Private foundation (trust)EIN 814466525Est. 2017-08

MERCURY FOUNDATION

REDWOOD CITY, CA 94065

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Total Assets

$406.4M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$26.5M

FY 2023

Grants Made

11

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$2.4M

FY 2023

Grant Range

$10K–$15M

Typical

Deadlines

No deadlines have been established at …

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$18.7M

Total Expenses

$30.5M

Qualifying Distributions

$26.6M

Distributable Amount

$20.0M

Min. Investment Return

$20.2M

Undistributed Income

$6.8M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

11 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $10K through median $1.5M to maximum $15M, 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 $26.5M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

50 grants

ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS
$65M
5 grants
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA
$12M
5 grants
PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES
$7.8M
5 grants
Vanguard Charitable-Donor Advised Fund
$7.2M
1 grant
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
$5.5M
4 grants
PANTHERA
$3.5M
5 grants
NRDC
$2M
1 grant
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION
$1.5M
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

50 grants

<$10K
3
grants
$10–50K
2
grants
$50–250K
7
grants
$250K–1M
20
grants
$1–5M
12
grants
$5M+
6
grants

Geographic Focus

8 states

New York
$92.3M
82% of total
California
$11.1M
10% of total
Rhode Island
$7.2M
6% of total
Virginia
$550K
0% of total
Massachusetts
$500K
0% of total
District of Columbia
$400K
0% of total
Washington
$150K
0% of total
Texas
$15K
0% of total

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