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Meredith Corporation Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
22
Grants FY2025
3
Organizations funded FY2024
33%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$12,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$400,000
Organizations funded a year
3 to 740
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$24M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Meredith Corporation Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving21$1.2M29%
FY20243$303k33%
FY202313$707k23%
FY2022389$1.2M46%
FY2021740$1.9Mn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$2.0MArts & Culture$581kPhilanthropy$410kEnvironment$365kHousing & Shelter$328kCivil Rights$307kYouth Development$264kScience & Tech$234kOther$0

Where its grants go

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Meredith Corporation Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Drake University$1,512,87550%
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden$340,95043%
Science Center of Iowa$230,00042%
Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation$207,72543%
United Way of Central Iowa$180,00020%
Childserve Foundation Inc$152,50032%
Equal Justice Initiative$102,00110%
The Innocence Project Inc$100,53920%
National Urban League Inc$100,05210%
Mainframe Studios$100,00017%
Wesleylife$50,00011%
Food Bank of Iowa$42,93730%
Des Moines Arts Festival Inc$35,00031%
Des Moines Community Playhouse$34,19531%
Des Moines Symphony Association$31,15430%
Des Moines Metro Opera Inc$30,50040%
Blank Park Zoo Foundation Inc$30,02530%
Des Moines Performing Arts$26,51530%
Des Moines Film Society$25,25016%
Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity Inc$25,00010%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$17,35020%
Iowa State Fair Foundation$16,04520%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa$15,00010%
Des Moines Public Library Foundation$13,72531%
Edmundson Art Foundation Inc$10,25020%
Greater Des Moines Music Coalition$10,20011%
Bellarmine University Incorporated$10,00020%
Trees Forever Inc$10,00010%
World Food Prize Foundation$10,00010%
Teach Rwanda$10,00024%
National Ramah Commission Inc$8,73020%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$7,85020%
Des Moines Christian Schools$7,50020%
The Clear Fund$7,20020%
1 Shine Youth$7,00025%
Des Moines Area Religious Council$6,75020%
Life Roads Inc$6,7002n/a
SCKIC Inc$6,00021%
Hope Ministries$5,84020%
Orchard Place Foundation$5,52520%
Puppy Jake Foundation$5,50020%
Dmacc Foundation$5,30010%
Ballet Des Moines$5,30011%
Boys Girls Club$5,100141%
Elon University$5,05010%
Emma Willard School$5,00010%
Greenwich Country Day School Inc$5,00010%
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa Inc$5,00020%
Pbs Foundation$5,00010%
The Urban Institute$5,00010%
Iowa State University Foundation$4,70020%
Garden Gate Ranch Inc$4,56720%
Camp Fire Heart of Iowa$4,00010%
Connecticut Science Center Inc$4,00010%
Carlisle Library Foundation$4,0001n/a
Feeding America$3,64420%
Colgate University$3,50020%
Simpson College$3,25010%
New Chapters$3,2502n/a
Educational Foundation of Alpha Gamma Rho$3,00010%
University Cooperative School$3,00010%
Lutheran Church of Hope$3,0001n/a
Wesleyan University$3,00010%
Playwrights Horizons Inc$3,00020%
Carlthorp School$2,95010%
Compassion International Incorporated$2,8042n/a
The Foster Alliance$2,61020%
Living History Farms Foundation$2,60010%
Northwestern University$2,60020%
Indiana University Foundation$2,50010%
Father Fred Foundation$2,50020%
Tallgrass Theatre Company$2,5001n/a
Arts Business Collaborative$2,50010%
Teachers College Columbia University$2,50010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$2,47020%
Restore NYC Inc$2,37510%
Next Step Pregnancy Services$2,32020%
Victory Christian Academy$2,10010%
Animal Rescue League of Iowa Inc$2,06210%
Everybody Wins - Iowa$2,05021%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa$2,00020%
Bergman Academy$2,00010%
Solebury School$2,00020%
Blanket Fort Hope$2,00020%
Homewood City Schools Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation$2,00010%
Park City Historical Society$2,00020%
Dekalb Co Chapter of 100 Black Men$2,00011%
Healthy Birth Day Inc$2,00020%
Lakes Region Conservation Trust$2,00020%
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum$2,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,93020%
Meals From the Heartland Inc$1,85020%
Franklin County Humane Society Inc$1,75520%
Local Motion Inc$1,75010%
Breakthrough T1d$1,70620%
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation$1,70010%
The Lovett School Inc$1,70010%
American Cancer Society Inc$1,63920%
Finote Wongel-Path of the Gospel$1,62521%
Blood Cancer United Inc$1,62510%
Food Bank for New York City$1,55110%
Santa Monica Group Theatre$1,55020%
The Against Malaria Foundation$1,50020%
Jar of Hope$1,50010%
American Theater Group$1,50011%
Richmond Land Trust Inc$1,50021%
Agape Pregnancy Center$1,46020%
Golda Och Academy$1,40010%
St Ignatius School Foundation$1,40010%
Yale University$1,3502n/a
Waldens Puddle Wildlife Rehabilitation & Educatio$1,30010%
Shelburne Farms$1,27520%
Waukee Area Christian Services Waypoint Resources$1,25020%
Brooklyn Friends School$1,2502n/a
Farmhouse Foundation$1,25020%
Grimes Storehouse Inc$1,25020%
Village School Inc$1,25010%
Mokan Border Collie Rescue Inc$1,2002n/a
Greater Chicago Food Depository$1,20020%
Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc$1,20010%
Paul Quinn College$1,20020%
Armenian Assembly of America Inc$1,15010%
University of Chicago$1,15010%
The Loveland Foundation Inc$1,12510%
Unbound$1,11020%
Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross$1,07510%
Stomp the Monster$1,06510%
First Book$1,05020%
Salvation Army$1,0401n/a
Indianola Community Youth Foundation$1,02521%
Last Minute Toy Store$1,00010%
Black Girls Code Inc$1,00010%
Central Furniture Rescue$1,00010%
Mercy Corps$1,00010%
Friends of Lakeside Lab Inc$1,00020%
Animal Rescue Foundation Inc$1,00011%
O Donnell & Friends Charities$1,00020%
Charger Pride Scholarship Foundation$1,00012%
Rebuilding Together Hartford Inc$1,00010%
Pocahontas Community Foundation$1,00020%
Freedom for Youth Ministries$1,00020%
Street Collective$1,00020%
The Trust for Public Land$1,00010%
Jewish Theological Seminary of America$1,0001n/a
Elbowbumpkid Inc$1,0002n/a
Peter Westbrook Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland Inc$1,00020%
Hero Fund USA$1,00010%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$1,00010%
The White Mountain School St Mary's in the Mountains$1,00010%
Military Assistance Mission Inc$1,00010%
Raising Readers in the Heartland$1,0001n/a
Drexel University$1,00010%
Westchester Golf Association Inc$1,0002n/a
Seeds of Hope Childrens Ministry$1,0001n/a
Lake Winnipesaukee Association$1,00020%
Amazon Medical Project Inc$1,00010%
Compassionate Care ALS Inc$1,00010%
Homes of Oakridge Human Services$1,00010%
We Make Noise Inc$9991n/a
Vermont Foodbank$97620%
Town Hall Association$95320%
The Human Choice of Iowa$95020%
International Rescue Committee INC$89220%
Frankies Fund for Feline Care and Rescue Inc$89120%
Quakerdale$87510%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$85310%
Nashville Rescue Mission$85020%
Midwest Hemophilia Association$80020%
Washington State University$8001n/a
Wartburg College$79020%
Food for the Poor Inc$78520%
Urbandale Food Pantry$77510%
Launch Leadership Inc$77320%
American Heart Association Inc$75220%
The Richard a and Barbara W Snelling Center for Government Inc$75010%
Moonrise Therapeutics$75010%
Plan International USA Inc$73520%
Best Buddies International Inc$73010%
Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network$72520%
David Z Foundation$72020%
The Salvation Army$6721n/a
Animal Lifeline of Iowa Inc$67020%
Samaritan's Purse$65820%
University of Memphis Foundation$64220%
University of Northwestern - St Paul$62510%
Friends of Walnut Woods State Park Inc$6001n/a
New Beginning Food Outreach Inc$60010%
Safari Club International$60010%
State University of Iowa Foundation$57520%
The Annual Catholic Appeal$5701n/a
Barefoot Republic Inc$55910%
City Harvest Inc$55020%
Whitney Museum of American Art$55010%
Santa Monica Education Foundation$55020%
Saginaw Symphony Association$55010%
Dream Team Des Moines$55020%
Childfund International USA$54010%
The Houston Food Bank$53620%
Catholic Relief Services$5302n/a
Ripon College$52520%
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$52520%
The National Fragile X Foundation$52410%
Kay Yow Cancer Foundation Inc$52110%
Luther College$51520%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$50220%
Morningside University$50010%
Guadalupe Center Inc$50010%
National FFA Foundation Inc$50010%
Loon Preservation Committee$50010%
Friends of Burley$50010%
Iris Inc$50010%
Torah Academy of Bergen County$50010%
Joppa$50010%
Friends of North Cove$5001n/a
Iowa Catholic Radio Foundation$50010%
Le Moyne College$50010%
Project Night Night$50010%
Helphopelive Inc$50010%
Share Our Strength$50010%
Washington State University Alumni Association$50010%
Stuttering Association for the Young Inc$50010%
Denise Louie Education center$50010%
Chamber Music Unbound$50010%
Currey Ingram Academy$50020%
Des Moines North High School$50010%
Friends of Whitney M Young High School$50010%
Weeks Medical Center$50010%
Hinesburg Community Resource Center Inc$50010%
Friends of Ps 163 Inc$50011%
Esna Village Network$50010%
Guadalupe Centers Inc$50010%
Friends of Felines Inc$50010%
Iowa Genealogical Society$50010%
Special Equestrians Inc$50010%
Balance Autism$50010%
Camp For All Foundation$50010%
Amazing Grace Animal Rescue$50010%
Iowa Food Bank Association$50010%
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc$50010%
International School of Los Angeles Lycee International de Los Angeles$50010%
Chastain Horse Park Ltd$50010%
Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission$5001n/a
Life Ministries$50010%
Campbell Hall -Episcopal-$5001n/a
Brooklyn Free Space Inc$50010%
Liberia Career Pathways$50014%
St Matthews House Inc$50010%
Iowa Donor Network$50010%
TASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc$50010%
Single Parent Provision$50010%
Book Em$50010%
Ss Peter & Paul Historical Corporation$5001n/a
Anawim Housing Inc$50020%
Paw Placement of Northern Arizona$50010%
Iowa Youth Chorus$50010%
DePauw University$50020%
Portland Food Project$5001n/a
Young Women's Resource Center$46020%
Whitefield Academy Inc$45020%
Surprise Lake Camp$45020%
Saint Michael's College$45010%
Centre Safe$42520%
Mary's Meals USA Inc$41020%
Big Apple Greeter Inc$40010%
Cornerstones Inc$40010%
Project Open Inc$40020%
Environmental and Energy Study Institute$40020%
Eat Greater Des Moines$40010%
North Shore Child & Family Guidance Association Inc$40010%
Ethical Culture Fieldston School$40010%
The Mount Sinai Medical Center$40020%
Sexual Assault Center$40020%
Link to Libraries Inc$40010%
Brenton Arboretum Inc$40020%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$37910%
Deb McMillens Parrotheads$3751n/a
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$37010%
Nashville Humane Association Aka Nashville Humane Society$36320%
All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc$35310%
Childrens Ministry Resources International$35310%
City of West Des Moines$3502n/a
Goodwill Industries of Northern Michigan Inc$35020%
Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa$35020%
Atlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc$35010%
Hunger Free Vermont Inc$35010%
My Friend's House Family and Children Services Inc$35020%
Movember Foundation$32620%
Ruth Harbor$32520%
World Central Kitchen Inc$30610%
Iowa 4-H Foundation$30520%
The Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences$30020%
Westchester Deltas Incdba Violet Torch Foundation$30011%
The Family Leader Foundation Inc$30010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$30020%
Packer Collegiate Institute$30020%
Lakeside School$30020%
Laguardia High School Parents Association Inc$30010%
Children's Specialized Hospital$3002n/a
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$30010%
Wave Hill Incorporated$30010%
American Friends Service Committee$3001n/a
The Salvation Army$3001n/a
Sim USA Incorporated$3001n/a
The Stony Brook School$28510%
Syracuse University$27520%
Interlochen Center for the Arts$27520%
West Des Moines Library Friends$27520%
Iowa Arboretum Inc$26510%
Support Connection Inc$26310%
Heifer Project International$26020%
The Englert Civic Theatre Inc$25810%
Des Moines Gay Men's Chorus$25010%
Vermont End of Life Choices Inc$25010%
Dementia Society Inc$25010%
Great Plains Spca$25010%
At Home in Darieninc$25010%
Vestavia Hills Cahaba Heights PTO$25010%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc$25010%
The Darien Foundation Inc$25010%
Ron Foley Foundation Inc$25010%
Hidden Water Inc$25010%
Takeaction Mn Education Fund$25010%
Beckman Catholic High School Dyersville Iowa$2501n/a
America Share USA Inc$25010%
Southern Environmental Law Center$25010%
Beyond My Battle Inc$25010%
Mindspring Mental Health Alliance$25010%
Bishop Blanchet High School$2501n/a
Cityteam Ministries$25010%
Northwestern Michigan College Foundation$25020%
Blue Lips Foundation$2501n/a
Shining City Foundation Inc$25010%
Join$25020%
Mind and Spirit Counseling Center$25010%
Classical Ballet of Mobile$2501n/a
Harmony Hill of Union$25010%
Food Lifeline$22520%
Big Apple Performing Arts Inc$20410%
Northwest Harvest Emm$20010%
By Degrees Foundation$20010%
Traverse City Film Festival$20010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$20010%
The President and Trustees of Colby College$20020%
Cool Earth Action USA Inc$20010%
Just Compassion$20022%
National Forest Foundation$20010%
Des Moines Golf and Country Club$20010%
Clive Community Services$20020%
Buckland Historical Society Inc$20010%
Make the Road New York$20010%
Dickinson College$20010%
The Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Foundation and Alumni Association Inc$20010%
Bishop Carroll Catholic High School Inc$20020%
Iowa European Cultural Connection$20010%
Hesby Involved Parents Inc Fka Hesby Parents Association Inc$20010%
Cando Cancer$20010%
100 Black Men of America Inc$20010%
Corporation of Gonzaga University$20010%
A Stepping Stone Foundation$20010%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$20010%
Catales Incorporated Cat Tales Incorporated$20020%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$20020%
Trustees of Boston University$20010%
Pine Street Inn Inc$20010%
Appalachian Mountain Club$20010%
Families Forward$20010%
Als of Michigan Inc$20020%
Kitten Associates Inc$2002n/a
Animal Alliance Rescue and Shelter$20010%
Wide Horizons for Children Inc$20010%
Pershing Field Neighborhood Association Inc$2001n/a
Community Rowing Inc$20010%
St Josephs Indian School$1801n/a
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$17520%
Des Moines Choral Society$17010%
Poverello House$16520%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$15320%
Colorectal Cancer Alliance$15210%
Vianney High School$1501n/a
The Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Des Moines$15010%
Pope Francis Center$15010%
University of Delaware$15020%
Upaya Social Ventures$15010%
Pella Christian Grade School$15020%
Friends of Iowa Casa & Icfcrb$15010%
Humane World for Animals Inc$15020%
Elmbrook Brookfield Rotary Foundation Inc$15010%
Leadership Nashville Foundation$15010%
Museum of the City of New York$15010%
One Vision$15020%
Autism Speaks Inc$15010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$15020%
Arizona Artists Guild$15010%
Outright Vermont$15020%
Greater Burlington YMCA Inc$15010%
Spectrum Youth and Family Services Inc$15010%
St Jude Mission Center Inc$1501n/a
Seattle Theatre Group$15010%
Abilis Inc$15010%
Physicians For Reproductive Health$15010%
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa$15010%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$15010%
Morris Animal Foundation$14520%
Cancer Care Inc$14420%
St Anthony Foundation$1401n/a
Trevor Project Inc$14020%
Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust$14010%
New York Historical Society$13510%
Hudson River Community Sailing Inc$12910%
Robin's Nest Children's Home$12810%
Lead Dsm$12510%
Mission of Our Lady of Mercy$1251n/a
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$12510%
The Actors' Fund of America$12510%
MustLuvBoxers Rescue$12510%
St Hildas and St Hughs School$1251n/a
Farestart$12510%
Vermont Land Trust Inc$12520%
Creative Aging Memphis$11810%
Mission Wolf$11520%
Meals on Wheels People Inc$11110%
Back 2 School America$10810%
Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey Inc$10610%
The Bail Project Inc$10510%
T-1 Today Inc$10420%
Brooklyn Public Library$10310%
Habitat for Humanity Tuscaloosa$10310%
Pet Rescue Incorporated$10310%
Meals on Wheels Inc$10110%
Italian Educational & Cultural Ctr$10010%
Junior League of Des Moines Inc$10010%
Humane Society of Skagit County$10010%
Community Help in Park Slope Inc$10010%
Presentation High School San Jose$1001n/a
Rett Syndrome Research Trust Inc$10020%
St Judes Ranch for Children Inc$1001n/a
Hedgebrook$10010%
Depaul University$10010%
Salisbury House Foundation$10010%
St Labre Indian School$1001n/a
Circle of Generosity Foundation$10010%
Connecticut Cancer Foundation Inc$10010%
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation$10020%
Pike Market Senior Center$10010%
The Preemptive Love Coalition$10010%
New York City Rescue Mission$10010%
Hoboken Community Center Inc$10010%
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals$10010%
Commonweal Conservancy Inc$10010%
Wild Canid Survival and Research Center Inc Dba Endangered Wolf Center$10010%
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation$10010%
Things of My Very Own Inc$10010%
Community Action of Skagit County$10010%
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Inc$10010%
Brightfocus Foundation$10010%
Nashville Shakespeare Festival$10010%
Friends of the Indianola Public Library Foundation$10010%
Native Americans for Community Action Inc$10010%
Vandalia Cemetery Association$1002n/a
McCaw School of Mines Foundation$10010%
Period Project Corp$1001n/a
Arizona Pilots Association Inc$1001n/a
American Home Finding Association$10010%
Munson Healthcare Foundations$10020%
The Serengeti Foundation$10010%
Lutheran Social Services of Nevada$10010%
Senior Citizens Inc$10010%
American Solar Energy Society Inc$10010%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$10010%
Almada Lodge Times Farm Camp Corporation$10010%
Drug Crisis in Our Backyard Inc$10010%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Associationiowa Chapter$10010%
Neosho Area Habitat for Humanity$10010%
University of Michigan$10010%
North Central Area Agency on Aging$10010%
Brush Creek Mill$1001n/a
Army War College Foundation Inc$10010%
Committee on Temporary Shelter Inc$10010%
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights$10010%
Gigis Playhouse Inc$1001n/a
Direct Relief$10010%
Holy Redeemer Catholic School$1001n/a
Anti-Defamation League$10010%
Community Action Organization$10010%
Davis Phinney Foundation$10010%
New York Landmarks Conservancy Inc$10010%
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund Inc$10010%
Experience Camps$1001n/a
Chai Lifeline Inc$10010%
Kind Inc$10010%
Portland Rescue Mission$1001n/a
San Antonio Food Bank$10010%
Urbandale Public Library Foundation$10010%
Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated$10010%
Hockanum Valley Community Council$10020%
Las Vegas Rescue Mission$10010%
Converse University$10010%
School of the Holy Child$1001n/a
Hearts United Cat Rescue Inc$1001n/a
Home Opportunities Made Easy Inc$10010%
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries$10010%
Loyola Marymount University$10010%
Avivo$10010%
The Society of Pella Christian Schools$10010%
Old Westbury Gardens Inc$10010%
K9s ON THE FRONT LINE$10010%
God's Love We Deliver Inc$10010%
Edesia Inc$10010%
Three Square$10010%
Soar$10011%
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center Foundation Inc$10010%
Heart of Dinner Inc$10010%
Defenders of Wildlife$10010%
Path With Art$9020%
American Folk Art Museum$9010%
City Parks Foundation Inc$8510%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$8510%
Good News Home Inc$8510%
West Seattle Food Bank$8210%
Maris Place$8010%
Santa Monica Arts Parents Association$7510%
Spruce Street School$7520%
Jewish Association on Aging$7510%
Race for the Rescues$7510%
Jett Foundation Inc$7510%
Cherryland Humane Society$7520%
George Eastman Museum$7510%
United States Fund for Unicef$7520%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$6010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Iowa$5010%
Care Net Pregnancy & Family Services of Puget Sound$5010%
Phoenix Gospel Mission$5010%
Southern Smoke Foundation$5010%
The Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc$5010%
Episcopal Relief and Development$5010%
Democracy Now Productions Inc$5010%
Oswego University Foundation Inc$5010%
American Diabetes Association$5010%
Many Hands for Haiti$5010%
Fellowship for Performing Arts Inc$5010%
Nmdp Foundation$5010%
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association$5010%
Roanoke College$5010%
Challenged Athletes Inc$5010%
Seed Savers Exchange Inc$5010%
American Lung Association$5010%
Swarthmore College$5010%
Empower Grieving Children Inc$5010%
Rotary Club of Des Moines Foundation$5010%
Animal Welfare Institute$5010%
Lynnville Historical Society$5010%
Camp Dudley Inc$5010%
NAMI Seattle$5010%
Please Pass the Love$5010%
Teen Challenge of the Midlands Inc$5010%
Island Hospital Foundation$5010%
The Humane Society of New York$5010%
Our Friends Place$5010%
03xx Foundation$501n/a
Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc$5010%
The Rescue Mission$5010%
The Lyme Fire Company Incorporated$5010%
Family Promise of Hunterdon County Inc$5010%
Feed the Children Inc$5010%
Transportation Alternatives Inc$5010%
Long Island Cares Inc$5010%
Lyme Ambulance Association Inc$5010%
Nourishing Hope$5010%
Vanderbilt University$5010%
Safe Passage Inc$5010%
Riverside Park Conservancy Inc$5010%
University of Idaho Foundation Inc$5010%
Council of Community Services$5010%
Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Humane Society Inc$5010%
South Branch Emergency Services Inc$5010%
Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake Inc$5020%
Operation Food Search Inc$5010%
Minnesota Freedom Fund$5010%
Clinton Fire Department$5010%
The Red Mill Museum Village Inc$5010%
Pacific Northwest Ballet Association$5010%
Bible League$501n/a
DeliverFund$5010%
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc$5010%
Animal Haven Inc$5020%
Employee & Family Resources Inc$5010%
The Anti-Cruelty Society$5010%
Old Friends Senior Dogs Inc$5010%
Feeding Westchester Inc$5010%
Beaver Creek PTO$5010%
Portuguese Heritage Society Inc$4010%
Eighth Air Force Historical Society$4010%
Iowa Bicycle Coalition Inc$4010%
New York Cares Inc$4010%
Hawaii Foodbank Inc$3710%
Texas Jewish Historical Society Inc$3610%
The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation$3510%
Trustees of Westminster School Inc$3510%
Museum of Science$3410%
Friends of Kexp$3310%
Muddy Paws Rescue$3110%
Cub Run Elementary$301n/a
Above and Beyond Cancer Inc$3010%
Americas Grow-A-Row$3010%
National Arbor Day Foundation$3010%
Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind$3010%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$2610%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$2610%
Connecticut Foodshare Inc$2610%
Global Lyme Alliance Inc$2610%
National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut$2510%
Hope Works Inc$2510%
Cape Cod Healthcare Inc$251n/a
Lewis Creek Watershed Association$2510%
On the Boards$2510%
National Outdoor Leadership School$2510%
Sportsmens Club of Lake Vermilion Dba Vermilion Lake Association$2510%
Save The Children Federation Inc$2510%
Childrens Hosp$2510%
Greenfield Township North Community Association Inc$251n/a
4 Paws for Ability Inc$2510%
Paws With A Cause$2510%
Truman State University Foundation$2510%
The Carter Center Inc$2510%
Wnet$2510%
Lyme-Old Lyme Lions Charities Inc$251n/a
Charlotte Land Trust Inc$2510%
The Humane Society of Middletown Ny Inc$2510%
Leader Dogs for the Blind$2510%
Old Lyme Fire Department Inc$2510%
Almost Home Animal Rescue$2510%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$2510%
St Louis Crisis Nursery$2510%
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Inc$2510%
Citizens For Animal Protection Inc$2510%
Special Olympics New York Inc$2510%
Alpha Delta Pi Foundation$2510%
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Inc$2510%
City Opera House Heritage Association Inc$2510%
Barnstable Land Trust Inc$2510%
Care Initiatives$2510%
Mile Square Theatre Inc$2510%
Fresh Air Fund$2510%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$2510%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$2510%
Hope of Winston Salem Inc$2510%
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project$2510%
Womxn Project Education Fund$2510%
Pets Alive Inc$2510%
Equest$2510%
Autism Society of North Carolina Inc$2510%
Lyme Public Library Foundation Inc$2510%
Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter Inc$2510%
March of Dimes Inc$2510%
Trustees of Boston College$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 272 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Meredith Corporation Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDrake University: $1,512,875 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGreater Des Moines Botanical Garden: $340,950 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetScience Center of Iowa: $230,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetHoyt Sherman Place Foundation: $207,725 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetUnited Way of Central Iowa: $180,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetChildserve Foundation Inc: $152,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $102,001 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Innocence Project Inc: $100,539 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNational Urban League Inc: $100,052 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMainframe Studios: $100,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetWesleylife: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFood Bank of Iowa: $42,937 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDes Moines Arts Festival Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetDes Moines Community Playhouse: $34,195 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetDes Moines Symphony Association: $31,154 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetDes Moines Metro Opera Inc: $30,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBlank Park Zoo Foundation Inc: $30,025 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDes Moines Performing Arts: $26,515 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDes Moines Film Society: $25,250 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetGreater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCystic Fibrosis Foundation: $17,350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIowa State Fair Foundation: $16,045 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDes Moines Public Library Foundation: $13,725 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetEdmundson Art Foundation Inc: $10,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Des Moines Music Coalition: $10,200 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBellarmine University Incorporated: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTrees Forever Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWorld Food Prize Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTeach Rwanda: $10,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetNational Ramah Commission Inc: $8,730 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: $7,850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDes Moines Christian Schools: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Clear Fund: $7,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budget1 Shine Youth: $7,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetDes Moines Area Religious Council: $6,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSCKIC Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHope Ministries: $5,840 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOrchard Place Foundation: $5,525 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPuppy Jake Foundation: $5,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDmacc Foundation: $5,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBallet Des Moines: $5,300 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBoys Girls Club: $5,100 over 1y, 41% of budgetElon University: $5,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmma Willard School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreenwich Country Day School Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJunior Achievement of Eastern Iowa Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPbs Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino IncIA87.8× affinity60 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · EMC Insurance Foundation · Ita Group Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · Bookey Family Foundation · Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines · Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner · Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust · United Way of Central Iowa · Kyle J & Sharon Krause Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to Meredith Corporation Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Meredith Corporation Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Meredith Corporation Foundation

How much does Meredith Corporation Foundation give?
Meredith Corporation Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $1,215,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 740 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Meredith Corporation Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (37%), Arts & Culture (11%), Philanthropy (8%).
Who are Meredith Corporation Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Drake University ($1.5M), Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden ($341k), Science Center of Iowa ($230k).
Does Meredith Corporation Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Meredith Corporation Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Meredith Corporation Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc, The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation, EMC Insurance Foundation.
Where is Meredith Corporation Foundation based?
Meredith Corporation Foundation is based in IA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 945 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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