Arizona · Private foundation
Janis Chapman Merrill 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.
- $280k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Janis Chapman Merrill Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 | 11 | $280k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $267k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $230k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $300k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $277k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $262k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $141k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $115k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation | $282,775 | 7 | 2% |
| Child Crisis Arizona | $194,057 | 6 | 0% |
| A New Leaf | $185,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Brighter Way Institute | $170,380 | 6 | 1% |
| Gompers | $98,531 | 4 | 0% |
| The Devereux Foundation | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| 1n10 Inc | $65,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Foster Arizona | $60,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Umom New Day Centers Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Phoenix Children's Hospital | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation | $282,775 | 7 | 2% |
| Child Crisis Arizona | $194,057 | 6 | 0% |
| A New Leaf | $185,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Brighter Way Institute | $170,380 | 6 | 1% |
| Gompers | $98,531 | 4 | 0% |
| The Devereux Foundation | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| 1n10 Inc | $65,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Foster Arizona | $60,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Umom New Day Centers Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Phoenix Children's Hospital | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sunshine Acres Children's Home Inc | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Trevors Vision Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Streets of Destiny Global Outreach Center | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Circle the City | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Corbins Legacy | $22,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Youthentity | $18,000 | 2 | 1% |
| UPI Loan Fund | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Elaine | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kids Need to Read | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Foster Alliance | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mesa Public Schools Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Diana Gregory Outreach Services | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($386k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Janis Chapman Merrill 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: Arizona Community Foundation · John F Long Foundation Inc · Thunderbirds Charities · Garcia Family Foundation · BHHS Legacy Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · Mesa United Way Inc · Mc Companies - Sharing the Good Life Foundation · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · Phoenix Suns Charities Inc · Union Pacific Foundation
How this is measured
About Janis Chapman Merrill Foundation
- How much does Janis Chapman Merrill Foundation give?
- Janis Chapman Merrill Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $280,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Janis Chapman Merrill Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (48%), Health (24%), Education (10%).
- Who are Janis Chapman Merrill Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation ($283k), Child Crisis Arizona ($194k), A New Leaf ($185k).
- Does Janis Chapman Merrill Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Janis Chapman Merrill 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 Janis Chapman Merrill Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, John F Long Foundation Inc, Thunderbirds Charities.
- Where is Janis Chapman Merrill Foundation based?
- Janis Chapman Merrill Foundation is based in AZ.
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