· Private foundation
The Royalty Trust Janet Merritt Andrea Merritt Greg Merritt
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k17 grants · $60k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| Vorhees Animal Orphanage | $6,000 |
| Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge | $5,000 |
| The River School | $5,000 |
| Deborah Heart and Lung Foundation | $4,000 |
| Food Bank of South Jersey | $4,000 |
| United Way of Martin County | $4,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Martin County | $4,000 |
| Hobe Sound Community Chest | $4,000 |
| Bike Walk Indian River County | $3,000 |
| Jupiter Medical Center Foundation | $3,000 |
| Hobe Sound Nature Center | $3,000 |
| Philabundance | $3,000 |
| Medford Arts Center | $3,000 |
| IMPACT 100 IRC | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- VAVoorhees Animal Orphanage Inc7× · 2018–2025 · $49k · revenue +64%
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY8× · 2017–2025 · $32k · revenue +511%
FOOD BANK OF SOUTH JERSEY INC8× · 2017–2025 · $31k · revenue +164%
Funded once
- VHVIRTUA HOSPITALone grant, 2017 · $5k
- KCKIDSANCTUARY CAMPUS INCone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -24%
- LLLGBT LIFE CENTERgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +85%
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.
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.
To inspire environmental stewardship of florida's coastal ecosystems through education, research and advocacy.
The mission of jupiter medical center is to deliver excellent and compassionate healthcare advancing the well-being of the people we serve, regardless of their ability to pay. certain services are provided at a loss or at no payment…
The clinic for the rehabilitation of wildlife is a teaching hospital and visitor center dedicated to the saving of wildlife through state-of-the-art veterinary care, research, education, and conservation medicine.
The advancement of marine and environmental sciences through scientific research, education and public outreach, leading new discoveries, revitalization and sustainability of our oceans and greater public understanding of our marine…
Providing sanctuary and a forever home since 1984.through education, research and rescue, dolphin research center promotes peaceful coexistence, cooperation and communication between marine mammals, humans and the environment we share with…
To promote visitation to florida by strengthening florida's share of the global travel market with the goal of maximizing the economic impact of travel and tourism to florida.
Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.
We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…
Our mission is to provide exceptional dialysis care and services to individuals with end-stage kidney disease throughout central florida. we are dedicated to expanding access to treatment and ensuring all those in need receive quality…
Miami children's museum is a non-profit educational institution, which meets the needs of all children in our multicultural community. visitors of all ages are encouraged to play together, learn, imagine, and create. the museum offers…
The mission of the marine resources council (mrc) is to maintain and enhance the quality of marine systems for the economic, recreational, aesthetic, and environmental use for the people of florida
The humane society of manatee county leads the community in fostering compassion and respect for animals through quality care, education, and advocacy to improve the lives of animals and strengthen the human-animal bond.
How this is measured
25 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. 25 of the 40 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Voorhees Animal Orphanage Inc ↗
- Who funds AUTISM SPEAKS INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK OF SOUTH JERSEY INC ↗
- Who funds Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds Coastal Connections Inc ↗
- Who funds HOBE SOUND NATURE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds WOODFORD CEDAR RUN WILDLIFE REFUGE ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF MARTIN COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds DEBORAH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOBE SOUND COMMUNITY CHEST INC ↗
- Who funds Philabundance ↗
- Who funds BIKE WALK INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
- Who funds RIVERSIDE THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
- Who funds THE ARC OCEAN COUNTY CHAPTER INC ↗
- Who funds The River School ↗
- Who funds VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds PULMONARY FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MEDFORD ARTS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds KIDSANCTUARY CAMPUS INC ↗
- Who funds LGBT LIFE CENTER ↗
- Who funds LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds LIVING BEYOND BREAST CANCER ↗
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: Charities Aid Foundation America · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Royalty Trust Janet Merritt Andrea Merritt Greg Merritt funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Royalty Trust Janet Merritt Andrea Merritt Greg Merritt. Bigger dots raise more.
- Food Bank of South Jersey Inc: 30% of income from government
- United Way of Martin County Inc: 4% of income from government
- Boys & Girls Club of Martin County: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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