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Who does Mertz Gilmore Foundation fund?

Mertz Gilmore Foundation has awarded $54 million across 1,682 grants to 426 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $25,000, with most between $5,000 and $50,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $25,000 versus $20,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$53.7M
Typical grant
$25K
Grantees
426
Grants
1,682
Years
2020–2024

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Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 426 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Support
New York Foundation $1.3M222020–20242024NY
Proteus Fund INC $1.1M112020–20242024MA
Project South the Institution for the Elimination Poverty & Genocide $1.0M22021–20222022GA
P Public Policy and Education Fund of New York $860K132020–20242024— —
S Sustainable Markets Foundation $825K102020–20242024NY
New Venture Fund $775K122020–20242024DC
Tides Foundation $747K192020–20242024CA
Virginia Organizing INC $695K142020–20242024VA
C Center for Popular Democracy $685K102020–20242024— —
Appalachian Voices $640K92020–20242024NC
Neo Philanthropy INC $612K152020–20232023NY
Smartmeme DBA Center for Story-Based Strategy $570K112020–20232023CA
Dance Service New York City INC $555K92020–20242024NY
Taproot Earth $550K22023–20242024LA
The Center for Cultural Power $525K82020–20242024CA
William J Brennan JR Center for Justice INC $525K62020–20242024NY
Bvm Capacity Building Institute INC $525K102020–20242024GA
Public Citizen Foundation INC $480K102020–20242024DC
C Center for Responsive Politics $475K42020–20222022— —
West Harlem Environmental Action INC $475K92020–20242024NY
9 9 to 5 National Association of Working Women $445K92020–20242024— —
Tides Center $432K172020–20242024CA
Kentucky Coalition INC $425K62020–20242024KY
Opensecrets $400K22023–20242024DC
Climate Justice Alliance $400K62020–20242024CA
C Color of Change Education Fund $400K42021–20242024— —
New Georgia Project Incorporated $400K92020–20242024GA
Make the Road New York $390K72020–20242024NY
C Chesapeake Climate Action Network $375K52020–20242024MD
N New Virginia Majority Education Fund $375K92020–20242024— —
The US Climate Action Network $375K52020–20242024DC
Campaign Legal Center INC $345K52020–20242024DC
Salt Lake Civil Network $340K52021–20232023UT
North Star Fund INC $339K132020–20242024NY
C Common Cause Education Fund $335K102020–20242024DC
Multiplier $330K72020–20242024CA
A Action Center on Race and the Economy Institute $330K52020–20242024— —
Southeast Climate & Energy Network INC $330K52020–20242024FL
New York Live Arts INC $329K142020–20242024NY
Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd $327K52020–20242024NY
Rethink Media INC $320K62020–20242024CA
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis INC $305K52020–20232023OH
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC $300K42021–20242024NY
Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival INC $300K52020–20242024MA
Gina Gibney Dance INC $296K182020–20242024NY
New Immigrant Community Empowerment $295K72020–20242024NY
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington INC $290K52020–20242024DC
Fund for the City of New York INC $285K82020–20242024NY
National Mobilization Against Sweatshops Sweatshops INC $280K72020–20242024NY
Community Voices Heard INC $275K72020–20242024NY
We the People - Mi $275K72020–20242024MI
Queens College Foundation INC $272K62020–20242024NY
B Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Foundation $272K62020–20242024— —
Fifth Avenue Committee Incorporated $270K52020–20242024NY
Foundation for Louisiana $266K92021–20232023LA
New York Communities Organizing Fund INC $265K62020–20242024NY
Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice $265K72020–20242024NY
Danspace Project INC $262K122020–20242024NY
Committee Against Anti Asian Violence $258K72020–20242024NY
Brandworkers International $255K72020–20242024NY
The Crenulated Company Ltd $255K52020–20242024NY
Battered Womens Resource Center INC $255K52020–20242024NY
Good Old Lower East Side INC $255K62020–20242024NY
V Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (vocal-NY) $250K52020–20242024— —
New York Immigration Coalition INC $250K72020–20242024NY
C Chinese Progressive Association $250K52020–20242024— —
Faith in New York INC $248K82020–20242024NY
Minkwon Center for Community Action INC $247K72020–20242024NY
Urban Justice Center $245K62020–20242024NY
M Movement for Justice in El Barrio INC $245K52020–20232023NY
A Align $245K42020–20232023— —
C Chinese Staff and Workers' Association $245K52020–20232023— —
African Communities Together INC $245K52020–20232023NY
New York Foundation for the Arts INC $236K22023–20242024NY
A Action for the Climate Emergency $230K42021–20242024MA —
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance INC $230K72020–20242024GA
Alliance of Artists Communities $230K22022–20232023RI
Allied Media Projects INC $226K52020–20232023MI
Virginia Interfaith Power & Light $225K32022–20242024VA
Bridging the Gap in Virginia $225K52020–20242024VA
Florida Rising Together INC $225K62021–20242024FL
Chhaya Community Development Corporation $220K72020–20242024NY
S Soul Surchers $220K52021–20232023VA
Haleakala INC $214K112020–20242024NY
Southern Environmental Law Center $210K52020–20242024VA
Partnership for Southern Equity $210K52020–20242024GA
Ndn Collective INC $210K52020–20242024SD
Kings Majestic Corporation $208K132020–20242024NY
L Leadership Conference Education Fund $205K42020–20242024— —
Movement Research INC $202K162020–20242024NY
S Sunrise Movement Education Fund $200K42020–20232023DC
Progressive Multiplier Fund $200K22020–20222022DC
N National Association for the Advancement of Colored People $200K32020–20222022— —
The New York Community Trust $200K42020–20222022NY
Harlem Stage INC $198K112020–20242024NY
Bronx Council on the Arts INC $198K42021–20232023NY
Brooklyn Arts Council INC $198K42021–20232023NY
Blueprint North Carolina $195K52021–20242024NC
New Economy Project $195K62020–20242024NY
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council INC $194K112020–20242024NY

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