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Private foundation (trust)EIN 204363777Est. 2006-04

THE FRED AND SANDY MESCH FOUNDATION

FORT WORTH, TX 761024665

Total Assets

$545K

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$550K

FY 2023

Grants Made

16

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$34K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$632–$340K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$699K

Total Expenses

$550K

Qualifying Distributions

$550K

Distributable Amount

$21K

Min. Investment Return

$21K

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

16 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $632 through median $10K to maximum $340K, 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

5 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2023. Peak $550K in 2023. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

64 grants

CHRIST CHAPEL BIBLE CHURCH
$590K
4 grants
HOPE PRISON MINISTRIES
$340K
1 grant
DREAM PARK
$251K
1 grant
DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
$249K
4 grants
TURN-KEY MINISTRIES
$235K
5 grants
ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
$165K
5 grants
METROPLEX WOMEN'S CLINIC
$100K
4 grants
PRAGER UNIVERSITY
$33K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

64 grants

<$10K
38
grants
$10–50K
15
grants
$50–250K
8
grants
$250K–1M
3
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

12 states

Texas
$2.0M
95% of total
California
$66K
3% of total
Oregon
$20K
1% of total
Colorado
$11K
1% of total
Michigan
$5K
0% of total
Kentucky
$4K
0% of total
Oklahoma
$3K
0% of total
District of Columbia
$3K
0% of total
Georgia
$3K
0% of total
Ohio
$1K
0% of total

+2 more states

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