Grants awarded
Who does Harry a Merlo Foundation INC fund?
Harry a Merlo Foundation INC has awarded $5.0 million across 165 grants to 110 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $20,000, with most between $10,000 and $35,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $25,000 versus $20,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$5.0M
Typical grant
$20K
Grantees
110
Grants
165
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 |
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$301K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | OR | |
| I Individual recipient | $300K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $287K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Hope for the Homeless Foundation | $250K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital | $200K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O Ohsu-Knight Cancer Center | $200K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $196K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Eastside Timbers
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$195K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | OR | |
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$175K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| P Providence St Vincent Heart Program | $152K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U Univerity of Portland | $115K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| E Eastern Oregon University Foundation | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Depaul Treatment Center | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| F Freedom Foundation | $85K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$80K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | OR | |
| R Ranger's Scholarship Fund | $80K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S St Anthony's Catholic School | $75K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
New Mount Carmel Foundation INC
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$70K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | WY | |
| I Individual recipient | $70K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | OR | |
Northeast Oregon Economic Development District
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$50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | OR | |
| I Imbler Education Foundation INC | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | OR | |
| U Univerity of Portland School of Nursing | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| T Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| P Paws for Purple Hearts | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Lighthouse Financial Foundation | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$50K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | OR | |
| J Junior Achievement of Oregon & Sw Washington Biz Town | $50K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | OR | |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Lighthouse Financial Foundation | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Catholic School Endownment Fund | $50K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $43K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Music Workshop
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$43K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | OR | |
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$40K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | OR | |
| I Individual recipient | $35K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Casa for Children | $30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$30K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | OR | |
| S Stirling City Volunteer Department | $30K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| H Helping Hands Re-Entry Center | $30K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Rangers Scholarship Fund INC
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$30K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | GA | |
| I Individual recipient | $28K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| O Ohsu Foundation | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Friend Firefighter International | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O Oregon Jouralism Project | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | OR | |
Reading Results
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$25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | OR | |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S St Andrew's Nativity School | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | OR | |
World Forestry Center INC
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$24K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | OR | |
| I Into the Wild Outdoors INC | $22K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
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$20K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | OR | |
| C Cm Russell Museum | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CA | |
| S Sean Walsh Memorial K-9 Foundation | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Center for Hope and Safety | $20K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Community for a Thriving Oregon | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Resolve | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T The Grotto | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Albertina Kerr Centers
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$20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | OR | |
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$15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | OR | |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Children of the Nations
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$15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | WA | |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S St Mary's Home for Boys | $14K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $13K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Peace Officers Relief & Education Fund | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Als Foundation of Oregon & Sw Washington | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Sonoma Valley Fire District | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O Oregon Historical Society | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Butte Ag Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | OR | |
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | OR | |
| S Spartan Sword INC | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | VA | |
| Y Youth Villages Oregon | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S Sunrise Rotary Club of Healdsburg Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Almanor Fishing Association
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| S Scappoose High School | $8K | 2 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Hoyt Arboretium Friends | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Run-With-Neil | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Impact Nw
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$5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | OR | |
| M Marietta First Baptist Church | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Sunshine Division Portland Police Dept
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | OR | |
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | OR | |
| R Russell Museum | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
National Smokejumpers Association
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MT | |
Inga Thompson Foundation INC
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$5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | OR | |
| P Portland Business Alliance Charitable Institute | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| P Pacific University of Oregon | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| P Porter Billups Leadership Academy | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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