Michigan · Private foundation
Mehney David P & Linda M Foundat
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.
- $60k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $882k
- 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 Mehney David P & Linda M Foundat funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 6 | $60k | 83% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $80k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $79k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $20k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $77k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $98k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $78k | 42% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davenport University Foundation | $60,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Grand Action Foundation 20 | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aquinas College | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Safe Haven Ministries Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Davenport University | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ele's Place Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Blandford Nature Center | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Children's Healing Center | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davenport University Foundation | $60,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Grand Action Foundation 20 | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aquinas College | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Safe Haven Ministries Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Davenport University | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ele's Place Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Blandford Nature Center | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Children's Healing Center | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Grand Rapids Community College | $13,000 | 2 | 29% |
| Cornerstone University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Valley State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Growing Roots | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Grand Rapids Public Museum | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Michigan Colleges Alliance | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Aim to Inspire | $4,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Opera Grand Rapids | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Legion Ne Post 459 | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rockford Community Service Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($270k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Mehney David P & Linda M Foundat supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Frey Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · Wolverine World Wide Foundation · The David and Carol Van Andel Family Foundation · THE PETER and JOAN SECCHIA FAMILY INC · Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · The Sebastian Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · Dick and Betsy Devos Family Foundation
How this is measured
About Mehney David P & Linda M Foundat
- How much does Mehney David P & Linda M Foundat give?
- Mehney David P & Linda M Foundat reported 6 grants totaling $60,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Mehney David P & Linda M Foundat fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (34%), Health (13%), Community Improvement (9%).
- Who are Mehney David P & Linda M Foundat's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Davenport University Foundation ($60k), Grand Action Foundation 20 ($50k), Aquinas College ($20k).
- Does Mehney David P & Linda M Foundat fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mehney David P & Linda M Foundat 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 Mehney David P & Linda M Foundat?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Rapids Community Foundation, Frey Foundation, The Meijer Foundation.
- Where is Mehney David P & Linda M Foundat based?
- Mehney David P & Linda M Foundat is based in MI.
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