Tennessee · Private foundation
Stella and James Melillo 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.
- $98k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $36,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $218k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Stella and James Melillo Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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 | 13 | $98k | 62% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $51k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $58k | 86% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $58k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $78k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $58k | 82% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $26k | 75% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic Violence Solutions for Santa Barbara County | $66,560 | 3 | 1% |
| Sarah Lawrence College | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Network Christian Ministries | $13,300 | 3 | n/a |
| Standing Together to End Sexual Assault | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Magic Wheelchair | $10,500 | 1 | 13% |
| I-Park Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Afghanistan Dental Relief Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Childrens Creative Project | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Beginnings | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic Violence Solutions for Santa Barbara County | $66,560 | 3 | 1% |
| Sarah Lawrence College | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Network Christian Ministries | $13,300 | 3 | n/a |
| Standing Together to End Sexual Assault | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Magic Wheelchair | $10,500 | 1 | 13% |
| I-Park Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Afghanistan Dental Relief Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Childrens Creative Project | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Beginnings | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Downtown Dog Rescue | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| La Adopt Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seattle Opera | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls Incorporated of Greater Santa Barbara | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($280k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Stella and James Melillo 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: Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Stella and James Melillo Foundation with peer funders
About Stella and James Melillo Foundation
- How much does Stella and James Melillo Foundation give?
- Stella and James Melillo Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $98,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Stella and James Melillo Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (36%), Education (14%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are Stella and James Melillo Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Domestic Violence Solutions for Santa Barbara County ($67k), Sarah Lawrence College ($35k), Network Christian Ministries ($13k).
- Does Stella and James Melillo Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Stella and James Melillo 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 Stella and James Melillo Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Stella and James Melillo Foundation based?
- Stella and James Melillo Foundation is based in TN.
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