Virginia · Private foundation
The Mercy Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $90k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2024
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 80
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations The Mercy Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 | 19 | $80k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $182k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 49 | $303k | 2% |
| FY2021 | 59 | $394k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 67 | $390k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 80 | $493k | 15% |
| FY2018 | 69 | $402k | 23% |
| FY2017 | 74 | $410k | 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $335,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lehigh University | $212,600 | 7 | 0% |
| The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc | $199,771 | 8 | 0% |
| Publicolor Inc | $149,100 | 7 | 1% |
| Seeds of Peace Inc | $117,800 | 8 | 0% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $113,983 | 6 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $87,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Connecticut College | $78,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Norton Museum of Art Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City Inc | $54,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 88 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($553k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Mercy Family Foundation Inc 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: Jewish Communal Fund · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Pinkerton Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · William H Herrman Foundation Inc · Marrus Family Foundation Inc · Strong Foundation of New York · Credit Suisse Americas Foundation · Cornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About The Mercy Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Mercy Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Mercy Family Foundation Inc reported 21 grants totaling $89,950 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 80 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Mercy Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (26%), Recreation & Sports (15%), Education (13%).
- Who are The Mercy Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Central Park Conservancy Inc ($335k), Lehigh University ($213k), The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc ($200k).
- Does The Mercy Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mercy Family 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 Mercy Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Hyde and Watson Foundation, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Mercy Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Mercy Family Foundation Inc is based in VA.
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