Minnesota · Private foundation
Meadowdale 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.
- $106k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Meadowdale Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 14 | $69k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $47k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $37k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $111k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $97k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $25k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $29k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $14k | 57% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Lakewood | $78,400 | 6 | 4% |
| Northwest Pilot Project | $65,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Partnership for Safety and Justice | $52,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Arbor School of Arts & Sciences | $40,000 | 9 | 0% |
| George Weyerhaeuser Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection | $33,200 | 5 | 2% |
| Board of Trustees of Whitman College | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ecotrust | $28,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Weyerhaeuser Family Foundationinc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Neskowin Coast Foundation | $20,950 | 5 | 1% |
| The Taft School Corporation | $20,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Lakewood | $78,400 | 6 | 4% |
| Northwest Pilot Project | $65,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Partnership for Safety and Justice | $52,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Arbor School of Arts & Sciences | $40,000 | 9 | 0% |
| George Weyerhaeuser Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection | $33,200 | 5 | 2% |
| Board of Trustees of Whitman College | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ecotrust | $28,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Weyerhaeuser Family Foundationinc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Neskowin Coast Foundation | $20,950 | 5 | 1% |
| The Taft School Corporation | $20,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Peruvian Hearts | $16,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Dougy Center Inc | $11,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Daraja Education Fund | $7,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Alzar School Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Blosser Center for Dyslexia Resources | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ashoka | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Windcall Institute | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwest Watershed Institute | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Public Broadcasting | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ordinarie Heroes | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| House N2 Home Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Bicycle Relief Nfp | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Psychoanalytic Center | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Meadowdale 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: The Oregon Community Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Meyer Memorial Trust · Tides Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good
How this is measured
About Meadowdale Foundation
- How much does Meadowdale Foundation give?
- Meadowdale Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $105,900 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Meadowdale Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (18%), Philanthropy (18%), Education (16%).
- Who are Meadowdale Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Friends of Lakewood ($78k), Northwest Pilot Project ($66k), Partnership for Safety and Justice ($52k).
- Does Meadowdale Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Meadowdale 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 Meadowdale Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust, Meyer Memorial Trust.
- Where is Meadowdale Foundation based?
- Meadowdale Foundation is based in MN.
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