California · Private foundation
The Mellor Family Foundation
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.
- $27k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Mellor Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $24k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $22k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $40k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $45k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $56k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $41k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $65k | 44% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $207k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Laguna Playhouse | $152,700 | 7 | 2% |
| Laguna College of Art & Design | $58,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of the Sea Lions Inc Dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Laguna Art Museum | $22,000 | 2 | 1% |
| National Gallery of Art | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Laguna Radio Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Soul Shepherding | $10,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Irvine Presbyterian Church | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Patrick's Purpose Foundation | $7,000 | 6 | 2% |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($85k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Mellor Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Orange County Community Foundation · The William Jeff and Jennifer Gross Family Foundation · The Hanauer Family Foundation · The Hexberg Family Foundation · Laguna Beach Community Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Mellor Family Foundation
- How much does The Mellor Family Foundation give?
- The Mellor Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $26,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Mellor Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (45%), Education (24%), Animals (9%).
- Who are The Mellor Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Laguna Playhouse ($153k), Laguna College of Art & Design ($58k), Friends of the Sea Lions Inc Dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center ($45k).
- Does The Mellor Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mellor 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 Mellor Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, The William Jeff and Jennifer Gross Family Foundation, The Hanauer Family Foundation.
- Where is The Mellor Family Foundation based?
- The Mellor Family Foundation is based in CA.
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