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Private foundation (trust)EIN 132872722Est. 1963-10

MERTZ GILMORE FOUNDATION

NEW YORK, NY 100033694

By invitation only

Total Assets

$116.8M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$7.5M

FY 2024

Grants Made

285

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$26K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$200K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$8.6M

Total Expenses

$12.3M

Qualifying Distributions

$10.9M

Distributable Amount

$5.6M

Min. Investment Return

$5.7M

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

285 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $25K to maximum $200K, 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

2 years

Giving over time from 2022 to 2024. Peak $11.4M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

500 grants

PROJECT SOUTH
$500K
1 grant
NEW YORK FOUNDATION
$441K
5 grants
TIDES FOUNDATION
$405K
10 grants
PUBLIC POLICY AND EDUCATION FUND OF NEW YORK
$330K
5 grants
PROTEUS FUND
$314K
4 grants
SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION
$300K
4 grants
VIRGINIA ORGANIZING
$260K
5 grants
BVM CAPACITY BUILDING INSTITUTE
$250K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
111
grants
$10–50K
318
grants
$50–250K
70
grants
$250K–1M
1
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

28 states

New York
$8.9M
47% of total
District of Columbia
$1.9M
10% of total
California
$1.7M
9% of total
Virginia
$1.3M
7% of total
Georgia
$1.1M
6% of total
Massachusetts
$640K
3% of total
North Carolina
$535K
3% of total
Wisconsin
$290K
2% of total
Louisiana
$275K
1% of total
Maryland
$255K
1% of total

+18 more states

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