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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 38-4117113

The Mayday Fund

A private foundation in New York, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 9 grants and $820,355 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Christina M Spellman
420 Lexington Avenue Suite 331
New York, NY 101700399
(212) 366-6970
[email protected]
Form and materials
The mayday fund's current grant making targets are: projects that result in clinical interventions to reduce the toll of physical pain; pediatric pain; pain in non-verbal populations; and pain in the context of emergency medicine. Mayday will also continue to be proactive in its commitment to promote networking between veterinary and human medicine, especially in an effort to inform measurements of pain in non-verbal populations. Finally, the directors of the mayday fund wish to be nimble enough to respond as special opportunities present themselves.
Deadlines
There are no deadlines. Applications are offered for consideration at the next board meeting.
Restrictions
Grants are made to public charities and educational institutions officially recognized as such by the IRS. The mayday fund concentrates its activities in the united states. On occasion, grants have been made to canadian organizations where the project has an effect with international impact. Grants cannot be made to individuals.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $820,355

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $36,170,300

  • Tax year 2023

    $718,902

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $33,373,771

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,147,214

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $29,554,921

  • Tax year 2021

    $927,644

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $37,196,509

  • Tax year 2020

    $922,392

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $33,374,151

  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $0

Grants paid in 2024

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Jackson LaboratoriesFarmington, CT

    Decoding endometriosis: spatial dynamics and symptoms

    $220,000
  2. Chapel and York US Foundation - University of South AustraliaNew York, NY

    Identifying social factors that stratify health opportuities and outcomes project

    $199,668
  3. Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryCold Spring Harbor, NY

    Research using click chemistry for pain

    $118,983
  4. United States Association for the Study of Pain (usasp)Annapolis, MD

    Clinical translational research awards for young investigators

    $110,000
  5. Boston Children's HospitalBoston, MA

    Inovate VR pain program

    $93,500
  6. UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals FoundationOakland, CA

    General operating support

    $48,054
  7. University of SherbrookeMontreal, Canada

    North american pain school correspondents science communications program

    $26,000
  8. Council on FoundationsWashington, DC

    General operating support

    $3,000
  9. Philanthropy New YorkNew York, NY

    General operating support

    $1,150

Approved for future payment

5 grants

Approved in 2024 and not yet paid.

  1. University of MontrealMontreal, Canada

    VR tooth project - relieving pediatric dental pain

    $132,173
  2. University of British ColumbiaVancouver, Canada

    Advancing understanding and care of pain in children with neurodiversity

    $132,000
  3. North Carolina State University College of Veterinary MedicineRaleigh, NC

    Pain in animals workshop - paw 2025

    $91,735
  4. University of SherbrookeMontreal, Canada

    North american pain school correspondents science communications program

    $78,000
  5. Boston Children's HospitalBoston, MA

    Inovate VR pain program

    $46,750

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Health1 grant $93,50097% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $3,0003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York3 grants $319,801
  2. Connecticut1 grant $220,000
  3. Maryland1 grant $110,000
  4. Massachusetts1 grant $93,500
  5. California1 grant $48,054
  6. District of Columbia1 grant $3,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Maureen CozineDIRECTOR (STARTED ON 06/05/2024) Hours 4Pay $0
  • Emma X P DavidsonDIRECTOR Hours 4Pay $0
  • Caroline N SidnamDIRECTOR Hours 4Pay $0
  • Pamela M ThyeDIRECTOR, TREASURER Hours 4Pay $0
  • Rebecca TheisSECRETARY Hours 4Pay $0
  • Christina M SpellmanEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $150,675

The return

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