Mertz Gilmore Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-2872722. Reported 1,343 grants totalling $42.9M to 399 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$25,000median grant
$42.9Mgranted, 2021-2024
399recipients, as named on its returns
74%of grantees funded again the next year
$116.8Massets, latest filing
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Mertz Gilmore Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $500,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
399 recipient names appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Foundation | New York, NY | $1,140,500 | 17 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project South | Atlanta, GA | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Proteus Fund | Waltham, MA | $792,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Public Policy and Education Fund of New York | Albany, NY | $730,000 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $650,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Virginia Organizing | Pembroke, VA | $570,000 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Popular Democracy | Brooklyn, NY | $560,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Taproot Earth | Slidell, LA | $550,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Appalachian Voices | Boone, NC | $540,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $500,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Cultural Power | Oakland, CA | $475,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Neo Philanthropy | New York, NY | $435,000 | 12 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Responsive Politics | Washington, DC | $425,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| William J Brennan JR Center for Justice Inc | New York, NY | $425,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Smartmeme | Oakland, CA | $415,000 | 8 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bvm Capacity Building Institute | Atlanta, GA | $400,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Color of Change Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Opensecrets | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| West Harlem Environmental Action | New York, NY | $400,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dance Service New York City Inc | New York, NY | $355,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tides Foundation | Delmar, NY | $350,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salt Lake Civil Network | Salt Lake City, UT | $340,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| 9 to 5 National Association of Working Women | Milwaukee, WI | $330,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Public Citizen Foundation | Washington, DC | $330,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Climate Justice Alliance | Berkeley, CA | $325,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Georgia Project Inc | Atlanta, GA | $310,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Climate Action Network | Takoma Park, MD | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Virginia Majority Education Fund | Alexandria, VA | $300,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | New York, NY | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| US Climate Action Network | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Live Arts | New York, NY | $285,500 | 12 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kentucky Coalition | London, KY | $275,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| North Star Fund | New York, NY | $274,000 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Campaign Legal Center | Washington, DC | $270,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Louisiana | New Orleans, LA | $266,000 | 9 | 3 | 2023 |
| Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice | Woodside, NY | $260,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southeast Climate and Energy Network | Sunrise, FL | $260,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Action Center on Race and the Economy Institute | Chicago, IL | $255,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Make the Road New York | Brooklyn, NY | $255,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rethink Media | San Francisco, CA | $250,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Gina Gibney Dance | New York, NY | $249,000 | 15 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc | Becket, MA | $240,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Immigrant Community Empowerment | Jackson Heights, NY | $240,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| We the People - Mi | Detroit, MI | $240,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Foundation for the Arts | New York, NY | $236,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Action for the Climate Emergency | Boston, MA | $230,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alliance of Artists Communities | Providence, RI | $230,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington | Washington, DC | $230,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Demos a Network for Ideas and Action | New York, NY | $227,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Florida Rising Together | Miami, FL | $225,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Mobilization Against Sweatshops | New York, NY | $225,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Virginia Interfaith Power & Light | Richmond, VA | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Queens College Foundation | Queens, NY | $222,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Foundation | Washington, DC | $222,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis | Lakewood, OH | $220,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Soul Surchers | Chantilly, VA | $220,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Voices Heard | New York, NY | $210,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Communities Organizing Fund | Brooklyn, NY | $210,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Danspace Project Inc | New York, NY | $208,000 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | Poughkeepsie, NY | $205,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence | New York, NY | $203,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Battered Women's Resource Center | Brooklyn, NY | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brandworkers International | Long Island City, NY | $200,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Crenulated Company Ltd | Bronx, NY | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Good Old Lower East Side Inc | New York, NY | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (vocal-Ny) | Brooklyn, NY | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bronx Council on the Arts | Bronx, NY | $198,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn Arts Council Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $198,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Blueprint North Carolina | Durham, NC | $195,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Immigration Coalition | New York, NY | $195,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Faith in New York | Corona, NY | $192,500 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tides Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | $191,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| African Communities Together | New York, NY | $190,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chinese Staff and Workers' Association | New York, NY | $190,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fifth Avenue Committee Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Minkwon Center for Community Action | Flushing, NY | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Movement for Justice in El Barrio | New York, NY | $190,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| North Carolina Black Alliance | Raleigh, NC | $190,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Riders Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urban Justice Center | New York, NY | $190,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| West Atlanta Watershed Alliance Inc | Atlanta, GA | $190,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fund for the City of New York | New York, NY | $185,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Align | New York, NY | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bridging the Gap in Virginia | Richmond, VA | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Common Ground | Ruther Glen, VA | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kings Majestic Corporation | Brooklyn, NY | $180,000 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chhaya Community Development Corporation | Jackson Heights, NY | $175,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chinese Progressive Association | San Francisco, CA | $175,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Met Council Research and Educational Fund | New York, NY | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Movement Research Inc | New York, NY | $166,500 | 13 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harlem Stage | New York, NY | $165,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| One Voice | Jackson, MS | $165,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Haleakala Inc | New York, NY | $160,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ndn Collective Inc | Rapid City, SD | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Partnership for Southern Equity | Atlanta, GA | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | Charlottesville, VA | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southern Vision Alliance | Durham, NC | $160,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Economy Project | New York, NY | $155,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Allied Media Projects | Detroit, MI | $151,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alliance for Youth Organizing | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Climste and Clean Energy Equity Fund | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island | Staten Island, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Bemidji, MN | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Momentum Community | Long Beach, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New York Community Trust | New York, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Queens Council on the Arts | Long Island City, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Social Good Fund | Santa Barbara, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sunrise Movement Education Fund | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation | New York, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Performance Zone Inc | New York, NY | $148,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| New American Leaders | New York, NY | $147,500 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development | New York, NY | $145,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lawyers Alliance for New York | New York, NY | $145,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ohio Organizing Collaborative | Youngstown, OH | $145,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Multiplier | Syracuse, NY | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Multiplier | San Francisco, CA | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| One Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $140,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Works & Process Inc | New York, NY | $140,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Neighborhood Funders Group | San Francisco, CA | $137,500 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Higher Heights Leadership Fund | Brooklyn, NY | $136,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Billie Holiday Theatre | Brooklyn, NY | $135,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Henry Street Settlement | New York, NY | $135,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| La Mama Experimental Theatre Club Inc | New York, NY | $135,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Environmental Grantmakers Association | New York, NY | $132,700 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Baryshnikov Arts Center | New York, NY | $130,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Leadership Conference Education Fund | Washington, DC | $130,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lower Manhattan Cultural Council | New York, NY | $130,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Activate 48 Education Fund | Phoenix, AZ | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mothers Out Front | Boston, MA | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn Arts Exchange Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $124,500 | 13 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dancing in the Streets Inc | Bronx, NY | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Public Allies | New Orleans, LA | $120,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Takeroot Justice | New York, NY | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Theater Et Al Inc | Long Island City, NY | $120,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ballet Hispanico of New York | New York, NY | $117,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Inequality Media | Berkeley, CA | $115,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Performance Space New York | New York, NY | $108,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance | Monterey, VA | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Eastern Environmental Law Center | Newark, NJ | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Broadway Dance Lab | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Law and Human Values Dba the Action Lab | Ossining, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Raleigh, NC | $100,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gallim Dance Company | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Local Progress Policy Institute | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Moveon Education Fund | Berkeley, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York State Tenants & Neighbors Information Service | New York, NY | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Progressive Multiplier Fund | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tides Foundation | Orlando, FL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Voices for a Sustainable Future | Takoma Park, MD | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | New York, NY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dancenownyc | Hellertown, PA | $99,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Performance Research | Brooklyn, NY | $98,000 | 12 | 4 | 2024 |
| Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art | New York, NY | $97,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Streb Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $97,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Advocacy Institute | New York, NY | $95,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Traditional Music and Dance | New York, NY | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City Parks Foundation | New York, NY | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Roulette Intermedium Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $90,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Showing Up for Racial Justice Education Fund | Buffalo, NY | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Smartmeme Aka Center for Story-Based Strategy | Oakland, CA | $90,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Apollo Theater Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc | New York, NY | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Monica Bill Barnes & Company | New York, NY | $85,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Food Advocates | New York, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Georgia Wand Education Fund | Atlanta, GA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hip-Hop Theater Festival | New York, NY | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Participatory Budgeting Project | Brooklyn, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Baad the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dancearthur Aviles Typical Theatre | Bronx, NY | $79,000 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Triskelion Arts-Kick-Standance Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $77,000 | 9 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Transformative Action | Brooklyn, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Urban Pedagogy | Brooklyn, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Documentary Educational Resources | Providence, RI | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Financial Services Stakeholder Project | Chicago, IL | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Contemporary Arts | New York, NY | $75,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grassroots Power Project | Berkeley, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York Community Trust Aka Community Funds Inc | Commack, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Progressnow Education | Earlysville, VA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning | Jamaica, NY | $72,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Open Channels New York Inc | New York, NY | $70,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Queens Theatre in the Park | Corona, NY | $70,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cave Organization Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $66,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute for Strategic and Equitable Development | Bronx, NY | $65,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Right to the City Alliance | Brooklyn, NY | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund | Washington, DC | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Arts Business Collaborative | Long Island City, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bric | Brooklyn, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kaatsbaan International Dance Center | Tivoli, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| People's Action Institute | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | Detroit, MI | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Philanthropy New York | New York, NY | $57,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Topaz Arts Inc | Woodside, NY | $56,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Independent Artists | Brooklyn, NY | $55,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mijente Support Committee | Phoenix, AZ | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New 42ND Street Inc | New York, NY | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Socrates Sculpture Park | Long Island City, NY | $55,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| State Democracy Project | Brooklyn, NY | $55,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dance Entropy Inc | Long Island City, NY | $50,500 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Walnut, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arizona Advocacy Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arizona Coalition for Change | Phoenix, AZ | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| CASA De Maryland | Hyattsville, MD | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chelsea Factory | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Foundation of Elmira - Corning and the Finger Lakes | Horseheads, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Funds Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dance Works Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fund for Constitutional Government | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Association of Blacks in Dance | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Joyce Theater Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kairos Fellowship | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| League of Women Voters Education Fund | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lit Fund Incorporated | Astoria, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lumberyard Center for Film and Performing Arts | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maine People's Resource Center | Portland, ME | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Protect Democracy Project | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Proteus Fund | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Queensboro Dance Festival | Sunnyside, NY | $50,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Western Native Voice | Billings, MT | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Americans for the Arts | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York Stage and Film Company Inc | New York, NY | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Progressive Maryland Education Fund | Largo, MD | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Consultative Group on Biological Diversity | San Francisco, CA | $42,300 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Align the Alliance for a Greater New York Inc | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alliance of Resident Theatresnew York | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Candid | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Common Market Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Democracy Initiative Education Fund | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fiorello H Laguardia Community College Auxiliary Enterprises Corp | Long Island City, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fourth Arts Block Inc | New York, NY | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jack Arts Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mothering Justice | Detroit, MI | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Power Coalition for Equity and Justice | New Orleans, LA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kingsborough Community College Auxiliary Enterprises | Brooklyn, NY | $37,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Layerhythm Productions Inc | New York, NY | $36,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for American Progress | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Climate Collaborative | Charlottesville, VA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dorrance Dance Incorporated | New York, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends Home Association of New York | New York, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Highlander Research and Education Center | New Market, TN | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hook Arts Media | Brooklyn, NY | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Indivisible Civics Inc | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
268 of 399 (67%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 74%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Project South
GULF SOUTH GREEN NEW DEAL NETWORK - Proteus Fund
GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE PIPER FUND - Center for Responsive Politics
GENERAL SUPPORT (OPENSECRETS) - New York Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT (YOUTH ORGANIZING & CULTURE CHANGE FUND) - Activate 48 Education Fund
TRAINING AND RESEARCH FOR THE FAIR ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN - Neo Philanthropy
STATE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND 2023
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 968 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 356 | $11.9M | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 380 | $12.8M | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 322 | $10.7M | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 285 | $7,509,250 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Mertz Gilmore Foundation has 415 of them, worth $19.7M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Taproot Earth | Tulsa, OK | $500,000 |
| Project South | Atlanta, GA | $500,000 |
| Project South | Atlanta, GA | $500,000 |
| Appalachian Voices | Boone, NC | $400,000 |
| Color of Change Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $300,000 |
| Appalachian Voices | Boone, NC | $300,000 |
| Appalachian Voices | Boone, NC | $200,000 |
| Opensecrets | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| Center for Responsive Politics | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| Center for Responsive Politics | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| New York Foundation | New York, NY | $200,000 |
| Color of Change Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $200,000 |
| New York Foundation for the Arts | New York, NY | $196,000 |
| Chesapeake Climate Action Network | Takoma Park, MD | $150,000 |
| Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund | Washington, DC | $150,000 |
Where its money goes
49% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund213 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc182 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc147 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program143 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust139 shared recipientsAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc138 shared recipients
How to approach this foundation
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Mertz Gilmore Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 218 East 18TH Street, New York, NY, 10003. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
EIN 13-2872722 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.
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