Ohio · Private foundation
The Mead Foundation Pfdn
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $375k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2026
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 38 to 49
- FY2022 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 11
- Total assets, FY2026
- $3.3M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 13% of the organizations The Mead Foundation Pfdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 36 | $360k | 11% |
| FY2025 | 39 | $345k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 38 | $300k | 3% |
| FY2023 | 49 | $304k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 45 | $310k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2022 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $129,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Camp Kids Are Kids Chicago | $115,000 | 5 | 21% |
| Good Grief Inc | $107,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $101,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hospice of Northwest Ohio | $81,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Projects With Care Inc | $62,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $54,000 | 5 | n/a |
| International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Central Catholic High School | $40,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Special Spaces Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($445k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Mead Foundation Pfdn 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: Toledo Community Foundation Inc · The O-I Charities Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About The Mead Foundation Pfdn
- How much does The Mead Foundation Pfdn give?
- The Mead Foundation Pfdn reported 37 grants totaling $375,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 49 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2025.
- What does The Mead Foundation Pfdn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2026, its largest causes are Human Services (15%), International (12%), Health (9%).
- Who are The Mead Foundation Pfdn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2026: Save The Children Federation Inc ($129k), Camp Kids Are Kids Chicago ($115k), Good Grief Inc ($108k).
- Does The Mead Foundation Pfdn fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mead Foundation Pfdn accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Mead Foundation Pfdn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Toledo Community Foundation Inc, The O-I Charities Foundation, Ge Aerospace Foundation.
- Where is The Mead Foundation Pfdn based?
- The Mead Foundation Pfdn is based in OH.
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