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Private foundation (trust)EIN 450493925Est. 2003-06

David and Laura Merage Foundation

Englewood, CO 80112

Total Assets

$99.2M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$3.3M

FY 2023

Grants Made

27

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$123K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$2K–$1.2M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$5.2M

Total Expenses

$4.2M

Qualifying Distributions

$4.0M

Distributable Amount

$4.6M

Min. Investment Return

$4.7M

Undistributed Income

$4.5M

Payout rate 87%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.87%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

27 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $2K through median $25K to maximum $1.2M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

6 years

Giving over time from 2017 to 2023. Peak $3.9M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

200 grants

National Philanthropic Trust
$7.7M
5 grants
Early Learning Ventures
$2.5M
6 grants
Black Cube
$2.4M
6 grants
Jewish Colorado
$762K
5 grants
JPM Charitable Giving Fund
$697K
1 grant
Anti-Defamation League
$379K
6 grants
RedLine
$284K
5 grants
Executives Partnering to Invest in
$283K
6 grants

Grant Size Distribution

200 grants

<$10K
130
grants
$10–50K
26
grants
$50–250K
23
grants
$250K–1M
17
grants
$1–5M
4
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

17 states

Colorado
$8.0M
45% of total
Pennsylvania
$7.8M
44% of total
Delaware
$697K
4% of total
California
$299K
2% of total
New York
$259K
1% of total
Massachusetts
$201K
1% of total
Arizona
$200K
1% of total
District of Columbia
$169K
1% of total
West Virginia
$50K
0% of total
Virginia
$38K
0% of total

+7 more states

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