Florida · Private foundation
Mesa Foundation
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.
- $180k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Mesa Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 11 | $180k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $144k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $128k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $91k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $63k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $45k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $35k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Power Inc | $170,000 | 6 | 3% |
| The Beacon Place NFP | $85,000 | 6 | 2% |
| North Shore Senior Center | $82,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Harbour Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Little Sisters of the Poor Chicago St Mary's Home | $34,000 | 4 | 0% |
| College Bound Opportunities | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Josselyn Center Nfp | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pads of Elgin Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Naples Children Foundation Inc | $17,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Power Inc | $170,000 | 6 | 3% |
| The Beacon Place NFP | $85,000 | 6 | 2% |
| North Shore Senior Center | $82,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Harbour Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Little Sisters of the Poor Chicago St Mary's Home | $34,000 | 4 | 0% |
| College Bound Opportunities | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Josselyn Center Nfp | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pads of Elgin Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Naples Children Foundation Inc | $17,500 | 1 | 0% |
| PADS Lake County Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lake County Crisis Center | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mothers Trust Foundation | $13,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $8,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Mens Educational Network | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Life | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindred Life Ministries Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Belfry Music Theatre Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($71k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mesa Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · First Bank Chicago Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · The Northside Community Bank Charitable Foundation · The Gorter Family Foundation · The Grainger Foundation Inc · The Lake County Community Foundation · John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy · Helen V Brach Foundation
How this is measured
About Mesa Foundation
- How much does Mesa Foundation give?
- Mesa Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $179,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Mesa Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (35%), Education (29%), Housing & Shelter (12%).
- Who are Mesa Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Reading Power Inc ($170k), The Beacon Place NFP ($85k), North Shore Senior Center ($83k).
- Does Mesa Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mesa 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mesa Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities, AbbVie Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Mesa Foundation based?
- Mesa Foundation is based in FL.
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