Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
Mesnikoff 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.
- $125k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $913k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Mesnikoff Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 17 | $122k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $98k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $110k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $108k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $107k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $69k | 7% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $54k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $56k | 28% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | $101,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Capital Area Food Bank Inc | $82,000 | 8 | 0% |
| MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger | $72,000 | 9 | 0% |
| East Bay Spca | $38,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $31,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Washington Humane Society | $28,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Kids of Kathmandu Inc | $24,500 | 8 | 12% |
| Good Neighbors Capitol Hill | $21,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Kids Connection Haiti Inc | $18,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Lake Merritt Institute | $17,000 | 8 | 1% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | $101,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Capital Area Food Bank Inc | $82,000 | 8 | 0% |
| MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger | $72,000 | 9 | 0% |
| East Bay Spca | $38,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $31,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Washington Humane Society | $28,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Kids of Kathmandu Inc | $24,500 | 8 | 12% |
| Good Neighbors Capitol Hill | $21,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Kids Connection Haiti Inc | $18,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Lake Merritt Institute | $17,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Multifaith Alliance Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rural Dog Rescue | $14,600 | 9 | 1% |
| Disability Rights International Inc | $14,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Advocates for Community Alternatives Inc | $11,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Lutheran Church of the Reformation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Democracy Forward | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Oakland Animal Services | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New Jewish Narrative Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($279k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mesnikoff 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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Mesnikoff Foundation
- How much does Mesnikoff Foundation give?
- Mesnikoff Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $125,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Mesnikoff Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (32%), International (31%), Health (14%).
- Who are Mesnikoff Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Alameda County Community Food Bank ($102k), Capital Area Food Bank Inc ($82k), MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger ($72k).
- Does Mesnikoff Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mesnikoff 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 Mesnikoff Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Network for Good, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Mesnikoff Foundation based?
- Mesnikoff Foundation is based in DC.
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