North Carolina · Public charity
MeckEd
To ensure that all children in Mecklenburg County have access to an excellent publiceducation that results in the knowledge, skills, and experiences necessary to leadproductive, successful lives.
- $75k
- Granted FY2021
- 5
- Grants FY2021
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $13,725
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $22,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Total assets, FY2021
- $60k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 80% of the organizations MeckEd funded were first-time grantees, receiving 86% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 5 | $75k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $36k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $52k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $58k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firm Foundations Youth & Family Outreach Incorporated | $55,300 | 4 | n/a |
| Girls on the Run International Inc | $40,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Let Me Run Inc | $38,750 | 3 | 2% |
| Digi-Bridge | $22,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Dottie Rose Foundation | $19,833 | 1 | 7% |
| Soy Latino Como Tu | $13,990 | 2 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Charlotte | $13,725 | 1 | 0% |
| Discovery Place Inc | $8,330 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($9k), not named here.
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 Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About MeckEd
- How much does MeckEd give?
- MeckEd reported 5 grants totaling $74,508 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2021.
- What does MeckEd fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2021, its largest causes are Youth Development (61%), Education (19%), Employment (10%).
- Who are MeckEd's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2021: Firm Foundations Youth & Family Outreach Incorporated ($55k), Girls on the Run International Inc ($41k), Let Me Run Inc ($39k).
- Does MeckEd fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as MeckEd?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is MeckEd based?
- MeckEd is based in NC.
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