Montana · Private foundation
Merlin Foundation Inc
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.
- $363k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 46
- Grants FY2024
- 46
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $32,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 46
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations Merlin Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k 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 | 45 | $333k | 16% |
| FY2023 | 46 | $326k | 28% |
| FY2022 | 36 | $211k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $179k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $157k | 48% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $94k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $65k | 56% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $54k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Montana Foundation | $105,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hana Retreat | $100,100 | 8 | 5% |
| Conservation International Foundation | $95,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc | $42,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Sussex School Inc | $37,100 | 4 | 1% |
| The Roxy Theater | $37,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Blackfoot Challenge Inc | $35,100 | 7 | 1% |
| Owl Research Institute Inc | $31,500 | 6 | 3% |
| Explorationworks Inc | $29,250 | 8 | 1% |
Show all 70 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($244k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Merlin Foundation Inc 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: Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The High Stakes Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Montana Community Foundation Inc · The Llewellyn Foundation · Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark · Treacy Foundation · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · The Fanwood Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Elizabeth Wakeman Henderson Charitable Foundation Xxx-Xx-Xxxx
How this is measured
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About Merlin Foundation Inc
- How much does Merlin Foundation Inc give?
- Merlin Foundation Inc reported 46 grants totaling $363,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 46 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Merlin Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (33%), Education (19%), Animals (14%).
- Who are Merlin Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The University of Montana Foundation ($105k), Hana Retreat ($100k), Conservation International Foundation ($95k).
- Does Merlin Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Merlin Foundation Inc 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 Merlin Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc, The High Stakes Foundation.
- Where is Merlin Foundation Inc based?
- Merlin Foundation Inc is based in MT.
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