Texas · Private foundation
Meredith 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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $57,912
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $257,022
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $24M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Meredith Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $1.2M | 6% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $1.4M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $1.5M | 7% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $1.3M | 8% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $1.3M | 8% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $1.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mineola Civic Center Inc | $1,965,030 | 8 | 70% |
| Mineola Memorial Library Inc | $1,231,481 | 8 | 71% |
| Mineola Youth Foundation | $694,833 | 8 | 68% |
| Lake Country Playhouse Inc | $694,130 | 8 | 38% |
| Addie E McFarland Foundation Inc | $503,964 | 8 | 85% |
| Mineola League of the Arts | $392,987 | 8 | 69% |
| Apet Spca | $192,886 | 8 | 16% |
| Mineola Isd Education Foundation | $126,500 | 7 | 17% |
| Mineola Senior Citizens Center Inc | $78,069 | 5 | 87% |
| Methodist Children's Home | $64,000 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mineola Civic Center Inc | $1,965,030 | 8 | 70% |
| Mineola Memorial Library Inc | $1,231,481 | 8 | 71% |
| Mineola Youth Foundation | $694,833 | 8 | 68% |
| Lake Country Playhouse Inc | $694,130 | 8 | 38% |
| Addie E McFarland Foundation Inc | $503,964 | 8 | 85% |
| Mineola League of the Arts | $392,987 | 8 | 69% |
| Apet Spca | $192,886 | 8 | 16% |
| Mineola Isd Education Foundation | $126,500 | 7 | 17% |
| Mineola Senior Citizens Center Inc | $78,069 | 5 | 87% |
| Methodist Children's Home | $64,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Mineola Community Chest | $12,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Rose Hill Community Food Pantry | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Meredith Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
About Meredith Foundation
- How much does Meredith Foundation give?
- Meredith Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $1,187,295 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Meredith Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (31%), Education (23%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are Meredith Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Mineola Civic Center Inc ($2.0M), Mineola Memorial Library Inc ($1.2M), Mineola Youth Foundation ($695k).
- Does Meredith Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Meredith 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.
- Where is Meredith Foundation based?
- Meredith Foundation is based in TX.
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