New York · Private foundation
Mechner Foundation Fka Humanitas 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.
- $196k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 89%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 89% of the organizations Mechner Foundation Fka Humanitas Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 96% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 19 | $196k | 89% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $27k | 89% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $1k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blacksmith Institute Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nova Ukraine | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Insight Meditation Society Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Internet Archive | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies Inc | $5,231 | 2 | 2% |
| Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bf Skinner Foundation | $3,115 | 3 | 1% |
| Natural Areas Conservancy Inc | $259 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blacksmith Institute Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nova Ukraine | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Insight Meditation Society Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Internet Archive | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies Inc | $5,231 | 2 | 2% |
| Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bf Skinner Foundation | $3,115 | 3 | 1% |
| Natural Areas Conservancy Inc | $259 | 1 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $208 | 1 | 0% |
| City Harvest Inc | $135 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Botanical Garden | $58 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($100k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mechner Foundation Fka Humanitas 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.
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How this is measured
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About Mechner Foundation Fka Humanitas Foundation
- How much does Mechner Foundation Fka Humanitas Foundation give?
- Mechner Foundation Fka Humanitas Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $195,630 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Mechner Foundation Fka Humanitas Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (45%), Arts & Culture (19%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are Mechner Foundation Fka Humanitas Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Blacksmith Institute Inc ($40k), Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc ($20k), Save The Children Federation Inc ($15k).
- Does Mechner Foundation Fka Humanitas Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 89% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mechner Foundation Fka Humanitas 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 Mechner Foundation Fka Humanitas Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Mechner Foundation Fka Humanitas Foundation based?
- Mechner Foundation Fka Humanitas Foundation is based in NY.
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