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Miriam K Melrod & Leonard Melrod Family Charitable 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.

$51k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
6
Grants FY2025
13
Organizations funded FY2024
77%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
6 to 22
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$1.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 77% of the organizations Miriam K Melrod & Leonard Melrod Family Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionInternationalEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving6$51k83%
FY202413$76k77%
FY20236$47k50%
FY202211$51k55%
FY202112$49k83%
FY20208$10k75%
FY201822$51k68%
FY201714$41kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$141kHousing & Shelter$79kEducation$76kFood & Nutrition$20kHealth$19kReligion$15kArts & Culture$13kCommunity Improvement$12kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
AL
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of Miriam K Melrod & Leonard Melrod Family Charitable Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Main Street Connect Inc$56,00042%
Elon University$45,00030%
College of Charleston Foundation$15,00020%
Friendship Place$12,50030%
World Central Kitchen Inc$6,00020%
Equal Justice Initiative$5,00010%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$5,00010%
Hebrew Home of Greater Washington Inc$5,0001n/a
N Street Village Inc$5,00010%
Connecticut College$4,50020%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$4,00010%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$3,50020%
Bullis School$2,50020%
Refugees International Inc$2,50010%
Alley Cats and Angels$2,50012%
Hungry for Music$2,50010%
The DC Central Kitchen Inc$2,50010%
Adas Israel Hebrew Congregation$2,5001n/a
Breast Care for Washington$2,00010%
Martha's Table Inc$2,00020%
Marthas Vineyard Hebrew Center$1,5001n/a
Music Health Alliance Inc$1,25010%
Renewal House Inc$1,25010%
Abortion Care for Tennessee$1,25010%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$1,0001n/a
Washington Jesuit Academy$1,0001n/a
Montgomery County Parks Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Meals on Wheels America$1,00010%
Covenant House$1,00010%
Some Inc$1,00010%
Middleburg Community Center Inc$1,00020%
Chesapeake Orchestra Inc$1,00010%
Colorectal Cancer Alliance$50010%
Winchester Rescue Mission$50010%
Martha's Vineyard Boys & Girls Club Inc$50010%
House of Ruth$50010%
Project Als Inc$50010%
Pastoral Counseling Centers of Tenn$5001n/a
Rolls-Royce Foundation$50010%
The Sweet Stuff Foundation$50011%
Boys and Girls Club of Santa Monica Inc$30010%
The Little Pantry That Could$30010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($172k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Miriam K Melrod & Leonard Melrod Family Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMain Street Connect Inc: $56,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetElon University: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCollege of Charleston Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriendship Place: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetN Street Village Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetConnecticut College: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Area Food Bank Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBullis School: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRefugees International Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlley Cats and Angels: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHungry for Music: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe DC Central Kitchen Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBreast Care for Washington: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMartha's Table Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMusic Health Alliance Inc: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRenewal House Inc: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAbortion Care for Tennessee: $1,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMontgomery County Parks Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels America: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSome Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMiddleburg Community Center Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChesapeake Orchestra Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetColorectal Cancer Alliance: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWinchester Rescue Mission: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMartha's Vineyard Boys & Girls Club Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHouse of Ruth: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Als Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRolls-Royce Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Sweet Stuff Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Santa Monica Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Little Pantry That Could: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 36.

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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.

Greater Washington Community FoundationDC16.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Miriam K Melrod & Leonard Melrod Family Charitable Foundation Inc

How much does Miriam K Melrod & Leonard Melrod Family Charitable Foundation Inc give?
Miriam K Melrod & Leonard Melrod Family Charitable Foundation Inc reported 6 grants totaling $50,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Miriam K Melrod & Leonard Melrod Family Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (33%), Housing & Shelter (19%), Education (18%).
Who are Miriam K Melrod & Leonard Melrod Family Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Main Street Connect Inc ($56k), Elon University ($45k), College of Charleston Foundation ($15k).
Does Miriam K Melrod & Leonard Melrod Family Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 77% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Miriam K Melrod & Leonard Melrod Family Charitable 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 Miriam K Melrod & Leonard Melrod Family Charitable Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, Hca Healthcare Foundation, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.
Where is Miriam K Melrod & Leonard Melrod Family Charitable Foundation Inc based?
Miriam K Melrod & Leonard Melrod Family Charitable Foundation Inc is based in DC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 70 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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