Ohio · Private foundation
Mershad 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.
- $318k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Mershad Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to New Albany Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $295,550
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $295,550
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $225k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 0% of the organizations Mershad Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 1 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $18k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $500 | n/a |
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 FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy New Albany Inc | $22,238 | 2 | 2% |
| Streetwise | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($500), not named here.
About Mershad Family Foundation
- How much does Mershad Family Foundation give?
- Mershad Family Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $318,150 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Mershad Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Philanthropy (89%), Food & Nutrition (6%), Housing & Shelter (4%).
- Who are Mershad Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Healthy New Albany Inc ($22k), Streetwise ($15k).
- Does Mershad Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mershad 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.
- Where is Mershad Family Foundation based?
- Mershad Family Foundation is based in OH.
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