Utah · Private foundation
Meldrum 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.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $25M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 47% of the organizations Meldrum Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k 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 | 24 | $1.3M | 29% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $1.3M | 47% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $1.2M | 25% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $1.3M | 18% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $1.5M | 47% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $1.5M | 14% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $1.6M | 36% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $1.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Utah | $5,510,440 | 8 | n/a |
| Durham Children's Initiative | $700,000 | 7 | 8% |
| Westminster University | $614,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Flying Kites Inc | $475,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Ballet West | $300,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Teachunited | $200,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Spy Hop Productions | $160,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Her Future Coalition Inc | $125,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Benevolence Farm | $120,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Hope Renovations Spencer | $103,500 | 3 | 7% |
Show all 34 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Meldrum 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: Duke University · Durham Merchants Association Charitable Foundation · Together Women Rise · Fidelity Foundation · American Express Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Meldrum Foundation
- How much does Meldrum Foundation give?
- Meldrum Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $1,265,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Meldrum Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (64%), Arts & Culture (16%), Youth Development (9%).
- Who are Meldrum Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: University of Utah ($5.5M), Durham Children's Initiative ($700k), Westminster University ($614k).
- Does Meldrum Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Meldrum 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 Meldrum Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duke University, Durham Merchants Association Charitable Foundation, Together Women Rise.
- Where is Meldrum Foundation based?
- Meldrum Foundation is based in UT.
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