Florida · Private foundation
The Merritt Charitable Fund Inc
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.
- $172k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 16
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations The Merritt Charitable Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $172k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $46k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $107k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $152k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $102k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $168k | 88% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $108k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thrive for Life Prison Project Inc | $126,643 | 7 | 4% |
| Facets Cares Inc | $85,119 | 6 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Lamb Center | $40,580 | 4 | 1% |
| Miami Bridge Youth and Family Services Inc | $35,835 | 4 | 0% |
| Cloverleaf Equine Center | $30,893 | 3 | 1% |
| The Young People's Chorus of New York City Inc | $25,481 | 4 | 0% |
| Avenues for Justice Inc | $22,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Oxford House Inc | $20,220 | 2 | 0% |
| Homestretch Inc | $20,020 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thrive for Life Prison Project Inc | $126,643 | 7 | 4% |
| Facets Cares Inc | $85,119 | 6 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Lamb Center | $40,580 | 4 | 1% |
| Miami Bridge Youth and Family Services Inc | $35,835 | 4 | 0% |
| Cloverleaf Equine Center | $30,893 | 3 | 1% |
| The Young People's Chorus of New York City Inc | $25,481 | 4 | 0% |
| Avenues for Justice Inc | $22,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Oxford House Inc | $20,220 | 2 | 0% |
| Homestretch Inc | $20,020 | 1 | 1% |
| Feeding South Florida Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New London Homeless Hospitality Center | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bike New York Inc | $10,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hanley Foundation | $10,363 | 1 | 0% |
| Miriam's Kitchen | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bowery Residents Committee Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Joyj Initiative | $5,129 | 2 | 2% |
| Central Union Mission | $5,053 | 1 | 0% |
| Jericho Project | $4,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Feed the Frontlines NYC Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| New York Cares Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of America | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa for Children Inc | $525 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($294k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Merritt Charitable Fund 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: United Way of the National Capital Area · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Robin Hood Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jewish Communal Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
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About The Merritt Charitable Fund Inc
- How much does The Merritt Charitable Fund Inc give?
- The Merritt Charitable Fund Inc reported 11 grants totaling $171,622 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 16 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Merritt Charitable Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (18%), Crime & Legal (17%), Food & Nutrition (17%).
- Who are The Merritt Charitable Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Thrive for Life Prison Project Inc ($127k), Facets Cares Inc ($85k), Samaritan's Purse ($50k).
- Does The Merritt Charitable Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Merritt Charitable Fund 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 Merritt Charitable Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of the National Capital Area, The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc, Robin Hood Foundation.
- Where is The Merritt Charitable Fund Inc based?
- The Merritt Charitable Fund Inc is based in FL.
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