Ohio · Private foundation
Mervin B and Berenice R France Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $92k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,645
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 14
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $816k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations Mervin B and Berenice R France 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; $22k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $92k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $89k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $90k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $71k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $127k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cafe of Life Inc | $41,030 | 5 | 1% |
| Bluecoats Inc | $38,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Metro Atlanta Recovery Residences Inc | $35,414 | 5 | 0% |
| Amigos de Texas Inc | $32,670 | 5 | 40% |
| K9s for Warriors Inc | $26,435 | 4 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $22,395 | 1 | 0% |
| USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore Inc | $19,222 | 3 | 0% |
| Island Dolphin Care Inc | $18,700 | 5 | 1% |
| The Foundation of the Old Guard Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($224k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Mervin B and Berenice R France Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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 Mervin B and Berenice R France Foundation
- How much does Mervin B and Berenice R France Foundation give?
- Mervin B and Berenice R France Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $91,742 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 14 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Mervin B and Berenice R France Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (32%), Human Services (24%), Education (12%).
- Who are Mervin B and Berenice R France Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Cafe of Life Inc ($41k), Bluecoats Inc ($39k), Metro Atlanta Recovery Residences Inc ($35k).
- Does Mervin B and Berenice R France Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mervin B and Berenice R France Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mervin B and Berenice R France Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Mervin B and Berenice R France Foundation based?
- Mervin B and Berenice R France Foundation is based in OH.
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