New Jersey · Private foundation
The Mep 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.
- $67k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 45% of the organizations The Mep Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 | 5 | $67k | 80% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $78k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $156k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $170k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $98k | 55% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $143k | 71% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $118k | 70% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $80k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upaya Zen Center Inc | $173,265 | 6 | n/a |
| New Energy Economy Inc | $70,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Ekvnv Yefolecvlke | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rainforest Action Network | $45,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Threshold Foundation | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $32,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Education Foundation for the Winston- Salem/Forsyth County Schools Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Solidaire Network Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Civic Policy | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Thousand Currents | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($197k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Mep 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: Impactassetsinc · Santa Fe Community Foundation · Rsf Social Finance Inc · The Peterffy Foundation Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Marshall L and Perrine D McCune Charitable Foundation Inc · The Nathan Cummings Foundation Inc · Albuquerque Community Foundation · Tides Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Mep Foundation
- How much does The Mep Foundation give?
- The Mep Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $66,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Mep Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (22%), Environment (20%), Philanthropy (19%).
- Who are The Mep Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Upaya Zen Center Inc ($173k), New Energy Economy Inc ($70k), Ekvnv Yefolecvlke ($50k).
- Does The Mep Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mep 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 Mep Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Impactassetsinc, Santa Fe Community Foundation, Rsf Social Finance Inc.
- Where is The Mep Foundation based?
- The Mep Foundation is based in NJ.
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