Rhoads Jr Jay-Environmental Fund Trust
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation accepts requests only by invitation and does not take unsolicited requests, so a charity should not send a cold proposal and should approach it only if it has been invited to do so.
- Its recorded grants go mainly to environmental conservation work, including land trusts, river and watershed bodies, coastal fisheries, environmental education, research, ecology and sustainable energy, with most grants in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Virginia and Vermont, though no geographic focus is stated.
- The typical grant falls between $30,000 and $265,000, and half of its grants are $100,000 or less, so a request of that order is realistic for a small organisation whose work fits.
- Most of its grant dollars, 74% in the filings, went to organisations it had funded before, so its giving leans heavily towards existing relationships.
Overview
Rhoads Jr Jay-Environmental Fund Trust is a US private foundation administered by its trustee, BNY Mellon N A, in Pittsburgh, PA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 13 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filing does not state a formal funding theme. Its grant record instead shows general operating support going chiefly to land trusts and conservation organisations, including bodies focused on rivers, watersheds, coastal fisheries and environmental education. Other recorded recipients include environmental research, ecology-based and sustainable-energy organisations. Grants are concentrated in Maine and New Hampshire, with further recorded recipients in Massachusetts and Virginia. The grant-purpose table reports general operating support for all grants; the recipient list indicates the kinds of organisations supported, rather than restricted project purposes. These are patterns in the recorded grants, not published eligibility criteria.
Themes
From its grants, not stated by the foundation:
- Environmental conservation
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Virginia and Vermont.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 74% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 78 grants to organisations were $100,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
5 other states: 8%
- The largest single recipient received 9% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 74% of grant dollars went to organisations Rhoads Jr Jay-Environmental Fund Trust had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 14% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 27 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $100k (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Maine Community Foundation · General operating$525,0002024 tax year
- Loon Echo Land Trust · General operating$407,0002024 tax year
- Northeast Wilderness Trust · General operating$225,0002024 tax year
- Cheshire County Conservation System · General operating$200,0002024 tax year
- Down East Lakes Land Trust · General operating$200,0002024 tax year
- Upper Saco Valley Land Trust · General operating$170,0002024 tax year
- Sunrise County Economic Council · General operating$150,0002024 tax year
- Monadnock Conservancy · General operating$125,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
Administered by its trustee, BNY Mellon N A.
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $3,881,043 | $3,292,000 | $62,287,701 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $3,791,379 | $3,174,300 | $69,624,990 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $3,986,983 | $3,238,600 | $75,049,603 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Contact
- Pittsburgh, PA (office of its trustee, BNY Mellon N A)
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Contact
- Pittsburgh, PA (office of its trustee, BNY Mellon N A)