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The Merrick Foundation at a glance

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The Merrick Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$474k
Granted FY2025still arriving
37
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$100k
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$692kArts & Culture$484kHealth$452kHuman Services$358kPhilanthropy$273kFood & Nutrition$252kYouth Development$184kReligion$147kOther$0
02FY2025 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k30 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $24k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $382k
$2,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHARLES B GODDARD CENTER FOR THE VI$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION$81,000
MID-AMERICA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY$75,000
OSU FOUNDATION$75,000
OMRF$51,000
COMMUNITY YOUTH SERVICES$14,000
FAMILY SHELTER OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA$10,000
CASADY SCHOOL$4,000
CHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL$4,000
APOSTOLIC NETWORK OF GLOBAL AWAKENI$4,000
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$4,000
SOUTHEASTERN FOUNDATION INC$4,000
GUTS CHURCH$4,000
ST JUDES CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITA$4,000
TRANSFORMATION CHURCH$4,000
02The need
03

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 (FY17–25, $288k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CENTER OF FAMILY LOVE: $2k → 9%DALE K GRAHAM VETERANS FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%DALE K GRAHAM VETERANS FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $1k → 13%CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $1k → 13%SUNBEAM FAMILY SERVICES INC: $10k → 16%SUNBEAM FAMILY SERVICES INC: $5k → 16%GRACE CENTER OF SOUTHERN OK INC: $10k → 16%GRACE CENTER OF SOUTHERN OK INC: $10k → 16%GRACE CENTER OF SOUTHERN OK INC: $8k → 16%GRACE CENTER OF SOUTHERN OK INC: $5k → 16%GRACE CENTER OF SOUTHERN OK INC: $5k → 16%GRACE CENTER OF SOUTHERN OK INC: $5k → 16%DAILY LIVING CENTERS: $5k → 16%DAILY LIVING CENTERS: $3k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY: $11k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY: $5k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY: $5k → 16%CALM WATERS: $5k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY: $2k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY: $1k → 16%CITY CARE: $10k → 16%SISU YOUTH INC: $5k → 16%OKLAHOMA CLEATS FOR KIDS: $11k → 16%OKLAHOMA CLEATS FOR KIDS: $10k → 16%OKLAHOMA CLEATS FOR KIDS: $5k → 16%OKLAHOMA CLEATS FOR KIDS: $5k → 16%OKLAHOMA CLEATS FOR KIDS: $3k → 16%CALM WATERS: $2k → 16%CALM WATERS: $2k → 16%THE CARE CENTER: $10k → 16%CALM WATERS: $1k → 16%WARRIORS FOR FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $3k → 16%HONORING AMERICAS WARRIORS: $4k → 16%PIVOT INC: $10k → 16%PIVOT INC: $10k → 16%PIVOT INC: $8k → 16%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES: $5k → 16%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES: $3k → 16%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES: $2k → 16%INFANT CRISIS SERVICES: $2k → 16%SPECIAL CARE INC: $10k → 16%SPECIAL CARE INC: $10k → 16%SPECIAL CARE INC: $10k → 16%SPECIAL CARE INC: $6k → 16%SPECIAL CARE INC: $2k → 16%NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ORGANIZATION: $10k → 16%NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ORGANIZATION: $8k → 16%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

MN
IL
OR
PA
NJ
MO
VA
AZ
TN
SC
DC
OK
LA
TX
FL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 98 repeat orgs$248k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

98 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2025, 70 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

98
73

Total granted

$3.6M
$230k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+30%

Still filing today

72%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureReligionRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • OS
    Oklahoma State University Foundation
    7× · 2018–2025 · $291k · revenue +74%
  • REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $106k · revenue +47%
  • LB
    Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers
    4× · 2021–2024 · $85k · revenue +131%

Funded once

  • NA
    Norman Alcohol Information Center Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +22%
  • CC
    Care Center-Child Abuse Response and Evaluation Inc DBA The CARE Center
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +5%
  • CC
    CITY CARE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +82%
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.

1
Child Advocacy Center of Central Ok Inc

The purpose of the organization is to provide hope-centered, trauma-informed, child-first services that unite law enforcement, child protective services (state and tribal), prosecutors, mental health professionals, and medical…

Human Services
2
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs Inc

To promote the flourishing of the people of oklahoma by advancing principles and policies that support free enterprise, limited government, personal responsibility, and individual initiative.

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Oklahoma Casa Association Inc

To provide a statewide voice for children by enhancing & sustaining the growth of local casa programs which provide trained community volunteers to represent the best interests of abused & neglected children.

Human Services
4
Family Crisis Center Inc

The family crisis center provides intervention and advocacy for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. this is done with counselors, court advocates and 24 hour shelter for victims and their children.

Human Services
5
Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc

The State Chamber is a statewide membership organization. Our purpose is to be the unified voice of business and the most effective advocacy organization at the State Capitol.

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6
Goodwill Industries of Tulsa Inc

Goodwill empowers people to reach their full potential through work opportunities, training, and support services.

Employment
7
Family Hope House Inc

Family Hope House empowers families through therapy, education, and advocacy. As Oklahoma's sole adoption competent mental health agency, we support foster and adoptive children for lasting stability and success.

Health
8
La Luz Organization Inc

La Luz Organization helps the underserved Latino population in Oklahoma with culturally and faith based trauma-informed services to victims of domestic violence,sexual assault and stalking.

Human Services
9
Oklahoma City Housing Services Redevelopment Corporation

To revitalize urban oklahoma city neighborhoods and create affordable housing opportunities by rehabilitating historic homes, constructing new homes, and increasing community investment through home ownership.

Housing & Shelter
10
Young Womens Christian Association of Oklahoma Ci

Ywca oklahoma city is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all

Human Services
11
Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation
Arts & Culture
12
Tulsa Advocates for the Protection of Children

To improve the lives of children and youth in oklahoma's child welfare system by providing resources and building community.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Restoreokc Inc; the most unlike its peers is Junior League of Norman Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

129 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 129 of the 181 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
43
Early backer (in before they grew)
125/129
Grantees still filing
93/129
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHARLES B GODDARD CENTER FOR THE VI: $500,000 · OtherCHARLES B GODDARD CENTER FOR THE VIOMRF: $364,250 · OtherOMRFMid-America Christian University Inc: $150,000 · OtherMid-America Christian University IncCOMMUNITY YOUTH SERVICES: $130,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY YOUTH SERVICESARDMORE SCHOOLS TURF ASSN: $75,000 · Other+111 more: $980,050 · Other+111 moreOklahoma State University Foundation: $291,000 · EducationOklahoma State Univ…UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $281,438 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF OKLAH…THE MORE FOUNDATION: $36,000 · EducationSOUTHEASTERN FOUNDATION INC: $35,500 · Education+7 more: $41,500 · Education+7 moreGRACE CENTER OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA: $42,500 · Human ServicesGRACE CEN…SPECIAL CARE INC: $41,000 · Human ServicesSPECIAL C…CLEATS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION: $33,700 · Human ServicesCLEATS FO…PIVOT INC: $29,100 · Human ServicesPIVOT INCYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY: $24,250 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN…INFANT CRISIS SERVICES INC: $18,350 · Human ServicesINFANT CR…NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ORGANIZATION INC: $17,500 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORH…WINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC: $16,000 · Human ServicesSUNBEAM FAMILY SERVICES INC: $15,000 · Human Services+15 more: $75,500 · Human Services+15 moreLighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers: $85,000 · HealthMental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: $32,000 · HealthINTEGRIS Health Foundation Inc: $30,000 · HealthSOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AMBULANCE SERVICE INC: $21,000 · HealthBETHESDA INC: $15,000 · HealthGOOD SHEPHERD COMMUNITY CLINICINC: $15,000 · HealthNorman Alcohol Information Center Inc: $15,000 · HealthThe Children's Center Inc: $10,000 · HealthLIMBS FOR LIFE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Health+9 more: $39,500 · HealthREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $106,100 · Food & NutritionFOOD AND RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INC: $70,000 · Food & NutritionREGIONAL FOOD BANK FOUNDATION: $34,750 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $3,500 · Food & NutritionFAMILY SHELTER OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA: $74,000 · Civil RightsCASA OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA INC: $32,500 · Civil RightsLIVE ACTION: $8,000 · Civil RightsUnited Way of Central Oklahoma Inc: $38,000 · PhilanthropyCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MEMPHIS: $32,000 · PhilanthropyTEEN RECOVERY SOLUTIONS INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyPI BETA PHI FOUNDATION OF OKC: $8,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · Philanthropy
Other$2,199,300Education$685,438Human Services$312,900Health$272,500Food & Nutrition$214,350Civil Rights$114,500Philanthropy$89,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOklahoma State University Foundation: $291,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $281,438 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMid-America Christian University Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $106,100 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers: $85,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY SHELTER OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA: $74,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetFOOD AND RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INC: $70,000 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY YOUTH SERVICES OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA: $69,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetA CHANCE TO CHANGE FOUNDATION: $47,750 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetTHE HOMELESS ALLIANCE INC: $45,350 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetGRACE CENTER OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA: $42,500 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetSPECIAL CARE INC: $41,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Central Oklahoma Inc: $38,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MORE FOUNDATION: $36,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetDORNICK HILLS HISTORICAL FOUNDATION: $36,000 over 3y, 67% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN FOUNDATION INC: $35,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK FOUNDATION: $34,750 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCLEATS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION: $33,700 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCASA OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA INC: $32,500 over 4y, 7.9% of budgetCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MEMPHIS: $32,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: $32,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetARBUCKLE LIFE SOLUTIONS INC: $30,500 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetINTEGRIS Health Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPIVOT INC: $29,100 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Dragonfly Home Inc: $27,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetREMERGE INC: $26,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY: $24,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME: $24,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AMBULANCE SERVICE INC: $21,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPOSITIVE TOMORROWS INC: $20,900 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFIELDS & FUTURES FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetKeystone Adventure School & Farm Inc: $20,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetINFANT CRISIS SERVICES INC: $18,350 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ORGANIZATION INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBECAUSE WE CARE PHILANTHROPY INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWINGS SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY INC: $16,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetBETHESDA INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD COMMUNITY CLINICINC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSUNBEAM FAMILY SERVICES INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNorman Alcohol Information Center Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPOSSIBILITIES INC: $14,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetNEWVIEW OKLAHOMA INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Children's Center Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEHOUSE SUPPORTIVE & TRANSITIONAL LIVING INC: $10,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetLIMBS FOR LIFE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCare Center-Child Abuse Response and Evaluation Inc DBA The CARE Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 Oklahoma State University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Mid-America Christian University Inc ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SHELTER OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA ↗
  • Who funds FOOD AND RESOURCE CENTER OF SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY YOUTH SERVICES OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA ↗
  • Who funds A CHANCE TO CHANGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE HOMELESS ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds GRACE CENTER OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE MORE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DORNICK HILLS HISTORICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEASTERN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL FOOD BANK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CLEATS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MEMPHIS ↗
  • Who funds Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma ↗
  • Who funds ARBUCKLE LIFE SOLUTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds INTEGRIS Health Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds PIVOT INC ↗
  • Who funds The Dragonfly Home Inc ↗
  • Who funds REMERGE INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY ↗
  • Who funds OKLAHOMA HALL OF FAME ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AMBULANCE SERVICE INC ↗

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.

El and Thelma Gaylord…Inasmuch FoundationOklahoma City Communi…American Fidelity Fou…Sarkeys FoundationCommunities Foundatio…Harris Foundation IncCresap Family Foundat…Wegener Foundation IncThe Anne and Henry Za…Love Meyer Family Fou…The Samuel Roberts No…
El and Thelma Gaylord FoundationOK111.2× affinity53 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Inasmuch Foundation · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · American Fidelity Foundation · Sarkeys Foundation · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Harris Foundation Inc · Cresap Family Foundation · Wegener Foundation Inc · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · Love Meyer Family Foundation · The Samuel Roberts Noble 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 Merrick Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Merrick Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 490%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Sunbeam Family Services Inc: 52% of income from government
  • Newview Oklahoma Inc: 45% of income from government
  • It's My Community Initiative Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Oklahoma City Family Justice Center Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Mental Health Association in Tulsa Inc dba Mental Health Association Oklahoma: 8% of income from government
  • Remerge Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Good Shepherd Community Clinicinc: 5% of income from government
  • Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers: 2% of income from government
  • Pivot Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Oklahoma Arts Institute Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Special Care Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
49get no government money at all
36report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Merrick Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Merrick 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 181 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 2025, released 2025. 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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