New York · Private foundation
Pearl Welinsky Merlo 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.
- $105k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $55,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $437k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Pearl Welinsky Merlo Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 2 | $105k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $151k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $94k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $97k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $88k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $107k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $206k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $125k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc | $715,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Riverside Language Program Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($340k), not named here.
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About Pearl Welinsky Merlo Foundation
- How much does Pearl Welinsky Merlo Foundation give?
- Pearl Welinsky Merlo Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $105,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Pearl Welinsky Merlo Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (68%), International (31%), Health (0%).
- Who are Pearl Welinsky Merlo Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc ($715k), Riverside Language Program Inc ($1k), The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children ($1k).
- Does Pearl Welinsky Merlo Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pearl Welinsky Merlo 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 Pearl Welinsky Merlo Foundation based?
- Pearl Welinsky Merlo Foundation is based in NY.
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