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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 FY2024still arriving
100
Grants FY2024still arriving
19
States reached
$135k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$2.9MYouth Development$2.9MHealth$2.0MEnvironment$1.6MFood & Nutrition$1.5MPhilanthropy$1.3MArts & Culture$1.0MHousing & Shelter$958kOther$0
02FY2024 · 100 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k22 grants · $110k
  • $10k–50k51 grants · $974k
  • $50k–250k27 grants · $2.0M
$20,000
Median grant
19
States reached
$56M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY$135,000
GARRETT'S SPACE$130,000
FOODBANK OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY$100,000
UNION RESCUE MISSION$100,000
CENTER FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE AT FAIRVIEW GARDENS$100,000
GARRETT'S SPACE$100,000
NEW VILLAGE GIRLS ACADEMY$100,000
MOXI THE WOLF MUSEUM OF EXPLORATION INNOVATION$100,000
GREATER HORIZONS$85,000
GREATER HORIZONS$85,000
OUTWARD BOUND ADVENTURES INC$84,000
THE TURNER FOUNDATION - SINCE 1958$75,000
HEAL THE OCEAN$75,000
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$75,000
PASADENA HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA$70,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $100k → 14%STREET ROOTS: $5k → 12%TABLE MINISTRIES INC: $15k → 13%Girls Who Code: $5k → 17%HOME GROWN COMMUNITY (AKA MANY HANDS LIFESHARING COMMUNITY): $15k → 14%PEACE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $50k → 14%ARBOR HOSPICE: $50k → 14%GROWING GARDENS: $3k → 12%ARBOR HOSPICE: $15k → 14%HILLSIDES: $25k → 14%HILLSIDES: $25k → 14%JENESSE CENTER INC: $50k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $40k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $40k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $100k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $40k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $40k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $35k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA: $30k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $30k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA: $30k → 14%BORDER ANGELS: $25k → 14%STEP UP ON SECOND: $3k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $50k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $30k → 14%UNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $15k → 14%FULFILLMENT FUND: $50k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INCGOOD SHEPHERD SHELTER: $25k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $25k → 14%BRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC: $25k → 14%FULFILLMENT FUND: $50k → 14%BRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC: $25k → 14%WELLNEST: $5k → 14%FULFILLMENT FUND: $25k → 14%BRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC: $25k → 14%THE HOUSE OF YAHWEH: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 14% of The Mericos Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 70% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 67%.

The Mericos Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.6% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 116 repeat orgs$2.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

116 repeat relationships: 52 still active in FY2024, 64 since wound down; 39 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

116
114

Total granted

$14M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+23%

Still filing today

78%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $824k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • UB
    UNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.7M · revenue +9%
  • FO
    Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $675k · revenue +76%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE AT FAIRVIEW GARDENS
    5× · 2019–2024 · $465k · revenue +544%

Funded once

  • SS
    Stanford School of Engineering
    one grant, 2017 · $225k
  • NV
    NEW VILLAGE GIRLS ACADEMY AND CHARTER SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • E
    E3M
    one grant, 2022 · $84k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
3
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
4
Los Angeles Conservancy

The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.

Arts & Culture
5
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
6
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
7
California Ocean Science Trust

California ocean science trust (ost) is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating progress towards a healthy and productive ocean future for california. created by state legislation, ost bridges the gap between cutting-edge…

Environment
8
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
9
University of La Verne

The university of la verne offers a distinctive and relevant educational experience to a diverse population of traditional-age, adult, and graduate learners, preparing them for successful careers and a commitment to lifelong learning…

Education
10
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
12
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is North American Society of Laser Therapy Applications. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

218 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 218 of the 282 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
215/218
Grantees still filing
153/218
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MOXI THE WOLF MUSEUM OF EXPLORATION INNOVATION: $355,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $272,500 · OtherGARRETT'S SPACE: $305,000 · OtherSANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $385,000 · Other+120 more: $6,778,415 · Other+120 moreUNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $1,660,000 · Youth DevelopmentUNITED BOYS AND…GIRLS GROUP: $185,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS GROUPGIRLS INCORPORATED OF CARPINTERIA: $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCORPORA…Boys & Girls Club of Lake County: $135,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoys & Girls Cl…Berkeley Baby Book Project: $105,000 · Youth Development+4 more: $200,000 · Youth Development+4 moreMIDLAND SCHOOL CORPORATION: $420,400 · EducationMIDLAND SCHOOL…SANTA BARBARA PARTNERS IN EDUCATION: $305,000 · EducationSANTA BARBARA …WESTMONT COLLEGE: $300,000 · EducationWESTMONT COLLE…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $200,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF T…BOOK HARVEST: $164,000 · EducationBOOK HARVESTFRIENDS OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND BETTER EDUCATION: $142,500 · EducationFRIENDS OF IND…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $140,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF …Montana State University Foundation Inc: $135,000 · EducationMontana State …CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $130,000 · EducationCHAPMAN UNIVER…NEW VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $100,000 · Education+9 more: $217,500 · Education+9 moreGreater Horizons: $981,500 · PhilanthropyGreater Hor…INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $385,000 · PhilanthropyINTERNATION…CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $129,000 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES A…DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $90,000 · Philanthropy+9 more: $243,000 · Philanthropy+9 moreFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $675,000 · Food & NutritionCENTER FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE AT FAIRVIEW GARDENS: $465,000 · Food & NutritionPARTNERS FOR A HUNGER FREE OREGON: $102,500 · Food & NutritionPORCH CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO: $51,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionFAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $255,000 · Human ServicesUNION RESCUE MISSION: $200,000 · Human ServicesUNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $125,000 · Human ServicesFULFILLMENT FUND: $125,000 · Human ServicesBRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesArbor Hospice Inc: $65,000 · Human ServicesJenesse Center Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesHILLSIDES: $50,000 · Human ServicesPeace Neighborhood Center: $50,000 · Human Services+5 more: $90,000 · Human ServicesHEAL THE OCEAN INC: $255,000 · EnvironmentARCTIC ICE PROJECT: $175,000 · EnvironmentOutward Bound Adventures: $169,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH STUDIES PR: $100,000 · EnvironmentSANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN: $75,000 · EnvironmentTHE DIGDEEP RIGHT TO WATER PROJECT: $62,500 · EnvironmentLAKE FOREST OPEN LANDS ASSOCIATION: $60,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $50,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $50,000 · EnvironmentNORTHWEST ABORTION ACCESS FUND: $40,000 · Environment+5 more: $90,000 · Environment
Other$8,095,915Youth Development$2,435,000Education$2,254,400Philanthropy$1,828,500Food & Nutrition$1,343,500Human Services$1,135,000Environment$1,126,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $1,660,000 over 8y, 6.4% of budgetGreater Horizons: $981,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $675,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE AT FAIRVIEW GARDENS: $465,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetMIDLAND SCHOOL CORPORATION: $420,400 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $385,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetSANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $385,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetMOXI THE WOLF MUSEUM OF EXPLORATION INNOVATION: $355,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetGARRETT'S SPACE: $305,000 over 5y, 8.8% of budgetSANTA BARBARA PARTNERS IN EDUCATION: $305,000 over 6y, 8.8% of budgetWESTMONT COLLEGE: $300,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $255,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetHEAL THE OCEAN INC: $255,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $235,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMOMS AGAINST FLUORIDATION DBA NATIONAL CLEAN WATER ALLIANCE: $225,000 over 6y, 84% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $200,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNION RESCUE MISSION: $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE TURNER FOUNDATION - SINCE 1958: $200,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetPASADENA HUMANE: $195,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetGIRLS GROUP: $185,000 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA: $180,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetARCTIC ICE PROJECT: $175,000 over 5y, 6.9% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $175,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBRITISH SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION INC: $170,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetOutward Bound Adventures: $169,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetBOOK HARVEST: $164,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA RESCUE MISSION: $150,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST: $150,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF CARPINTERIA: $150,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $140,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMontana State University Foundation Inc: $135,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Lake County: $135,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY: $130,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $129,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN CARE FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNION STATION HOMELESS SERVICES: $125,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $125,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFULFILLMENT FUND: $125,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetThe Labelle Foundation Inc: $115,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetBerkeley Baby Book Project: $105,000 over 3y, 51% of budgetPARTNERS FOR A HUNGER FREE OREGON: $102,500 over 5y, 8.8% of budgetAMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH STUDIES PR: $100,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetNEW VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetDOOR OF HOPE: $100,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $90,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC: $75,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN: $75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds UNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Greater Horizons ↗
  • Who funds Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE AT FAIRVIEW GARDENS ↗
  • Who funds MIDLAND SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOXI THE WOLF MUSEUM OF EXPLORATION INNOVATION ↗
  • Who funds GARRETT'S SPACE ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA PARTNERS IN EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds WESTMONT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds HEAL THE OCEAN INC ↗
  • Who funds YOSEMITE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOMS AGAINST FLUORIDATION DBA NATIONAL CLEAN WATER ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNION RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds THE TURNER FOUNDATION - SINCE 1958 ↗
  • Who funds PASADENA HUMANE ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS GROUP ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA ↗
  • Who funds ARCTIC ICE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds BRITISH SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Outward Bound Adventures ↗
  • Who funds BOOK HARVEST ↗
  • Who funds SANTA BARBARA RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF CARPINTERIA ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND BETTER EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds Montana State University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Club of Lake County ↗
  • Who funds CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ↗

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.

The Confidence Founda…The Ralph M Parsons F…Weingart FoundationCalifornia Community …Www FoundationThe Rose Hills Founda…The Annenberg Foundat…Pasadena Community Fo…The Ahmanson Foundati…Santa Barbara Foundat…Hutton Foundation Dba…Ann Jackson Family Fo…
The Confidence FoundationCA66.3× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Mericos Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mericos Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Partners for a Hunger Free Oregon: 31% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Coalition of Communities of Color: 15% of income from government
  • Ethos Inc: 13% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
61report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Mericos Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Mericos Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 282 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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