California · Public charity
Merona Leadership Foundation
MERONA Leadership Foundations mission is to support pro-Israel activists of all backgrounds, on campuses and beyond, by providing programming, professional guidance and funding for pro-Israel initiatives while collaborating with pro-Israel non-profits and engaging pro-Israel community leaders.One of the initiatives that Merona is…
- $559k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $19,405
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $223,521
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Merona Leadership Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k 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 | 8 | $552k | 63% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $404k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $671k | 70% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $64k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $182k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $414k | 73% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $134k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Fund of Israel | $686,413 | 6 | 0% |
| Impact Forum Foundation | $181,624 | 2 | 11% |
| Soldiers Save Lives Corporation | $150,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Zachor Legal Institute | $147,580 | 3 | 55% |
| Opendor Media Inc | $138,600 | 1 | 2% |
| Israeli-American Council | $105,414 | 3 | 0% |
| Middle East Media and Research Institute Inc | $104,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Rimon Club Z DBA Club Z | $99,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Students Supporting Israel | $82,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Defending Education | $64,680 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 32 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($42k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Merona Leadership Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Milstein Family Foundation · The Marcus Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Jewish Communal Fund · Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemeth Leisrael) Inc · Adelson Family Foundation · The Snider Foundation · Goodman Family Supporting Foundation · The Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation · Hochberg Family Foundation · Newton & Rochelle Becker Charitable Trus
How this is measured
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About Merona Leadership Foundation
- How much does Merona Leadership Foundation give?
- Merona Leadership Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $558,710 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Merona Leadership Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (52%), Philanthropy (19%), Civil Rights (10%).
- Who are Merona Leadership Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Central Fund of Israel ($686k), Impact Forum Foundation ($182k), Soldiers Save Lives Corporation ($150k).
- Does Merona Leadership Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Merona Leadership Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, The Milstein Family Foundation, The Marcus Foundation Inc.
- Where is Merona Leadership Foundation based?
- Merona Leadership Foundation is based in CA.
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