Mertz Gilmore Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-2872722. Reported 1,021 grants totalling $32.3M to 372 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$25,000median grant
$32.3Mgranted, 2021-2024
372organizations funded
84%of grantees funded again the next year
$116.8Massets, latest filing
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Mertz Gilmore Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $500,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 372 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project South | Atlanta, GA | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York Foundation | New York, NY | $740,500 | 11 | 3 | 2024 |
| Proteus Fund | Waltham, MA | $613,500 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Public Policy and Education Fund of New York | Albany, NY | $580,000 | 8 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Popular Democracy | Brooklyn, NY | $485,000 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $475,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Virginia Organizing | Pembroke, VA | $455,000 | 9 | 3 | 2024 |
| Appalachian Voices | Boone, NC | $440,000 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Responsive Politics | Washington, DC | $425,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Cultural Power | Oakland, CA | $400,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bvm Capacity Building Institute | Atlanta, GA | $325,000 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| William J Brennan JR Center for Justice Inc | New York, NY | $325,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Public Citizen Foundation | Washington, DC | $320,000 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dance Service New York City Inc | New York, NY | $305,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Color of Change Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| West Harlem Environmental Action | New York, NY | $300,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tides Foundation | Delmar, NY | $290,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Smartmeme | Oakland, CA | $285,000 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| 9 to 5 National Association of Working Women | Milwaukee, WI | $255,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| North Star Fund | New York, NY | $254,000 | 8 | 3 | 2024 |
| Climate Justice Alliance | Berkeley, CA | $250,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Virginia Majority Education Fund | Alexandria, VA | $250,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Salt Lake Civil Network | Salt Lake City, UT | $250,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York Live Arts | New York, NY | $241,500 | 10 | 3 | 2024 |
| Demos a Network for Ideas and Action | New York, NY | $227,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Climate Action Network | Takoma Park, MD | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | New York, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| US Climate Action Network | Washington, DC | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice | Woodside, NY | $210,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Campaign Legal Center | Washington, DC | $210,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Georgia Project Inc | Atlanta, GA | $205,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Gina Gibney Dance | New York, NY | $201,500 | 12 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kentucky Coalition | London, KY | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Neo Philanthropy | New York, NY | $200,000 | 7 | 2 | 2022 |
| Opensecrets | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rethink Media | San Francisco, CA | $200,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| We the People - Mi | Detroit, MI | $200,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Louisiana | New Orleans, LA | $195,000 | 6 | 2 | 2022 |
| Make the Road New York | Brooklyn, NY | $190,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Immigrant Community Empowerment | Jackson Heights, NY | $190,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southeast Climate and Energy Network | Sunrise, FL | $190,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Action Center on Race and the Economy Institute | Chicago, IL | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc | Becket, MA | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Soul Surchers | Chantilly, VA | $180,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Mobilization Against Sweatshops | New York, NY | $175,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Action for the Climate Emergency | Boston, MA | $170,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington | Washington, DC | $170,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Queens College Foundation | Queens, NY | $167,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Foundation | Washington, DC | $162,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Voices Heard | New York, NY | $160,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| New York Communities Organizing Fund | Brooklyn, NY | $160,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southern Vision Alliance | Durham, NC | $160,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | Poughkeepsie, NY | $160,000 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| North Carolina Black Alliance | Raleigh, NC | $155,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Danspace Project Inc | New York, NY | $154,000 | 8 | 3 | 2024 |
| Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence | New York, NY | $153,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tides Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | $151,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Battered Women's Resource Center | Brooklyn, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brandworkers International | Long Island City, NY | $150,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bronx Council on the Arts | Bronx, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn Arts Council Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island | Staten Island, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Crenulated Company Ltd | Bronx, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Good Old Lower East Side Inc | New York, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis | Lakewood, OH | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York Community Trust | New York, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Queens Council on the Arts | Long Island City, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation | New York, NY | $150,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Virginia Interfaith Power & Light | Richmond, VA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| West Atlanta Watershed Alliance Inc | Atlanta, GA | $150,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Blueprint North Carolina | Durham, NC | $145,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| New York Immigration Coalition | New York, NY | $145,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Common Ground | Ruther Glen, VA | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fifth Avenue Committee Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Minkwon Center for Community Action | Flushing, NY | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Multiplier | Syracuse, NY | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Riders Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Urban Justice Center | New York, NY | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (vocal-Ny) | Brooklyn, NY | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bridging the Gap in Virginia | Richmond, VA | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chhaya Community Development Corporation | Jackson Heights, NY | $135,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chinese Progressive Association | San Francisco, CA | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fund for the City of New York | New York, NY | $135,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Faith in New York | Corona, NY | $132,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Haleakala Inc | New York, NY | $131,000 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Harlem Stage | New York, NY | $131,000 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Movement Research Inc | New York, NY | $130,500 | 10 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alliance of Artists Communities | Providence, RI | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Activate 48 Education Fund | Phoenix, AZ | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| One Voice | Jackson, MS | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Align | New York, NY | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Florida Rising Together | Miami, FL | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ndn Collective Inc | Rapid City, SD | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Partnership for Southern Equity | Atlanta, GA | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | Charlottesville, VA | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Inequality Media | Berkeley, CA | $115,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development | New York, NY | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lawyers Alliance for New York | New York, NY | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Economy Project | New York, NY | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ohio Organizing Collaborative | Youngstown, OH | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Performance Zone Inc | New York, NY | $103,000 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| New American Leaders | New York, NY | $102,500 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| Allied Media Projects | Detroit, MI | $101,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Henry Street Settlement | New York, NY | $101,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Works & Process Inc | New York, NY | $101,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| African Communities Together | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alliance for Youth Organizing | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Billie Holiday Theatre | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chinese Staff and Workers' Association | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Raleigh, NC | $100,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Bemidji, MN | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Local Progress Policy Institute | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Met Council Research and Educational Fund | New York, NY | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Momentum Community | Long Beach, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mothers Out Front | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Movement for Justice in El Barrio | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Moveon Education Fund | Berkeley, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York State Tenants & Neighbors Information Service | New York, NY | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Progressive Multiplier Fund | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Social Good Fund | Santa Barbara, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sunrise Movement Education Fund | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tides Foundation | Orlando, FL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Voices for a Sustainable Future | Takoma Park, MD | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York Foundation for the Arts | New York, NY | $98,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baryshnikov Arts Center | New York, NY | $96,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kings Majestic Corporation | Brooklyn, NY | $96,000 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lower Manhattan Cultural Council | New York, NY | $96,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Arts Exchange Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $92,500 | 10 | 3 | 2024 |
| Higher Heights Leadership Fund | Brooklyn, NY | $91,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Theater Et Al Inc | Long Island City, NY | $91,000 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dancing in the Streets Inc | Bronx, NY | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Leadership Conference Education Fund | Washington, DC | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Multiplier | San Francisco, CA | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| One Arizona | Phoenix, AZ | $90,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Smartmeme Aka Center for Story-Based Strategy | Oakland, CA | $90,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Monica Bill Barnes & Company | New York, NY | $85,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| La Mama Experimental Theatre Club Inc | New York, NY | $81,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance | Monterey, VA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Apollo Theater Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Food Advocates | New York, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Georgia Wand Education Fund | Atlanta, GA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Participatory Budgeting Project | Brooklyn, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Public Allies | New Orleans, LA | $80,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Takeroot Justice | New York, NY | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ballet Hispanico of New York | New York, NY | $79,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Streb Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $77,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Broadway Dance Lab | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Documentary Educational Resources | Providence, RI | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Eastern Environmental Law Center | Newark, NJ | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gallim Dance Company | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Neighborhood Funders Group | San Francisco, CA | $75,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| New York Community Trust Aka Community Funds Inc | Commack, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Progressnow Education | Earlysville, VA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Environmental Grantmakers Association | New York, NY | $74,600 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Performance Space New York | New York, NY | $73,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Performance Research | Brooklyn, NY | $72,000 | 9 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Traditional Music and Dance | New York, NY | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| City Parks Foundation | New York, NY | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dancenownyc | Hellertown, PA | $67,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art | New York, NY | $67,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Roulette Intermedium Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $66,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Institute for Strategic and Equitable Development | Bronx, NY | $65,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arts Business Collaborative | Long Island City, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hip-Hop Theater Festival | New York, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kaatsbaan International Dance Center | Tivoli, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Showing Up for Racial Justice Education Fund | Buffalo, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tides Center | Detroit, MI | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning | Jamaica, NY | $57,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Baad the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dancearthur Aviles Typical Theatre | Bronx, NY | $55,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Foundation for Independent Artists | Brooklyn, NY | $55,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Queens Theatre in the Park | Corona, NY | $55,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| State Democracy Project | Brooklyn, NY | $55,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Open Channels New York Inc | New York, NY | $51,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Triskelion Arts-Kick-Standance Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $51,000 | 6 | 2 | 2022 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Walnut, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arizona Advocacy Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arizona Coalition for Change | Phoenix, AZ | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| CASA De Maryland | Hyattsville, MD | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Law and Human Values Dba the Action Lab | Ossining, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Transformative Action | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Urban Pedagogy | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Foundation of Elmira - Corning and the Finger Lakes | Horseheads, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Funds Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dance Works Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Financial Services Stakeholder Project | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fund for Constitutional Government | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grassroots Power Project | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Association of Blacks in Dance | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kairos Fellowship | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lit Fund Incorporated | Astoria, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lumberyard Center for Film and Performing Arts | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maine People's Resource Center | Portland, ME | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Protect Democracy Project | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Proteus Fund | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Taproot Earth | Slidell, LA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Western Native Voice | Billings, MT | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Americans for the Arts | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Foundation for Contemporary Arts | New York, NY | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Topaz Arts Inc | Woodside, NY | $44,500 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Philanthropy New York | New York, NY | $43,050 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Socrates Sculpture Park | Long Island City, NY | $41,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Align the Alliance for a Greater New York Inc | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bric | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Common Market Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Democracy Initiative Education Fund | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Power Coalition for Equity and Justice | New Orleans, LA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Queensboro Dance Festival | Sunnyside, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Right to the City Alliance | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kingsborough Community College Auxiliary Enterprises | Brooklyn, NY | $37,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Layerhythm Productions Inc | New York, NY | $36,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dance Entropy Inc | Long Island City, NY | $35,500 | 8 | 3 | 2024 |
| Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for American Progress | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Climate Collaborative | Charlottesville, VA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Indivisible Civics Inc | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| People's Action Institute | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| PS1 Contemporary Art Center | Long Island City, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cave Organization Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $31,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Prospect | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Candid | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Investigative Reporting the | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Law and Human Values | Ossining, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Commonwealth Foundation | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Consultative Group on Biological Diversity | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fiorello H Laguardia Community College Auxiliary Enterprises Corp | Long Island City, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fourth Arts Block Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Highlander Research and Education Center | New Market, TN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jack Arts Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Majority Action Dba 5050 Climate Project and Climate Majority Project | Silver Spring, MD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mijente Support Committee | Phoenix, AZ | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New 42ND Street Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Alpha Community Development Corporation | Florence, SC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Prescott College | Prescott, AZ | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Stephen Petronio Dance Company | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Advocacy Institute | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bronx Museum of the Arts | Bronx, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Coalfield Justice | Washington, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Development Project Dba Takeroot Justice | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
233 of 372 (63%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 84%, across 1 year-to-year transition. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Project South
GULF SOUTH GREEN NEW DEAL NETWORK - Proteus Fund
GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE PIPER FUND - Center for Responsive Politics
GENERAL SUPPORT (OPENSECRETS) - New York Foundation
GENERAL SUPPORT (YOUTH ORGANIZING & CULTURE CHANGE FUND) - Activate 48 Education Fund
TRAINING AND RESEARCH FOR THE FAIR ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN - Center for Cultural Power
2021-2022 ARTIST-DRIVEN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 728 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 356 | $11.9M | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 380 | $12.8M | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 285 | $7,509,250 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Mertz Gilmore Foundation has 328 of them, worth $16.8M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Taproot Earth | Tulsa, OK | $500,000 |
| Project South | Atlanta, GA | $500,000 |
| Project South | Atlanta, GA | $500,000 |
| Appalachian Voices | Boone, NC | $400,000 |
| Color of Change Education Fund | Oakland, CA | $300,000 |
| Appalachian Voices | Boone, NC | $200,000 |
| Opensecrets | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| Center for Responsive Politics | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| Center for Responsive Politics | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| New York Foundation | New York, NY | $200,000 |
| Chesapeake Climate Action Network | Takoma Park, MD | $150,000 |
| Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund | Washington, DC | $150,000 |
| New York Foundation | New York, NY | $150,000 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | New York, NY | $150,000 |
| US Climate Action Network | Washington, DC | $150,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 49% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
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How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Mertz Gilmore Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 218 East 18TH Street, New York, NY, 10003. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
EIN 13-2872722 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.
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