New York · Private foundation
The Mehra 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.
- $624k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 69%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2024
- $524k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 69% of the organizations The Mehra Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $524k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $186k | 69% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $152k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Prairie Foundation | $186,000 | 3 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brunswick School Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Monterey Peninsula Foundation | $78,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Council on Foreign Relations Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| First Presbyterian Church Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 33% |
| Icivics Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Prairie Foundation | $186,000 | 3 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Brunswick School Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Monterey Peninsula Foundation | $78,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Council on Foreign Relations Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Connecticut Land Conservation Council Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| First Presbyterian Church Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 33% |
| Icivics Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Trout Unlimited Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Greenwich Emergency Medical Service Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New York Foundling | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Silver Hill Hospital Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girls Educational and Mentoring Services Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spectrum Designs Foundation Ltd | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($192k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Mehra Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Mehra Family Foundation
- How much does The Mehra Family Foundation give?
- The Mehra Family Foundation reported 18 itemized grants totaling $524,000, out of $624,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does The Mehra Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (45%), Education (23%), Environment (13%).
- Who are The Mehra Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: American Prairie Foundation ($186k), World Wildlife Fund Inc ($150k), Brunswick School Inc ($100k).
- Does The Mehra Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 69% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mehra 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 Mehra Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, The Pfizer Foundation Inc, Network for Good.
- Where is The Mehra Family Foundation based?
- The Mehra Family Foundation is based in NY.
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