South Dakota · Private foundation
The Merali 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.
- $397k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $354,400
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.2M
- 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 Merali Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 92% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $365k 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 | $397k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $396k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $298k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $213k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $302k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $243k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $411k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $309k | 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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Asia Foundation | $1,120,751 | 6 | 0% |
| The Citizens Foundation USA | $704,400 | 2 | 2% |
| Lifespan Research Institution | $240,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Foundation to Support Education Worldwide | $108,560 | 8 | 25% |
| The Nagourney Institute | $50,000 | 4 | 12% |
| The Give to Give Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($330k), not named here.
About The Merali Foundation
- How much does The Merali Foundation give?
- The Merali Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $396,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Merali Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (77%), Health (11%), Community Improvement (5%).
- Who are The Merali Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Asia Foundation ($1.1M), The Citizens Foundation USA ($704k), Lifespan Research Institution ($240k).
- Does The Merali Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Merali 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.
- Where is The Merali Foundation based?
- The Merali Foundation is based in SD.
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