Delaware · Private foundation
Merlo Family 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.
- $217k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 8
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Merlo Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $217k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $204k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $94k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 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, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pittsburgh | $230,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Providence | $115,000 | 3 | 1% |
| All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lincoln School | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Women & Infants Hospital of Ri | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $13,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Love4Paws Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Arthritis Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pittsburgh | $230,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Providence | $115,000 | 3 | 1% |
| All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lincoln School | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Women & Infants Hospital of Ri | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $13,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Love4Paws Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Arthritis Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Movember Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($2k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Merlo Family 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Merlo Family Foundation
- How much does Merlo Family Foundation give?
- Merlo Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $216,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 8 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Merlo Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (52%), Youth Development (22%), Public Safety & Disaster (10%).
- Who are Merlo Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: University of Pittsburgh ($230k), Boys and Girls Clubs of Providence ($115k), All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc ($50k).
- Does Merlo Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Merlo Family 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 Merlo Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Merlo Family Foundation based?
- Merlo Family Foundation is based in DE.
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