Georgia · Private foundation
The Meridian 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.
- $60k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $700
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $37,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $355k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 39% of the organizations The Meridian Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 11 | $60k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $56k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $104k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $79k | 54% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $125k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $94k | 58% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $133k | 64% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $59k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Savannah Country Day School Inc | $348,600 | 8 | 0% |
| United Way of the Coastal Empire | $48,700 | 4 | 0% |
| Greensboro Symphony Orchestra Inc | $28,780 | 3 | 1% |
| Calvary Day School | $24,014 | 3 | n/a |
| St Vincent's Academy | $19,191 | 2 | n/a |
| The Living Vine Inc | $16,099 | 6 | 1% |
| The Literacy Center | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The 200 Club of the Coastal Empire Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Memorial Day School Inc | $8,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Bluffton Self Help Inc | $7,770 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 42 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($153k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Meridian 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: The Savannah Community Foundation Inc · Colonial Foundation Inc · International Paper Company Foundation · John and Emma Derst Foundation Inc · Truist Foundation Inc · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Network for Good
How this is measured
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About The Meridian Foundation Inc
- How much does The Meridian Foundation Inc give?
- The Meridian Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $59,837 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Meridian Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (61%), Human Services (8%), Philanthropy (7%).
- Who are The Meridian Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Savannah Country Day School Inc ($349k), United Way of the Coastal Empire ($49k), Greensboro Symphony Orchestra Inc ($29k).
- Does The Meridian Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Meridian 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 Meridian Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Savannah Community Foundation Inc, Colonial Foundation Inc, International Paper Company Foundation.
- Where is The Meridian Foundation Inc based?
- The Meridian Foundation Inc is based in GA.
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