The Melampy-Lawrence Charitable Trust
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The trust makes gifts only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold approach is unlikely to be considered; the sensible first step is to look for a route to an introduction.
- Its recorded grants have mostly been operating support for hospitals and medical organisations, universities and schools, museums, land trusts, environmental organisations and other charitable bodies, so a charity should check whether its work resembles that past giving.
- Half of its 63 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fell between $15,000 and $130,000, so a request near the $25,000 median is the most realistic size; the largest grant was $500,000, but larger asks are the exception.
- In the filing, 99% of grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in an earlier year, so its giving appears relationship-led and weighted towards existing grantees.
- The filing shows most grant dollars going to Massachusetts, but no geographic focus is stated, so that pattern should not be read as a rule about who may apply.
Overview
The Melampy-Lawrence Charitable Trust is a US private foundation based in Dunstable, MA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The trust's recorded grants have chiefly provided operating support to hospitals and medical organisations, universities and schools, museums, land trusts and environmental organisations, as well as other charitable bodies. The grant purposes also include education and support for entrepreneurship programming at a business school. Most recorded grants are labelled operating support; other purposes are recorded as charitable or education. The filings show recipients in Massachusetts and several other states, with most grant dollars going to Massachusetts. They do not establish a stated funding theme or applicant eligibility policy, so the recipient mix and recorded purposes are presented as past giving rather than as a promise of future priorities.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Massachusetts and New York.
How to apply
The trust makes contributions only to charitable organisations it has preselected; it does not accept unsolicited requests. No further submission steps are stated.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 99% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 63 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 31% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 99% of grant dollars went to organisations The Melampy-Lawrence Charitable Trust had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 18 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $25,000 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Brigham And Women's · Operating support$500,0002025 tax year
- Dana Farber · Operating support$400,0002025 tax year
- MT Sinai Icahn School · Charitable$50,0002025 tax year
- Columbia University · Operating support$40,0002025 tax year
- Museum of Science · Operating support$30,0002025 tax year
- University of Pittsburgh · Education$30,0002025 tax year
- Dunstable Rural Land Trust · Operating support$30,0002025 tax year
- Massachusetts Audubon Society · Operating support$25,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Priscilla Lawrence — Trustee
- Patrick Melampy — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $1,407,781 | $1,263,333 | $30,059,141 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,339,219 | $1,158,333 | $32,282,432 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $1,491,508 | $1,290,000 | $35,127,021 | Filing for 2025 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
- Dunstable, MA