Michigan · Private foundation
Freeman E Fairfield Meeker Charitable Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $247k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $21,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $91,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Freeman E Fairfield Meeker Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $247k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $191k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $352k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $279k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $213k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $152k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $125k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeker Education Foundation Inc | $812,886 | 7 | 88% |
| HopeWest | $258,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Pioneers Healthcare Foundation Inc | $194,713 | 7 | 29% |
| Meeker Colorado Civic Improvement | $63,319 | 5 | 17% |
| Ecology Project International | $22,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gardner Chuckwagon Supper Incorporated | $5,724 | 1 | n/a |
| Meeker Cat Coalition | $5,250 | 5 | n/a |
| Rio Blanco County Historical Society Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Meeker Arts and Cultural Council | $3,745 | 1 | n/a |
| New Eden Pregnancy Care Services | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeker Education Foundation Inc | $812,886 | 7 | 88% |
| HopeWest | $258,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Pioneers Healthcare Foundation Inc | $194,713 | 7 | 29% |
| Meeker Colorado Civic Improvement | $63,319 | 5 | 17% |
| Ecology Project International | $22,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gardner Chuckwagon Supper Incorporated | $5,724 | 1 | n/a |
| Meeker Cat Coalition | $5,250 | 5 | n/a |
| Rio Blanco County Historical Society Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Meeker Arts and Cultural Council | $3,745 | 1 | n/a |
| New Eden Pregnancy Care Services | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Meeker Veterans Community Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Meeker Sportsman Club | $2,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Safehouse Inc | $1,251 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($178k), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Freeman E Fairfield Meeker Charitable Trust with peer funders
About Freeman E Fairfield Meeker Charitable Trust
- How much does Freeman E Fairfield Meeker Charitable Trust give?
- Freeman E Fairfield Meeker Charitable Trust reported 9 grants totaling $247,331 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Freeman E Fairfield Meeker Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (54%), Public Safety & Disaster (17%), Health (13%).
- Who are Freeman E Fairfield Meeker Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Meeker Education Foundation Inc ($813k), HopeWest ($259k), Pioneers Healthcare Foundation Inc ($195k).
- Does Freeman E Fairfield Meeker Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Freeman E Fairfield Meeker Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Freeman E Fairfield Meeker Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Freeman E Fairfield Meeker Charitable Trust based?
- Freeman E Fairfield Meeker Charitable Trust is based in MI.
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