Grants awarded
Who does Merit Foundation fund?
Merit Foundation has awarded $311,000 across 130 grants to 59 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $2,000, with most between $1,000 and $3,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $2,000 versus $1,500 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$311K
Typical grant
$2K
Grantees
59
Grants
130
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lafayette College
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$33K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| H Holy Cross Lutheran Church | $23K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Summit School of Ahwatukee | $19K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Camp Gray INC
|
$18K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| G Grace Lutheran Church | $12K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Mental Health America INC | $12K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Foundation for Individual Rights in Ed | $11K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T The Parenting Path | $10K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison INC | $9K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Trustees of Boston University - Friends of Men's Swimming & Diving | $8K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Wheaton North High School | $8K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Good Shepherd Lutheran Church | $8K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| X Xavier College Preparatory | $7K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| P Pitt Hopkins Foundation | $7K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation | $6K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$6K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | WI | |
| W Winfield Library Friends | $6K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| S St Jude Childrens Research Hospital INC | $6K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Hushabye Nursery
|
$6K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
| F Foundation for the Mount Prospect Public Library | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Lafayette College | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Trustees of Boston University - Bloom Family Leadership | $5K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
|
$4K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| R Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison INC Love Begins Here | $4K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Gio's Garden INC
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$4K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | WI | |
| C Cancer Services | $4K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T Trustees of Boston University - Leadership Initiative | $4K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Child Poverty Action Lab
|
$3K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| B Baptists on Mission - Hurricane Helene Refief | $3K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| Y YMCA of Honolulu | $3K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| X Xavier Dad's Club | $3K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| W William Marsh Rice University - Women's Club Water Polo | $2K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Harris Co Domestic Violence Coordinating Council | $2K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Chelsea Education Foundation INC | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Shallow Ford Foundation INC (coach Murph Scholarship) | $2K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center
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$2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
| E Edith Kanaka'ole Foundation | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U Undies for Everyone | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Cancer Services INC | $2K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N New Morning Nursery School | $2K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S St Mary's Hospital Foundation | $2K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A Albion College | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Rabbit Sanctuary INC | $1K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Honolulu Master's Water Polo Club | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Christ's Beloved Food Pantry | $850 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| M Monroe Middle School | $500 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Carolina Cross Connection INC
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$500 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NC | |
| A American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | $500 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| W Winfield Library Friends | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R River Oaks Community Church | $200 | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A American Cancer Society | $200 | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$100 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | AZ | |
| W Women's Reproduction Rights Assistance Project | $100 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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