· Private foundation
Melton 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $2,920 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,759 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,542 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,393 |
| Felipe Ignacio Moya Garcia | $2,380 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,380 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,379 |
| Ingrid Tabita Huaiquil Villegas | $2,379 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,354 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,354 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,320 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,101 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,101 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,101 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,049 |
Where the grant dollars land
Across the US and around the world.
US giving: 16% of grant dollars ($99k). The 84% that went abroad ($521k) is mapped below.
Which US states its grants reach
Beyond the US: 84% of all-years giving ($521k)
23 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
57 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 43 since wound down; 28 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IGIndividual grant recipient5× · 2017–2022 · $13k
- IGIndividual grant recipient6× · 2017–2024 · $10k
- IGIndividual grant recipient4× · 2017–2022 · $9k
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $4k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $4k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $4k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
0 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2024.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2024, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 0 of the 257 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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