Colorado · Private foundation
Jeff and Alissa Merage Foundation
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.
- $100k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Jeff and Alissa Merage Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Yampa Valley Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Jeff and Alissa Merage Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $500 | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $2k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $2k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $500 | 100% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $63k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Angels of the Amazon Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Congregation Hebrew Educational Alliance | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Steamboat Girls Lacrosse | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($64k), not named here.
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About Jeff and Alissa Merage Foundation
- How much does Jeff and Alissa Merage Foundation give?
- Jeff and Alissa Merage Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $100,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Jeff and Alissa Merage Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (91%), Human Services (2%), Education (0%).
- Who are Jeff and Alissa Merage Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation ($25k), University of Colorado Foundation ($1k), Angels of the Amazon Inc ($1k).
- Does Jeff and Alissa Merage Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jeff and Alissa Merage 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.
- Where is Jeff and Alissa Merage Foundation based?
- Jeff and Alissa Merage Foundation is based in CO.
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