· Private foundation
The Mellen Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $20k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BENJAMIN EYE INSTITUTE | $50,000 |
| SUMMIT LAND CONSERVANCY | $50,000 |
| UCLA JULES STEIN INSTITUTE | $50,000 |
| WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY | $3,000 |
| DELANCY ST FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| WARRIOR STORY FIELD | $2,500 |
| GRACE INSTITUTE | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,500 |
| FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY MONROE CT | $1,500 |
| HOME FOR THE BRAVE | $1,500 |
| MONROE FOOD PANTRY | $1,250 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES | $1,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COASTAL FAIRFIELD COUNTY | $750 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $191k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
52 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 42 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TITHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC6× · 2017–2023 · $150k · revenue +135%
- SLSummit Land Conservancy7× · 2017–2024 · $69k · revenue +406%
- ACAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF UTAH5× · 2017–2021 · $20k · revenue +206%
Funded once
- MRMS RESEARCH CENTER OF NYone grant, 2017 · $50k
- IHINTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FUNDone grant, 2020 · $10k
- CCCLOTHING CHILDREN NEED INCone grant, 2021 · $4k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Utah foundation's mission is to produce objective, thorough and well- reasoned research and analysis that promotes the effective use of public resources, a thriving economy, a well-prepared workforce and a high quality of life for utahns.…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.
Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.
The organization's mission is to end domestic violence in utah through advocacy, education, collaboration, and leadership. the organization is the nationally recognized domestic violence coalition for the state of utah.
The organization's mission is to help survivors of torture living in utah to heal from their physical and psychological injuries and rebuild their lives.
The organization's mission is to preserve and promote individual civil rights and civil liberties as guaranteed by the united states and utah constitutions and the civil rights laws within the state of utah.
In partnership with indigenous peoples to: campaign, lobby & protest for: indigenous rights; investigate, expose and confront atrocities committed by governments and big business; amplify indigenous voices around the world
The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.
Oad strives to ensure that poor people convicted of felonies receive full and equal access to justice by providing exceptional appellate representation, improving the quality of indigent defense representation through education & training,…
The organization's mission is to keep the past alive, not only for preservation, but to inspire and provoke a more creative present and sustainable future.
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
How this is measured
28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 67 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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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 Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Mellen Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mellen Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Sound: 37% of income from government
- The Open Door Shelter Inc: 14% of income from government
How this is measured
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