California · Private foundation
George J and Theresa L Cotsirilos Merced Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $111k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations George J and Theresa L Cotsirilos Merced Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $109k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $104k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $107k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $120k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $99k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $108k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $115k | 6% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $114k | 17% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Trout Inc | $104,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Earthjustice | $82,700 | 8 | 0% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $73,825 | 8 | 0% |
| Berkeley East Bay Humane Society Inc dba Berkeley Humane | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Bard College | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Intersection for the Arts | $30,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Working America Education Fund | $26,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Jazz in the Neighborhood | $25,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $20,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $13,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 29 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($432k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget George J and Theresa L Cotsirilos Merced Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: East Bay Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · McNabb Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good
How this is measured
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About George J and Theresa L Cotsirilos Merced Foundation
- How much does George J and Theresa L Cotsirilos Merced Foundation give?
- George J and Theresa L Cotsirilos Merced Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $111,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does George J and Theresa L Cotsirilos Merced Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (36%), Environment (18%), Animals (17%).
- Who are George J and Theresa L Cotsirilos Merced Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: California Trout Inc ($105k), Earthjustice ($83k), Sierra Club Foundation ($74k).
- Does George J and Theresa L Cotsirilos Merced Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does George J and Theresa L Cotsirilos Merced Foundation 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 George J and Theresa L Cotsirilos Merced Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Bay Community Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, McNabb Foundation.
- Where is George J and Theresa L Cotsirilos Merced Foundation based?
- George J and Theresa L Cotsirilos Merced Foundation is based in CA.
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