The Mary C Medley Charitable Trust concentrates its giving locally in the Orlando area, providing relatively large, unrestricted operating support to a very small number of repeat grantees. Grants predominantly support faith-based elder care and organizations serving people with developmental disabilities, with multiple gifts to the same institutions over time. The foundation favors general operating support rather than project-specific funding.
Concentrated, few larger grants focused on repeat grantees; mostly general operating support rather than many small or one-off gifts.
Mary C Medley Charitable Trust gives repeated general operating support to a very small set of institutions, with the clearest pattern appearing in its multi-year backing for The Little Sisters of the Poor Provincial Residence and Wendell Foster Center. Both organizations received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and each award sat in the low-$20,000 range. That repeat pattern points to a trust that favors steady support for established providers rather than one-time project funding. The trust’s recent grants also align with two enduring areas of concern: faith-based elder care and services for people with developmental disabilities. The Little Sisters of the Poor Provincial Residence is a Catholic residential care provider, while Wendell Foster Center serves people with developmental disabilities. In both cases, the grants are listed as general operating support, indicating that the trust’s role is to help cover core institutional expenses. Across the recent grants shown, the foundation’s giving is narrow in scope and consistent in purpose. It does not spread support across many organizations; instead, it returns to the same recipients and uses unrestricted funding to sustain them over time.
In faith-based elder care, Mary C Medley Charitable Trust gave $22,483 in 2025 to The Little Sisters of the Poor Provincial Residence for general operating support, following similar gifts of $23,866 in 2024 and $20,147 in 2023. The repeated awards show an ongoing relationship with a Catholic residential care provider. For disability services, the trust supported Wendell Foster Center with $22,483 in 2025, $23,866 in 2024, and $20,148 in 2023, again on a general operating basis. The 2023 grant was listed to Wendell Foster Center Attn Chief Financial Officer. The trust’s giving in the records provided is not project-specific. Each award is marked general operating, which points to support for staffing, overhead, and other core costs rather than a single program or capital effort.
The typical grant size is tightly clustered: p25 is $20,732, median is $22,483, and p75 is $23,520. That narrow spread fits a trust making steady, mid-sized awards rather than widely varying grants. The same two recipients appear across multiple years, which suggests recurring support rather than one-off gifts. The foundation is a trust, not a program- or individual-giving vehicle, and it does not make program-related investments. The grants shown are all general operating support, so the pattern centers on unrestricted core funding.
$133K
$1.1M
$74K
$58K
Most grants fall between $21K and $24K, with a median of $22K.
25th Percentile
$21K
Median
$22K
75th Percentile
$24K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in KY.
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Notable grantees: THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PROVINCIAL RESIDENCE, WENDELL FOSTER CENTER, WENDELL FOSTER CENTER ATTN CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
All of the recent grants shown go to U.S. recipients. The trust gives most often in Kentucky, where Wendell Foster Center is located in Owensboro. Other recent awards land in Illinois, including The Little Sisters of the Poor Provincial Residence in Palatine. No recent grants in the data go to recipients in Florida, the foundation’s headquarters state.
The recent grants point to two main areas: faith-based elder care and services for people with developmental disabilities. The trust gave repeated general operating support to The Little Sisters of the Poor Provincial Residence and Wendell Foster Center, indicating a preference for established human-service providers.
Yes. The Little Sisters of the Poor Provincial Residence and Wendell Foster Center each received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025. That repeated pattern shows recurring support rather than isolated one-time gifts.
The grant-size distribution is narrow: p25 is $20,732, median is $22,483, and p75 is $23,520. The recent grants shown cluster around the low-$20,000 range.
The grants in the data are all labeled general operating support. That means the trust is funding core expenses rather than restricting awards to a specific project or campaign.
Kentucky is the top state by grant count in the data. One of the recurring recipients is Wendell Foster Center in Owensboro, Kentucky, which appears in the recent grants across 2023, 2024, and 2025.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PROVINCIAL RESIDENCE | PALATINE, IL | $22,483 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| WENDELL FOSTER CENTER | OWENSBORO, KY | $22,483 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PROVINCIAL RESIDENCE | PALATINE, IL | $23,866 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| WENDELL FOSTER CENTER | OWENSBORO, KY | $23,866 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| WENDELL FOSTER CENTER ATTN CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | OWENSBORO, KY | $20,148 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PROVINCIAL RESIDENCE | PALATINE, IL | $20,147 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATING |
THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PROVINCIAL RESIDENCE
$22,483GENERAL OPERATING
WENDELL FOSTER CENTER
$22,483GENERAL OPERATING
THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PROVINCIAL RESIDENCE
$23,866GENERAL OPERATING
WENDELL FOSTER CENTER
$23,866GENERAL OPERATING
WENDELL FOSTER CENTER ATTN CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
$20,148GENERAL OPERATING
THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR PROVINCIAL RESIDENCE
$20,147GENERAL OPERATING