North Carolina · Nonprofit
THE MERCER FOUNDATION INC
THE MERCER FOUNDATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,464 to it, the largest being THE CANNON FOUNDATION INC ($16,042). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $47k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $39k
- Net assets
- $13
What The Mercer Foundation Inc does
Mission
To create a healthy community by providing nutritional services and honorable assistance to homeless veterans and disadvantaged children through partnerships and programs.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
To create a healthy community by providing nutritional services and honorable assistance to homeless veterans and disadvantaged children through partnerships and programs.
$47,550 spent$47,312 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2026 Form 990. Program spending in total: $47,550.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $29k to $8k (−73%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 50%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of THE MERCER FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
James Mercer
Board chair
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $0 → $27k.
From the IRS filings of THE MERCER FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE MERCER FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
51% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE MERCER FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2023 59% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
60% of THE MERCER FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE MERCER FOUNDATION INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 413 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like THE MERCER FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE MERCER FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE MERCER FOUNDATION INC?
- THE MERCER FOUNDATION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,464 to it, the largest being THE CANNON FOUNDATION INC ($16,042). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MERCER FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $39,464 in grants to THE MERCER FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MERCER FOUNDATION INC?
- THE CANNON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $16,042 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MERCER FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2021–2026), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing