Virginia · Private foundation
The Menges 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.
- $51k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Menges Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $51k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $35k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $51k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $36k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $33k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $46k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $122k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $269k | 40% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization | $190,000 | 6 | 19% |
| New York Historical Society | $177,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Palm Beach Day Academy Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Tsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children | $18,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Hamptonswhodunit Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Dana Hall School | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cox Science Center and Aquarium Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| St George's School | $5,396 | 2 | 0% |
| I'm Not Done Yet Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization | $190,000 | 6 | 19% |
| New York Historical Society | $177,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Palm Beach Day Academy Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Tsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children | $18,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Hamptonswhodunit Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Dana Hall School | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cox Science Center and Aquarium Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| St George's School | $5,396 | 2 | 0% |
| I'm Not Done Yet Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nyu Winthrop Hospital | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vassar College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| East Hampton Healthcare Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| East Hampton Library | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc | $2,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Rosarian Academy | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($364k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Menges Family Foundation 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: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Menges Family Foundation
- How much does The Menges Family Foundation give?
- The Menges Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $50,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Menges Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (35%), Arts & Culture (21%), Public Benefit (16%).
- Who are The Menges Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization ($190k), New York Historical Society ($178k), Palm Beach Day Academy Inc ($40k).
- Does The Menges Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Menges 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 Menges Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is The Menges Family Foundation based?
- The Menges Family Foundation is based in VA.
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