Oregon · Private foundation
Merrill Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $975k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Merrill Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k 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 | 5 | $975k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $417k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $226k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $818k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $600k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $874k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $1.1M | 45% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $1.2M | 14% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon State University Foundation | $1,736,150 | 9 | 0% |
| Willamette West Habitat for Humanity | $1,280,000 | 6 | 13% |
| Portland YouthBuilders | $402,525 | 4 | 4% |
| Oregon Public Broadcasting | $315,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Murray Hills Christian Church | $289,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Lifeworks Nw | $253,770 | 5 | 0% |
| Turning Point Program | $225,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sherwood Education Foundation | $112,588 | 4 | 36% |
| Bushnell University Fka Northwest Christian University | $39,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Luke Lutheran Church | $36,000 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon State University Foundation | $1,736,150 | 9 | 0% |
| Willamette West Habitat for Humanity | $1,280,000 | 6 | 13% |
| Portland YouthBuilders | $402,525 | 4 | 4% |
| Oregon Public Broadcasting | $315,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Murray Hills Christian Church | $289,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Lifeworks Nw | $253,770 | 5 | 0% |
| Turning Point Program | $225,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sherwood Education Foundation | $112,588 | 4 | 36% |
| Bushnell University Fka Northwest Christian University | $39,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Luke Lutheran Church | $36,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Joy Now Incorporated | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Mary's Home | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of Nw Fusion | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sherwood Foundation for the Arts | $3,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Oregon Symphony Association | $2,940 | 3 | 0% |
| Chamber Music Society of Oregon | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Portland Wind Symphony | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Theatre in the Grove | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Greater Portland Flute Society | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Avenues for Youth Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sherwood 4 Kids Sake | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Archer Glen Elementary School | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Merrill Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 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 Merrill Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Merrill Family Foundation Inc give?
- Merrill Family Foundation Inc reported 5 grants totaling $975,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Merrill Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (51%), Housing & Shelter (23%), Health (8%).
- Who are Merrill Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Oregon State University Foundation ($1.7M), Willamette West Habitat for Humanity ($1.3M), Portland YouthBuilders ($403k).
- Does Merrill Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Merrill Family 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 Merrill Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Reser Family Foundation, The Oregon Community Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is Merrill Family Foundation Inc based?
- Merrill Family Foundation Inc is based in OR.
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