New Mexico · Private foundation
The Meredith 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.
- $330k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 17
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations The Meredith Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $330k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $405k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $375k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $447k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico Philharmonic Inc | $190,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $145,000 | 4 | 0% |
| New Mexico Symphonic Chorus | $140,000 | 4 | 61% |
| Peoria Symphony Orchestra | $130,000 | 4 | 3% |
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | $105,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Signature Theatre Inc | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The American General Media Foundation | $90,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra | $65,000 | 4 | 4% |
| The Washington Chorus Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico Philharmonic Inc | $190,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $145,000 | 4 | 0% |
| New Mexico Symphonic Chorus | $140,000 | 4 | 61% |
| Peoria Symphony Orchestra | $130,000 | 4 | 3% |
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | $105,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Signature Theatre Inc | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The American General Media Foundation | $90,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra | $65,000 | 4 | 4% |
| The Washington Chorus Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Reston Chorale | $45,000 | 4 | 13% |
| Albuquerque Youth Symphony Program | $45,000 | 4 | 2% |
| New Dominion Choraliers Inc | $20,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Belvedere Series | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($275k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Meredith Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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: Firestone Family Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Meredith Foundation
- How much does The Meredith Foundation give?
- The Meredith Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $330,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 17 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does The Meredith Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (89%), Education (7%).
- Who are The Meredith Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: New Mexico Philharmonic Inc ($190k), Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc ($150k), University of Illinois Foundation ($145k).
- Does The Meredith Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Meredith 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 Meredith Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Firestone Family Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Meredith Foundation based?
- The Meredith Foundation is based in NM.
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