The Elena Melius Foundation

The Elena Melius Foundation was founded in 1986 by the Melius Family in loving memory of Mrs. Elena Julia Melius, mother to Gary Melius. Elena was a special woman who brought joy and laughter to every life she touched. To continue her legacy this not-for-profit foundation was formed to strongly support local charities and organizations primarily concerned with the health and welfare of children.

DONATIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME

To make a donation please make checks payable to “The Elena Melius Foundation” and send to: The Elena Melius Foundation at OHEKA CASTLE, 135 West Gate Drive, Huntington, NY 11743.

TOTAL DONATIONS MADE FROM 1986 TO 2009: $1,338,147.00

List of Charities

1 in 9 - The LI Breast Cancer Action Coalition
A Caring Hand
A Leg to Stand On
Abilities
ACDS PTA Council
ACLD
Adelphi
AHRC NYC Foundation
AIDS Walk Long Island
AIDS Walk New York
Alzheimer's Association
Alzheimer's Disease Research
Alliance for School Choice
Amanda Grosso
American Action Fund
American Airpower Museum
American Breast Cancer Foundation
American Cancer Society
American Citizens for Soldiers in Service
American Diabetes Association
American Foundation for AIDS Research
American Foundation for the Blind
American Jewish Committee
American Heart Association
American Red Cross
AmeriCares
amFAR
Amvets National Service Foundation
Angels for Autistics
AOH Division 4
Arthritis Foundation
Audobon of New York
Bentley Golf Classic
Bert Mitchell Family Foundation
Beverly Sowinski
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long Island
Blind Wine Tasting Gala
Boston NY AIDS Ride
Boys & Girls Club of Ob-En
Boys Town of Italy, Inc.
Braille Books for Blind Children
Brain Tumor Society
Breast Cancer 3 Day
Bridge the Gap
Brooke Jackman Foundation
Brown Family Fund
Camp Quinipet
Cancer Care
Cancer Recovery Foundation of America
Candlewood Middle School
Carol's Cause
Catholic Charities
CCAN
CCFA
Celebration Worship Center
Centurion Foundation
CF2
Chanee Monique Brown Scholarship Fund
Child Care Council of Nassau
Childreach
Children First America
Children of Huntington
Childrens Aid Society
Children's Brain Tumor Foundation
Children's Cancer Research Fund
Children's Craniofacial Association
Children's Hospital Boston
Children's Medical Fund of NY
Children's Miracle Network
Children's Place at Home Safe
Children's Wish Foundation International
Children of Chernobyl Life-Line
Christa House
Christian Appalachian Project
Christopher Reeve Foundation
Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
Chrohn's & Colitis Foundation of America
Church of Our Lady of Kayan
Cleary School for the Deaf
Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Coalition for Community Well Being Inc.
Coalition on Child Abuse & Neglect
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Communities of Task Force
Cooley's Anemia Foundation
Covenant House
Creative Ministries
Cure Autism Now
Custom Awards Ltd.
Cystic Fybrosis Foundation
Deafness Research Foundation
Destination Cure
Diabetes Research Institute Foundation
Disabled American Veterans
Disabled and Alone
DNALC
Dolan Family Health Center
Dominican Sisters of Sparkill
Dominican Village
Don Monti Memorial Fund
Dowling College Annual Fund
EAC
Easter Seals
Eastern Division
Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association
Epiphany School Foundation
Epilepsy Foundation
Ernest Strada c/o Thomas Strada Memorial
FACT
Faith House of Care
Families of TWA flight 800
Family and Children's Foundation
Family Bridges Foundation of LI
Family Counseling Service
Family Service League
Farmingdale Foundation
Farms for City Kids
Feed the Children
Flight of Aces
FOP Disaster Relief Fund
Foundation Fighting Blindness
Foundation for Sight and Sound
Franciscan Friars
Freeport Hispanic Society
Friends of Danielle Deridder
Friends of Harmony Heights
Friends of Suffolk Coalition PADD
GCPBA
Genesis School
Gerald J. Ryan Outreach Center
Geraldine Snipas Memorial Scholarship Fund
Gift of Life
Girl Scouts of Suffolk County
Girls and Boys Town
God Bless Rafaello Carone Fund
Guardian Brain Foundation
Guide Dog Foundation
Gulfside Regional Hospice
Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Foundation
Habitat for Humanity
Hagedorn Cleft Palate
Hagedorn Little Village School
Hale House
Harmony Heights
Have a Heart Children's Cancer Society
HBCAC
Heart Council of Long Island
Heather's Hope Foundation
Heckscher Museum
Helen Keller Services for the Blind
Help Hospitalized Veterans
Helping End Violence Now
Hispanic Counseling Center
Hofstra University
Holy Trinity Development Fund
Homes For Our Troops
Honeysuckle Foundation for Children
Hope School
Hospital for Special Surgery
House of Hope PSL
HPs Network
Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition
Huntington Freedom Center
Huntington Historical Society
Huntington Hospice Oncology Support Group
Huntington Hospital
Huntington SEPTA
Huntington Station Enrichment Center
Huntington Station Rotary
Huntington YMCA
I AM Foundation
Ian Lennon
IGHL Foundation
Inner City Scholarship Fund
Interfaith Nutrition Network
International Eye Foundation
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews
Islip Arts Council
Italian Americans In Government Services
Italian Board of Guardians
Ivy Foundation
Jackie Sayegh Duggan Charitable Foundation
Jake Bower Fund
Jason Cefalu Memorial Trust
Jeffrey Mosenson Memorial Fund
Jenna Poulos Fund
Jim Hester Missionary Ministries
JINSA
Joanne Prevete
Jobs with Justice
John Bosco Home Association
John Fernandez Foundation
John Jay College - Imette St. Guillen Scholar. Fund
John Theissen Children's Foundation
John Vitale
Junior Achievement of NY, Inc.
Junior Welfare League of Huntington
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
Kelly Melius (for food drive)
Kidney & Urology Foundation of America
KidsPeace
Kiwanis Club of Wantagh
Lance Armstrong Foundation
Leadership Training Institute
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Leukemia Society of America
LI Community Foundation
LI Council for Drug Abuse and Alcohol
LI Northshore Heritage Area
LIAAC
LICADD
Liga Foundation
Lighthouse International
Little Hearts Foundation
Little Shelter
Little Village School
Locks of Love
Long Island Advocates
Long Island Cares
Long Island Children's Museum
Long Island Elite
Long Island Masterworks
Long Island Philharmonic
Long Island Swimming
Long Island Youth Guidance
Long Islanders Against Breast Cancer
Ludlum Elemetary School
Lupus of Long Island
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
Lutheran Counseling Center
Lymphatic Research Foundation
Madonna Heights Services
Make a Wish of Suffolk
Make-A-Wish
March of Dimes
Marcie Mazzola Foundation
Marie G. Cuthbertson Scholarship Fund
Marine Corps. Heritage Foundation
Marine Corps. League
Marine Toys for Tots
Marissa Godson
Maritza Garcia
Marrow Foundation
Marty Lyons Foundation
Maurer Foundation for Breast Health Education
Mayo Foundation
May's Mission for the Handicapped
MDA
Melville Rotary Club
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Neuroblastoma Center
Mental Health Association of Nassau
Mentoring Partnership of Long Island
Mercedes Marrero
Mercy Haven Inc.
Mercy Medical Center
Mercyfirst
Michael & Sarah Hall Assistance Fund
Michael Fund
Mill Neck Foundation
Mill Neck Manor
Mill Neck Manor School for the Deaf
Mineola Junior Fire Department
Mineola Lions Club
Mineola Lions Club - Blind Center
Mineola Mustang Run Committee
MMERF
MOMMA'S
Monmouth Council, BSA
Mouth and Foot Painting Artists
Muscular Distrophy Association
Nassau County Municipal Police Chief's Assoc.
Nassau County Museum of Art
Nassau County Veterans Monument Fund
Nassau First Corporation - Chelsea
Nassau University Medical Center
National Audobon Society
National Camps for Blind Children
National Center for Disability Services
National Federation of the Blind
National Foundation for Cancer Research
National Italian American Foundation
National Kidney Foundation
National Law Enforcement Officers Fund
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
National Parkinson's Foundation
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Natural Heritage Trust
NC 9/11 Memorial Foundation - Gardens
NCCADV
Nephcure Foundation
Network Long Island
New Ground Inc.
New York Horse Rescue Corp.
New York Restoration Project
New York Road Runner's Foundation
New York to the Hamptons Challenge
Nicholas and Judy Montelone
Northport High School National Honor Society
North Shore Animal League
North Shore Child and Family Guidance
North Shore LIJ Health System Foundation
NY Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
NY Institute for Special Education
NYST (Robert Hardesty Benefit Fund)
OBHS PTA
OHEL
Old Westbury College Foundation
Omaha Home for Boys
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Our Lady of Pity Church
Outreach Project
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund
Oyster Bay Cove Police Benevolent Association
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Parents for Megan's Law
Parkinson's Disease Foundation Inc.
Partners in Medicine
Partners of the Americas
Pat Cairo Family Foundation
Paul Conroy Foundation
Pave the Way Foundation
Peconic Land Trust
Pederson-Krag Center
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
People to People Programs
Perry B. Duryea Memorial Fund
Perry Cuocci
Philip V. Cannistraro Fund
Plan USA
Planting Fields Foundation
Police Athletic Team of Suffolk County
Polish Gift of Life
Port Washington Library Foundation
Project Hospitality
Project Understanding
Propagation of the Faith
Raritan Bay Healthcare Foundation
Reach out for Youth with Ileitis & Colitis
Recording for the Blind and Deaf
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
Rehabilition Institute
Resources for Program Development
Rising Star Fund
Ronald McDonald House
Rotary Club of Huntington Station
Rotary International District 6200 Foundation
Russian Gift of Life
Sacred Heart League
Salute America's Heroes
Sappo School
Save the Children
Sbarro Health Research Organization
SCCADV
Schneider's Children Hospital
School for Special Children
Sclavos Fund
SCLD
Seaford Harbor Playground Committee
Search Foundation
Sergeants Benevolent Association
Seeing Eye
Sheriff Officers Assocation
Sherry K. Misrock
Shriner's Hospital for Children
SIDS Association of NY
Sister Villages for Student Scholarships
SJK Foundation
Sleroderma Foundation
SK Memorial Foundation
SLCD
SMA Fathers
Smile Train
Snap Students
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
South Huntington Education Foundation
South Huntington Public Library
South Queens Boys and Girls Club
South Shore Child Guidance Center
Special Friends with Down Syndrome
Special Olympics
Special Strides Therapeutic Riding Center
Spinal Cord Injury Project
Splashes of Hope
Starlight Children's Foundation
St. Dominic Church
St. Francis Hospital Foundation
St. Johnland Nursing Center
St. Joseph's College
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
St. Mary's Children & Families Foundation
Staller Center for the Arts
Steve Kaplan Foundation
Sturge Weber Foundation
Sue Gerner
Suffolk Community Council, Inc.
Suffolk County Council, Boy Scouts
Suffolk County Court Officers Association
Suffolk County Police Athletic League
SUNY College at Old Westbury Foundation
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Sustainable Long Island
Syosset Senior Day Care Center
Taste of Huntington / Caring for Kevin
Taylor's Fund
Telecare
Temple Emanu-El of East Meadow
Theresa Foundation
Thomas C. Brick Memorial Fund
Thomas Hartman Foundation for Parkinson's Research
Thomas Palmeri
Tomorrow's Hope Foundation
Tourette Syndrome Association Inc
Touro Law Center Development Foundation
Townwide Fund
Toys for Tots
TRI CYA
Trooper's Memorial Fund
Tyler Vranick
UCP Nassau
UJA
UNICEF
United Family Practice Health Center
United Hospital Foundation
United Spinal Association
USO
Veteran Corps-69th Infantry
VIBS
Village Center for Care Fund
Visiting Nurse Association of Long Island
Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk
Washington University
WE Care Fund
West Hills Montessori Parent Association
West Islip Breast Cancer Coalition
Westbury Neighborhood Association, Inc.
Whaling Museum
Whitney - Harkness Society
Winthrop Fund
Winthrop University Hospital
Wishing Well Foundation
Woodhull Intermediate School PTA
Women on the Job (RPD, Inc.)
World Trade Center Memorial Foundation
Wounded Warrior Project
Wyandanch Homes and Property Development
Wyandanch High School JROTC
Wyandanch Memorial High School
Youth and Family Counseling Agency
YMCA of Great South Bay
YMCA of Long Island
Young People's Chorus of NYC