New York · Private foundation
The Menezes Foundation Inc
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.
- $161k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
51% of The Menezes Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year The Menezes Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $161k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations The Menezes Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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 | 15 | $151k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $289k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $166k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $500k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $195k | 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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The American India Foundation | $217,240 | 3 | 1% |
| Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships Incorporated | $120,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Larchmont Manor Park Society | $52,250 | 3 | 4% |
| IIT Bombay Heritage Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $25,430 | 4 | 0% |
| Emerge Global | $10,000 | 1 | 35% |
| Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Student Advocacy Inc | $6,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Pratham USA | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spring Lake Ranch Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The American India Foundation | $217,240 | 3 | 1% |
| Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships Incorporated | $120,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Larchmont Manor Park Society | $52,250 | 3 | 4% |
| IIT Bombay Heritage Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $25,430 | 4 | 0% |
| Emerge Global | $10,000 | 1 | 35% |
| Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Student Advocacy Inc | $6,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Pratham USA | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spring Lake Ranch Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Phil Corp | $3,600 | 1 | 8% |
| Untermyer Gardens Conservancy Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Public Radio | $1,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Grace Institute | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Infinite Chance | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $200 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($941k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Menezes Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Menezes Foundation Inc
- How much does The Menezes Foundation Inc give?
- The Menezes Foundation Inc reported 16 grants totaling $161,120 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Menezes Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (41%), International (13%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are The Menezes Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: The American India Foundation ($217k), Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships Incorporated ($120k), Larchmont Manor Park Society ($52k).
- Does The Menezes Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Menezes Foundation Inc 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 Menezes Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Menezes Foundation Inc based?
- The Menezes Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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