California · Private foundation
The Merage Institute
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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Merage Institute’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Orange County Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,180,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,180,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Merage Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 2 | $5k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $10k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $3k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $4k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tilly's Life Center | $12,473 | 4 | 2% |
| Israel Healthcare Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chabad of Irvine | $1,640 | 2 | n/a |
| Chabad of Laguna | $1,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Israeli-American Council | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Irvine Valley College Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Merage Institute
- How much does The Merage Institute give?
- The Merage Institute reported 1 grants totaling $1,180,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Merage Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (90%), Health (10%), Youth Development (0%).
- Who are The Merage Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Tilly's Life Center ($12k), Israel Healthcare Foundation Inc ($5k), Chabad of Irvine ($2k).
- Does The Merage Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Merage Institute 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 Merage Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Merage Institute based?
- The Merage Institute is based in CA.
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