California · Private foundation
The Carol L Merlone Educational Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $737k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $299,246
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations The Carol L Merlone Educational Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $193k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $403k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $292k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $331k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $364k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $86k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sigma Nu Alumni Scholarship Fund | $423,816 | 3 | 43% |
| Trustees of Boston College | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Georgetown University | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Duke University | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Washington University | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Trinity College | $15,426 | 3 | 0% |
| Pitzer College | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Yale University | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Harvey Mudd College | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $13,332 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sigma Nu Alumni Scholarship Fund | $423,816 | 3 | 43% |
| Trustees of Boston College | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Georgetown University | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Duke University | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Washington University | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Trinity College | $15,426 | 3 | 0% |
| Pitzer College | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Yale University | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Harvey Mudd College | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $13,332 | 1 | 0% |
| Skidmore College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Barnard College | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($818k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Carol L Merlone Educational Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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About The Carol L Merlone Educational Foundation
- How much does The Carol L Merlone Educational Foundation give?
- The Carol L Merlone Educational Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $737,444 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Carol L Merlone Educational Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (96%), Youth Development (3%), Recreation & Sports (1%).
- Who are The Carol L Merlone Educational Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Sigma Nu Alumni Scholarship Fund ($424k), Trustees of Boston College ($45k), Georgetown University ($45k).
- Does The Carol L Merlone Educational Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Carol L Merlone Educational 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 The Carol L Merlone Educational Foundation based?
- The Carol L Merlone Educational Foundation is based in CA.
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