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Meridian Institute
DILLON, CO
Total revenue
$38.1M
Total expenses
$38.7M
Net assets
$2.7M
Grants received
$55.0M
239 grants
EIN
841435420
Tax year
2023
Mission
Meridian institute helps develop and implement collaborative solutions to complex local and global challenges through strategy, implementation, research & other support.
Financials
FY 2023
Revenue
Contributions & grants$37.6M
Program service revenue—
Investment income$416K
Other revenue$8K
Total revenue$38.1M
Expenses
Grants paid$50K
Salaries & benefits$9.2M
Fundraising—
Other expenses$29.4M
Total expenses$38.7M
Total assets$20.7M
Net assets$2.7M
People
21 listed
NameRoleCompensation
TODD BARKER
CEO
Board
$276K
40 hrs/wk
KAUTHAR RAHMAN
COO
Board
$215K
40 hrs/wk
JACQUELINE MANGUSO
CFO
Board
$192K
40 hrs/wk
KEVIN CAVANAUGH
BOARD CHAIR
Board
—
1 hrs/wk
CHRISTIE TODD WHITMAN
VICE CHAIR
Board
—
1 hrs/wk
RIKIN GANDHI
MEMBER OF FINANCE & AUDIT COMM
Board
—
1 hrs/wk
FRANKLIN MOORE
MEMBER OF NOMINATIONS COMM
Board
—
1 hrs/wk
MANISH BAPNA
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Board
—
1 hrs/wk
HINDOU OUMAROU IBRAHIM
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Board
—
1 hrs/wk
TJADA D'OYEN MCKENNA
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Board
—
1 hrs/wk
JASON INGLE
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Board
—
1 hrs/wk
JOHN EHRMANN - RETIRED JAN 2023
SR MEDIATOR & PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Staff
$378K
40 hrs/wk
MOLLY MAYO WOOD
SENIOR PARTNER
Staff
$235K
40 hrs/wk
LAURIE RISTINO
SR MEDIATOR & GENERAL COUNSEL
Staff
$191K
40 hrs/wk
HEATHER LAIR
PARTNER
Staff
$190K
40 hrs/wk
JENNIFER PRATT MILES
PARTNER
Staff
$189K
40 hrs/wk
JENNIFER BRASSANINI
HR MANAGER
Staff
$150K
40 hrs/wk
BRADFORD SPANGLER
SR MEDIATOR & PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Staff
$138K
40 hrs/wk
ROBYN PAULEKAS
SR DIRECTOR & PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Staff
$114K
40 hrs/wk
VANESSA KULICK PRICE
SR DIRECTOR & PROGRAM MANAGER
Staff
$114K
40 hrs/wk
ALESIA BLUM
ACCOUNTANT & PAYROLL MANAGER
Staff
$101K
40 hrs/wk
Independent contractors
JOHN EHRMANN LLC
Consultant
EAST2WEST COAST LLC
Consultant
SARAH LAKE
Consultant
FRONTWOOD STRATEGIES
Consultant
KAMA DEAN FITZ
Consultant
Grants received
Showing 200 of 239
FromAmountPurposeYear
$1M
to support a research and education project focused on building a national soil data repository
2024
$650K
THE RESILIENT POWER PROJECT: ACCELERATING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND ENERGY JUSTICE
2024
$544K
to support core capacity for a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations
2024
$500K
to support a research project focused on evaluating soil inventory
2024
$300K
TO SUPPORT THE TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM ($250,000); TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF FORESTED AND OTHER LANDSCAPES TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE ($50,000)
2024
$250K
to support a project focused on educational convenings for entrepreneurs focused on improving food access and sustainability opportunities
2024
$250K
to support educational workshops on regenerative agriculture in New Jersey and Minneapolis
2024
$158K
80294 SUPPORTING GLOBAL ALLIANCE'S BEACONS OF HOPE TO AMPLIFY THE POWER OF FOOD SYSTEMS CHANGE TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, BIODIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND HEALTH
2024
$100K
to support the Systems Based Investing Field Lab on Midwest Row Crop Diversification, a small three-day convening of private wealth owners and agriculture system transformation leaders to transform row crop production to diversified approaches
2024
$100K
Action Summit in East Africa: Farmers, Soil, Environment, Health, Economics
2024
$30K
PROJECT SUPPORT TO ADVANCE PHILANTHROPIC SECTOR APPROACHES TO STRATEGIC LEARNING AND EVALUATION.
2024
$18K
TO PREPARE AND THEN PUBLISH AN ANALYSIS OF THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH CONSERVATION-ORIENTED TOOLS SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT TRANSITION FROM PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT TO INDUSTRY PAYMENT FOR USE.
2024
$10K
MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT FOR CLIMATE SMILE -- A FISCALLY-SPONSORED PROJECT OF MERIDIAN INSTITUTE
2024
$1.4M
TOWARD THE COSTS OF DEFINING AND ACCELERATING REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE ACROSS GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEMS
2023
$1.1M
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
2023
$1M
TO SUPPORT THE AI SAFETY FUND IN ADVANCING RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF FRONTIER MODELS
2023
$1M
TO SUPPORT THE AI SAFETY FUND IN ADVANCING RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF FRONTIER MODELS
2023
$650K
THE RESILIENT POWER PROJECT: ACCELERATING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND ENERGY JUSTICE
2023
$520K
To support the Mexico Sustainable Fisheries Collective Impact Initiative in engaging multiple stakeholders in coordinated actions that will lead to the sustainable management of Mexican fisheries.
2023
$340K
To expand climate and oceans work and provide general operations support.
2023
$300K
To support Mexico Sustainable Fisheries Collective Impact Initiative's backbone team to expand the impact and collective actions of multiple stakeholders in promoting sustainable fisheries management in Mexico.
2023
$300K
To support The Soil Inventory Project in scaling a national soil carbon inventory and developing a Midwest regional baseline for soil carbon.
2023
$250K
To explore the impact of water conservation practices on water retention, soil health, drought, fire, crop insurance exposure, and ultimately ranch and farm resilience.
2023
$248K
To support core capacity for a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations
2023
$154K
To support core capacity for a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations
2023
$100K
IN SUPPORT OF THE PARTICIPATION OF HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS AT COP28 TO ENSURE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL CLIMATE DISCUSSIONS
2023
$100K
To provide support to conduct convenings to facilitate information exchange and collaboration among organizations working to increase the pace and scale of riverscape restoration on public lands.
2023
$95K
to catalyze existing opportunities to foster protection and restoration of coastal and marine resources through policy, community learning through exchanges, and formation of a social base that advocates for the protection of oceans and coasts in Baja California Sur.
2023
$94K
Supporting the Iniciativa de Mares y Costas de Mexico (IMCM) in their effort to catalyze existing opportunities to foster protection and restoration of coastal and marine resources
2023
$80K
To support the Indonesia Marine Funders Collaboration and the Small-Scale Fisheries Funders Network.
2023
$55K
TO RESEARCH CORPORATE PRACTICES AND BENCHMARK PROGRESS IN RELATION TO COMPANY DEFORESTATION COMMITMENTS AND GENERATE CONTENT FOR INVESTORS AND COMPANIES REGARDING NATURAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS.
2023
$40K
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE TIFS INITIATIVE, AN ALLIED INITIATIVE OF THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR THE FUTURE OF FOOD.
2023
$25K
SUPPORT THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR THE FUTURE OF FOOD'S FOOD AND ENERGY NEXUS
2023
$1.2M
To increase adoption of conservation practices to improve water quality through recognition of the risk reducing benefits of conservation within USDA programs.
2022
$1.1M
ENABLING MECHANISM THAT ACCELERATE ACTION ON FOOD SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION
2022
$1M
IN SUPPORT OF IMPLEMENTING TRANSFORMATIVE SOLUTIONS GENERATED THROUGH THE FOOD SYSTEMS GAME CHANGERS LAB THAT LEAD TO MEANINGFUL FOOD SYSTEMS CHANGE GLOBALLY.
2022
$704K
To support core capacity for a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations
2022
$650K
THE RESILIENT POWER PROJECT: ACCELERATING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND ENERGY JUSTICE
2022
$650K
THE RESILIENT POWER PROJECT: ACCELERATING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND ENERGY JUSTICE
2022
$634K
To support Mexico Sustainable Fisheries Collective Impact Initiative's backbone team to expand the impact and collective actions of multiple stakeholders in promoting sustainable fisheries management in Mexico.
2022
$450K
To support (as fiscal sponsor) The Soil Inventory Project in scaling a national soil carbon inventory and developing a Midwest regional baseline for soil carbon.
2022
$428K
TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF TWO-TO-FOUR DATASETS THAT ADDRESS INEQUITIES IN HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES.
2022
$250K
provide core support for the Global Alliance for the Future of Food to promote collaboration and actions to transform food systems and their impacts on both food security and climate change
2022
$250K
IN SUPPORT OF IMPLEMENTING TRANSFORMATIVE SOLUTIONS GENERATED THROUGH THE FOOD SYSTEMS GAME CHANGERS LAB THAT LEAD TO MEANINGFUL FOOD SYSTEMS CHANGE GLOBALLY.
2022
$135K
To increase innovation and improve outcomes of wetland and stream mitigation implemented through Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA).
2022
$100K
to support Seeing Systems, Leveraging Power, Managing Privilege: A Training Program for Philanthropic Funders and Impact Investors.
2022
$98K
IN SUPPORT OF IMPLEMENTING TRANSFORMATIVE SOLUTIONS GENERATED THROUGH THE FOOD SYSTEMS GAME CHANGERS LAB THAT LEAD TO MEANINGFUL FOOD SYSTEMS CHANGE GLOBALLY.
2022
$80K
To support the Indonesia Marine Funders Collaboration and the Small-Scale Fisheries Funders Network.
2022
$70K
IN SUPPORT OF IMPLEMENTING TRANSFORMATIVE SOLUTIONS GENERATED THROUGH THE FOOD SYSTEMS GAME CHANGERS LAB THAT LEAD TO MEANINGFUL FOOD SYSTEMS CHANGE GLOBALLY.
2022
$55K
TO PUBLICLY BENCHMARK CORPORATE PRACTICES AND PROGRESS IN RELATION TO COMPANY DEFORESTATION COMMITMENTS AND GENERATE CONTENT FOR INVESTORS AND COMPANIES REGARDING NATURAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS.
2022
$40K
IN SUPPORT OF THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR THE FUTURE OF FOOD'S MEMBERSHIP DUES
2022
$30K
To explore the impact of water conservation practices on water retention, soil health, drought, fire, crop insurance exposure, and ultimately ranch and farm resilience.
2022
$25K
TO SUPPORT SCENARIOS FOR DEFORESTATION AND CONVERSION-FREE (DCF) COMMODITIES IN BRAZIL POST OCTOBER 2022.
2022
$20K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR THE FUTURE OF FOOD -- A FISCALLY-SPONSORED PROJECT OF MERIDIAN INSTITUTE.
2022
$15K
EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF U.S. OCEAN SCIENCE AND POLICY LEADERSHIP
2022
$650K
To further aquaculture dialogues by leading multisectoral engagement and coordination in the U.S. aquaculture space to foster productive cross-sectoral interactions. Support for the Global Alliance for the Future of Food.
2021
$650K
To further aquaculture dialogues by leading multisectoral engagement and coordination in the U.S. aquaculture space to foster productive cross-sectoral interactions. Support for the Global Alliance for the Future of Food.
2021
$250K
provide core support for the Global Alliance for the Future of Food to promote collaboration and actions to transform food systems and their impacts on both food security and climate change
2021
$88K
TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SECTOR ACTION PLAN FOR THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE SECTOR TO REACH NET ZERO EMISSIONS.
2021
$45K
TO PUBLICLY BENCHMARK CORPORATE PRACTICES AND PROGRESS IN RELATION TO COMPANY DEFORESTATION COMMITMENTS AND GENERATE CONTENT FOR INVESTORS AND COMPANIES REGARDING NATURAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS.
2021
$742K
advance healthy food systems that benefit children and families both domestically and internationally by creating knowledge products that impact the local and global level as well as development of evaluation tools to assist stakeholders towards systemic impact on equitable and sustainable food
2020
$650K
THE RESILIENT POWER PROJECT: EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLEAN ENERGY, RESILIENCY, CLIMATE EQUITY, AND HEATH
2020
$450K
TOWARD THE COST OF BUILDING DATASETS FOR MACHINE LEARNING TO ADDRESS BIAS AND INEQUITY IN EXISTING MODELS
2020
$250K
TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF DATASETS THAT REDUCE EXISTING RACIAL INEQUITIES IN THE PERFORMANCE OF MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS
2020
$175K
TO SUPPORT HIGH NET WORTH TRAINING PROJECT, AND GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR THE FUTURE OF FOOD
2020
$150K
To support the Meridian Institute's collaborative work to promote agricultural conservation practices in crop insurance and other federal agricultural policies, and for general operating support
2020
$150K
IN SUPPORT OF EFFORTS TO PROVIDE RESEARCH, CONVENING FACILITATION AND STRATEGIC SUPPORT IN PREPARATION FOR THE 2021 UN FOOD SYSTEMS SUMMIT
2020
$150K
CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR THE FUTURE OF FOOD, A FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT OF MERIDIAN INSTITUTE, IN ITS EFFORTS TO LEVERAGE RESOURCES TO SHIFT FOOD SYSTEMS TOWARD GREATER EQUITY, SUSTAINABILITY AND SECURITY THROUGH RESEARCH, CONVENING AND ACTION
2020
$150K
To support the Meridian Institute's collaborative work to promote agricultural conservation practices in crop insurance and other federal agricultural policies, and for general operating support
2020
$150K
To support the establishment of an accelerator platform to expedite and upscale the practice of True Cost Accounting in the transition of food systems to sustainability and social equity.
2020
$125K
ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA, WORKING TOWARDS A RESILIENT AND EQUITABLE FOOD SYSTEM
2020
$118K
TOWARD THE COSTS OF CREATING THE FOOD PERIODIC TABLE GLOBAL CONSORTIUM, AN EFFORT TO SPUR SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS IN UNDERSTANDING THE BIOCHEMICAL ELEMENTS OF DIET THAT CONTRIBUTE TO HEALTH AND WELLBEING
2020
$113K
TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SECTOR ACTION PLAN FOR THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE SECTOR TO REACH NET ZERO EMISSIONS.
2020
$100K
IN SUPPORT OF A CONVENING TO ADVANCE INTEGRATED ELECTRIFICATION IN ORDER TO HELP END ENERGY POVERTY TO BE HELD AT THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION BELLAGIO CENTER, ITALY, DECEMBER 2019
2020
$100K
To support Seeing Systems, Leveraging Power, Managing Privilege: A Training Program for Philanthropic Funders and Impact Investors.
2020
$98K
To provide critical seed money to support the adoption of Blue Marble Evaluation as part of the UNFSS, and to consider innovative ways to support a broad, global, inclusive, all-of-society engagement process
2020
$98K
To provide critical seed money to support the adoption of Blue Marble Evaluation as part of the UNFSS, and to consider innovative ways to support a broad, global, inclusive, all-of-society engagement process
2020
$53K
Indonesia Marine Funders and Small Scale Fisheries Funders Collaborations
2020
Funded by
$55.0M from 83 funders · 239 grants · 2017–2024
Walton Family Foundation Inc
$8.6M · 26 grants · 2020–2023
The Rockefeller Foundation
$3.9M · 11 grants · 2020–2023
The McKnight Foundation
$3.9M · 15 grants · 2020–2024
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
$3.3M · 4 grants · 2020–2023
Freedom Together Foundation
$3.3M · 5 grants · 2020–2024
The Chicago Community Trust
$3.1M · 7 grants · 2018–2023
Tides Foundation
$3.0M · 3 grants · 2020–2022
Builders Vision Foundation
$2.8M · 8 grants · 2020–2024
Details
EIN841435420
NTEE codeT20I
Subsection03
Ruling date1998-04
Formed1997
Employees77
Volunteers8