California · Private foundation
The Mericos Foundation
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.
- $3.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 100
- Grants FY2024
- 78
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $135,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 38 to 98
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 19
- Total assets, FY2024
- $56M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations The Mericos Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $728k 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 | 91 | $2.8M | 43% |
| FY2023 | 78 | $3.1M | 28% |
| FY2022 | 98 | $2.7M | 48% |
| FY2021 | 78 | $2.0M | 32% |
| FY2020 | 69 | $1.4M | 54% |
| FY2019 | 58 | $1.7M | 53% |
| FY2018 | 56 | $1.6M | 54% |
| FY2017 | 38 | $1.4M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County | $1,660,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc | $675,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens | $465,000 | 5 | 20% |
| Midland School Corporation | $420,400 | 3 | 3% |
| Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation | $385,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Moxi the Wolf Museum of Exploration Innovation | $355,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Garrett's Space | $305,000 | 5 | 9% |
| Santa Barbara Partners in Education | $305,000 | 6 | 9% |
| Westmont College | $300,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County | $255,000 | 7 | 1% |
Show all 219 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Mericos Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 199 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Confidence Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Weingart Foundation · California Community Foundation · Www Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Mericos Foundation
- How much does The Mericos Foundation give?
- The Mericos Foundation reported 100 grants totaling $3,098,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 98 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Mericos Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (16%), Youth Development (16%), Health (11%).
- Who are The Mericos Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: United Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County ($1.7M), Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc ($675k), Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens ($465k).
- Does The Mericos Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mericos 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 Mericos Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Confidence Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, Weingart Foundation.
- Where is The Mericos Foundation based?
- The Mericos Foundation is based in CA.
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