California · Private foundation
The Johnny Mercer Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $247k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $28,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $74,281
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations The Johnny Mercer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $111k 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 | 7 | $247k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $282k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $230k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $154k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $191k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $214k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $318k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $402k | 10% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | $408,457 | 8 | 0% |
| Braille Institute of America Inc | $320,000 | 7 | 0% |
| New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation | $165,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Belmont University | $122,845 | 2 | 0% |
| Songwriters' Hall of Fame Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
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About The Johnny Mercer Foundation
- How much does The Johnny Mercer Foundation give?
- The Johnny Mercer Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $246,681 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Johnny Mercer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Health (32%), Recreation & Sports (17%).
- Who are The Johnny Mercer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Northwestern University ($408k), Braille Institute of America Inc ($320k), New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation ($165k).
- Does The Johnny Mercer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Johnny Mercer Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Where is The Johnny Mercer Foundation based?
- The Johnny Mercer Foundation is based in CA.
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