California · Nonprofit
THE MERAGE INSTITUTE
THE MERAGE INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,208,000 to it, the largest being ANDRE & KATHERINE MERAGE FOUNDATION OF NEVADA ($18,553,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $20M
- Net assets
- $5.1M
What The Merage Institute does
Programs
Merage us israeli fund - administered by the orange county community foundation, which provides for the most pressing needs of the people of israel under the advisement of the staff of The Merage Institute in coordination with many volunteers.
$200,686 spentMerage talks - mission is to encourage, support and mentor entrepreneurs across the world facing personal and professional challenges in today's fragile global economy. Merage talks cares about today's entrepreneur and strives to understand their obstacles via discussion leading to resolutions one merage talk at a time. Weekly webinars and interactive discussion groups are held globally to create connections within our communities and beyond to support the entrepreneurial spirit with experience, ideas, and knowledge to keep this spirit thriving in any market.
$110,012 spentStation retainer - station retainer has been paid annually by The Merage Institute ("mi") over the past several years. Station is mi representation in israel. They work to meet the needs of mi in israel on existing programs and new programs. They handle many activities in israel on behalf of mi such a but not limited to coordinating program activities, reviewing applications, conducting interview & screening applicants that apply for the various programs held in israel, building activities, office space, meetings and several other roles to assist mi with its representation in israel.
$110,004 spentEntrepreneurs' competition 45+ - the competition is intended to encourage and support entrepreneurs over the age of 45 to develop unique ideas/projects/ventures/technologies into the promising successful business.
$100,000 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2022 to 2023, from $5.4M to $10M (+90%).
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $2.6M → $2.4M.
From the IRS filings of THE MERAGE INSTITUTE’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 MERAGE INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 84% · 2019 100% · 2020 84% · 2021 92% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
100% of THE MERAGE INSTITUTE's grant income comes from California 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 MERAGE INSTITUTE receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE MERAGE INSTITUTE
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE MERAGE INSTITUTE: 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 MERAGE INSTITUTE?
- THE MERAGE INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,208,000 to it, the largest being ANDRE & KATHERINE MERAGE FOUNDATION OF NEVADA ($18,553,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MERAGE INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $20,208,000 in grants to THE MERAGE INSTITUTE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MERAGE INSTITUTE?
- ANDRE & KATHERINE MERAGE FOUNDATION OF NEVADA is the largest funder on record, with $18,553,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MERAGE INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing