Nebraska · Public charity
Merrick Foundation Inc
Improve the quality of life in merrick county by directing charitable funds to achieve maximum benefits.
- $543k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $165k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $53,105
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $26M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Merrick Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $165k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $219k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $241k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $518k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $249k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $255k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $944k | 16% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $371k | 54% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central City Public Schools | $971,782 | 9 | n/a |
| Merrick Medical Center | $682,333 | 3 | 3% |
| Merrick County Child Care Inc | $489,763 | 6 | 33% |
| Platte Peer Group | $326,154 | 9 | 53% |
| Merrick Medical Center Foundation | $137,600 | 3 | 6% |
| Central Nebraska Community Action Partnership Inc | $124,004 | 9 | 0% |
| Merrick Co Historical Museum Inc | $89,742 | 6 | 4% |
| Palmer Public School | $67,822 | 6 | n/a |
| Nebraska Christian Schools Inc | $56,400 | 6 | 1% |
| Lone Tree Literary Society | $50,779 | 7 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central City Public Schools | $971,782 | 9 | n/a |
| Merrick Medical Center | $682,333 | 3 | 3% |
| Merrick County Child Care Inc | $489,763 | 6 | 33% |
| Platte Peer Group | $326,154 | 9 | 53% |
| Merrick Medical Center Foundation | $137,600 | 3 | 6% |
| Central Nebraska Community Action Partnership Inc | $124,004 | 9 | 0% |
| Merrick Co Historical Museum Inc | $89,742 | 6 | 4% |
| Palmer Public School | $67,822 | 6 | n/a |
| Nebraska Christian Schools Inc | $56,400 | 6 | 1% |
| Lone Tree Literary Society | $50,779 | 7 | n/a |
| Farmhouse Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Nebraska Game and Parks Commission | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Little Storm Childcare | $47,500 | 1 | 35% |
| City of Central City | $46,111 | 3 | n/a |
| Midland Area Agency on Aging | $45,421 | 5 | 0% |
| State Theater Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 19% |
| Silver Creek Sons of American | $38,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Clarks | $36,250 | 3 | n/a |
| Central City Sportsmen's Club | $29,398 | 2 | n/a |
| Chapman Township Cemetery | $28,286 | 3 | n/a |
| Silver Creek Rescue | $26,938 | 2 | n/a |
| Rose Hill Cemetery | $24,272 | 2 | n/a |
| Palmer Rescue Squad | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Merrick County Entertainment Corp | $18,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Central City Public Library | $17,436 | 2 | n/a |
| Maplewood Corners - Palmer Housing | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Merrick County Youth Council | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Palmer Volunteer Fire | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| High Plains Community Schools | $12,060 | 2 | n/a |
| Clarks Rescue | $12,047 | 1 | n/a |
| Chapman Volunteer Fire & Rescue | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Merrick Arts Council | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Legion Post 120 | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Legion Lone Tree Post 6 | $10,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Merrick County Health & Fitness Ctr | $9,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Heartland United Way Inc | $8,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Chapman Community Improvement | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ne Christian School | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Special Olympics Nebraska Inc | $5,141 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Merrick Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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.
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How this is measured
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About Merrick Foundation Inc
- How much does Merrick Foundation Inc give?
- Merrick Foundation Inc reported 11 itemized grants totaling $164,565, out of $543,459 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Merrick Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (24%), Human Services (21%), Arts & Culture (19%).
- Who are Merrick Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Central City Public Schools ($972k), Merrick Medical Center ($682k), Merrick County Child Care Inc ($490k).
- Does Merrick Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Merrick Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charities Aid Foundation America, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Merrick Foundation Inc based?
- Merrick Foundation Inc is based in NE.
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