Michigan · Private foundation
Richard D and Lynette S Merillat Non-Profit Corporation
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.
- $536k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $440,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Richard D and Lynette S Merillat Non-Profit Corporation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 9 | $536k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $502k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $660k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $685k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $655k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $655k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $630k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $761k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenawee Christian Ministries | $3,495,000 | 8 | 12% |
| Huntington University | $500,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Joni and Friends | $255,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Collier County Flor | $80,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Concerned Women for America | $50,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Soulmedic Media Group Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Young Life | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Munson Healthcare Foundations | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ceo Forum Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenawee Christian Ministries | $3,495,000 | 8 | 12% |
| Huntington University | $500,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Joni and Friends | $255,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $90,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Collier County Flor | $80,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Concerned Women for America | $50,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Soulmedic Media Group Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Young Life | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Munson Healthcare Foundations | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ceo Forum Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Prager University Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Heritage Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Living Water Works Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| World Sports Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grace Schools | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Seacrest School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($402k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richard D and Lynette S Merillat Non-Profit Corporation 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: Premier Bank Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Richard D and Lynette S Merillat Non-Profit Corporation
- How much does Richard D and Lynette S Merillat Non-Profit Corporation give?
- Richard D and Lynette S Merillat Non-Profit Corporation reported 9 grants totaling $536,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Richard D and Lynette S Merillat Non-Profit Corporation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (76%), Education (11%), Health (3%).
- Who are Richard D and Lynette S Merillat Non-Profit Corporation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lenawee Christian Ministries ($3.5M), Huntington University ($500k), Joni and Friends ($255k).
- Does Richard D and Lynette S Merillat Non-Profit Corporation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Richard D and Lynette S Merillat Non-Profit Corporation 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 Richard D and Lynette S Merillat Non-Profit Corporation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Premier Bank Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Richard D and Lynette S Merillat Non-Profit Corporation based?
- Richard D and Lynette S Merillat Non-Profit Corporation is based in MI.
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