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Mertz Gilmore Foundation

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$30.5M
in grants paid
973
grants
359
recipients
2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

  • $200,000

    Opensecrets · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $135,000

    Proteus Fund · Waltham, MA · 2024

    Piper fund

  • $100,000

    Appalachian Voices · Boone, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Color of Change Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $98,000

    New York Foundation for the Arts · New York, NY · 2024

    Dance award program

  • $75,000

    Demos a Network for Ideas and Action · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Virginia Interfaith Power & Light · Richmond, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    New York Community Trust Aka Community Funds · Commack, NY · 2024

    Long island community foundation - good neighbors initiative

  • $75,000

    US Climate Action Network · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Chesapeake Climate Action Network · Takoma Park, MD · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    New Georgia Project · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

    Just transition fund

  • $75,000

    William J Brennan Jr Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Climate Justice Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    9 To 5 National Association of Working Women · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Virginia Organizing · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Public Policy and Education Fund of New York · Albany, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Sustainable Markets Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Bvm Capacity Building Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General support

  • $60,000

    Jacob'S Pillow Dance Festival · Becket, MA · 2024

    Support for nyc artists at jacob's pillow

  • $60,000

    Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $55,000

    Queens College Foundation · Queens, NY · 2024

    Cuny dance initiative - kupferberg center for the arts

  • $50,000

    Alliance for Youth Organizing · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Rethink Media · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    New York Communities Organizing Fund · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    West Harlem Environmental Action · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Kentucky Coalition · London, KY · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Kairos Fellowship · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Public Policy and Education Fund of New York · Albany, NY · 2024

    Invest in our new york

  • $50,000

    Smartmeme Aka Center for Story-Based Strategy · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Financial Services Stakeholder Project · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Battered Women'S Resource Center · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Future currents (social & economic justice leaders project)

  • $50,000

    Taproot Earth · Slidell, LA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice · Woodside, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Grassroots Power Project · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    North Star Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    Communities united for police reform

  • $50,000

    Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Bay rising

  • $50,000

    New Immigrant Community Empowerment · Jackson Heights, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Dance Works · New York, NY · 2024

    Direct services provided to the nyc dance field

  • $50,000

    Dance Service New York City · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Trusted elections fund

  • $50,000

    Action for the Climate Emergency · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Crenulated Company Ltd · Bronx, NY · 2024

    Casa: community action for safe apartments

  • $50,000

    Sustainable Markets Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    New Virginia Majority Education Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    National Mobilization Against Sweatshops · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Community Voices Heard · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Southeast Climate and Energy Network · Sunrise, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Center for Cultural Power the · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    New York Live Arts · New York, NY · 2024

    Direct services provided to the nyc dance field

  • $50,000

    Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Momentum Community · Long Beach, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Good Old Lower East Side · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $45,000

    Bridging the Gap in Virginia · Richmond, VA · 2024

    Green jobs re-entry and energy efficiency trainin

  • $40,000

    Make the Road New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Riders Alliance · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Right To the City Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Public Citizen Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    We the People - Mi · Detroit, MI · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    West Atlanta Watershed Alliance · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Florida Rising Together · Miami, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Multiplier · Syracuse, NY · 2024

    New york energy democracy alliance

  • $40,000

    Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Partnership for Southern Equity · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Brandworkers International · Long Island City, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Urban Justice Center · New York, NY · 2024

    Street vendor project

  • $40,000

    Chhaya Community Development Corporation · Jackson Heights, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2024

    Dance at lincoln centers summer for the city

  • $40,000

    One Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    Arizona democracy resource center

  • $40,000

    Danspace Project · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Ndn Collective · Rapid City, SD · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Align the Alliance for a Greater New York · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Smartmeme Aka Center for Story-Based Strategy · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Virginia Organizing · Pembroke, VA · 2024

    Support for protect our water, heritage, rights

  • $40,000

    Tides Foundation · Delmar, NY · 2024

    Ny renews education fund

  • $40,000

    Fifth Avenue Committee · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    South brooklyn accountable development initiative

  • $40,000

    Minkwon Center for Community Action · Flushing, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Southern Vision Alliance · Durham, NC · 2024

    Climate change/environmental justice solutions

  • $40,000

    New Immigrant Community Empowerment · Jackson Heights, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Leadership Conference Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    New York Immigration Coalition · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Common Market Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    Power Coalition for Equity and Justice · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    General support

  • $35,000

    Chinese Progressive Association · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Black futures lab

  • $35,000

    One Voice · Jackson, MS · 2024

    General support

  • $35,000

    Tides Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Bloc education fund

  • $35,000

    North Carolina Black Alliance · Raleigh, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $35,000

    Gina Gibney Dance · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $35,000

    New York Live Arts · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $35,000

    Community Climate Collaborative · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $34,500

    North Star Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    Anti-white nationalism pooled fund

  • $30,000

    American Prospect · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    Center for Investigative Reporting the · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    Highlander Research and Education Center · New Market, TN · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    Action Center On Race and the Economy Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    National Domestic Workers Alliance · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.