Maryland · Private foundation
Melamed 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.
- $67k
- Granted FY2020
- 55
- Grants FY2020
- 55
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
99% of Melamed Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Greater Washington Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 13 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Melamed Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 38 organizations, $67k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 55
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 14
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 29% of the organizations Melamed Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 55 | $67k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 52 | $58k | 58% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $31k | 42% |
| FY2017 | 33 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
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 FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Families Against Mandatory Minimums | $14,000 | 4 | 3% |
| The DC Central Kitchen Inc | $12,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Manna Food Center Inc | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Food Recovery Network Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Samuel's House Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Wider Circle Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Micah House Inc | $4,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Studio Theatre Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $4,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 62 grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($53k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Melamed 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 Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · William S Abell Foundation Inc · United Way of the National Capital Area · Nora Roberts Foundation · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Td Charitable Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
About Melamed Foundation
- How much does Melamed Foundation give?
- Melamed Foundation reported 55 grants totaling $67,250 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 55 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Melamed Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (88%), Education (1%), Crime & Legal (1%).
- Who are Melamed Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Families Against Mandatory Minimums ($14k), The DC Central Kitchen Inc ($13k), Manna Food Center Inc ($7k).
- Does Melamed Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Melamed 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 Melamed Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Greater Washington Community Foundation, Clark-Winchcole Foundation.
- Where is Melamed Foundation based?
- Melamed Foundation is based in MD.
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