natural Sciences Integrative Biology James and Anita Major Environmental Research Endowed Excellence Fund | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, TX | General & Unrestricted | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| American Society of Retina Specialists Inc | Chicago, IL | General & Unrestricted | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Falconry Fund Inc | Annapolis, MD | General & Unrestricted | Recreation and sports | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Houston Audubon Society | Houston, TX | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peregrine Fund Inc | Boise, ID | General & Unrestricted | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | General & Unrestricted | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| MSGR Kelly Catholic High School Foundation Inc | Beaumont, TX | General & Unrestricted | Education | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| North Carolina Voluntary Organizations Active in D | Goldsboro, NC | General & Unrestricted | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ransom Everglades School Inc | Coconut Grove, FL | General & Unrestricted | Education | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Retina Society Inc | Boston, MA | General & Unrestricted | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Special Olympics Texas Inc | Waco, TX | General & Unrestricted | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Everglades Foundation Inc | Palmetto Bay, FL | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tropical Audubon Society Inc | Miami, FL | General & Unrestricted | Environment | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, TX | Alkek Department of Medicine Women Physicians Group fund | Education | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $20,500 |
| Environment | $9,000 |
| Health care | $8,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $4,000 |
| Recreation and sports | $4,000 |
| Human services | $1,000 |
| Animal-related | $1,000 |
| Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $1,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Texas | $77,500 |
| Florida | $6,000 |
| Vermont | $5,000 |
| Illinois | $5,000 |
| Maryland | $4,000 |
| Idaho | $4,000 |
| Virginia | $1,000 |
| Utah | $1,000 |
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Updated May 13, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.