New York · Private foundation
The Mead Family 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.
- $13k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,845
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 9
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $46k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 86% of the organizations The Mead Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 83% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $106k 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 | $7k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $128k | 86% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $28k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $266k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tate Americas Foundation | $78,997 | 2 | 0% |
| Cambridge in America | $51,250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Drumthwacket Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| University College London Friends & Alumni Association Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $14,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Victoria and Albert Museum Americas Foundation | $12,400 | 1 | 1% |
| American Friends of Covent Garden the Royal Ballet Inc | $6,950 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of the National Gallery London Inc | $3,845 | 1 | n/a |
| The Michael Wolk Heart Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pestalozzi US Childrens Charity Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tate Americas Foundation | $78,997 | 2 | 0% |
| Cambridge in America | $51,250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Drumthwacket Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| University College London Friends & Alumni Association Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $14,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Victoria and Albert Museum Americas Foundation | $12,400 | 1 | 1% |
| American Friends of Covent Garden the Royal Ballet Inc | $6,950 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of the National Gallery London Inc | $3,845 | 1 | n/a |
| The Michael Wolk Heart Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pestalozzi US Childrens Charity Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| No Battle Should Be Fought Alone Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($217k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Mead Family 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: The Annenberg Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Mead Family Foundation
- How much does The Mead Family Foundation give?
- The Mead Family Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $13,005 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 9 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Mead Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (2%), Arts & Culture (2%), Civil Rights (2%).
- Who are The Mead Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Tate Americas Foundation ($79k), Cambridge in America ($51k), The Drumthwacket Foundation Inc ($25k).
- Does The Mead Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mead Family 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 The Mead Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Annenberg Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Mead Family Foundation based?
- The Mead Family Foundation is based in NY.
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