Funding search · EIN 132872722 · New York, NY

Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Name: Mertz Gilmore Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

973
grants reported: $30.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

dance late stage stipend rehearsal space center democracy

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

56 grants matching “rehearsal” · $176,000

$4,000
Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance · New York, NY · 2024
Rehearsal space subsidy
$3,500
Gina Gibney Dance · New York, NY · 2024
Rehearsal space subsidy
$3,000
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Rehearsal space subsidy
$3,000
Ballet Hispanico of New York · New York, NY · 2024
Rehearsal space subsidy
$3,000
Brooklyn Arts Exchange · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Rehearsal space subsidy
$2,000
Triskelion Arts · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Rehearsal space subsidy
$2,000
Movement Research · New York, NY · 2024
Rehearsal space subsidy
$2,000
Center for Performance Research · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Rehearsal space subsidy
$1,500
Dance Entropy · Long Island City, NY · 2024
Rehearsal space subsidy
$1,500
Brooklyn Ballet · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Rehearsal space subsidy
$1,500
Eva Dean Dance Company · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Rehearsal space subsidy
$1,500
Hundred Grand Dance Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Rehearsal space subsidy
$1,500
New Dance Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
Rehearsal space subsidy
$1,500
Topaz Arts · Woodside, NY · 2024
Rehearsal space subsidy
$1,000
Dancewave · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Rehearsal space subsidy
$1,000
Ks Jamm Dance Troupe · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Rehearsal space subsidy
$1,000
National Dance Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Rehearsal space subsidy
$45,000
Kings Majestic Corporation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Ff&e for 651 arts's new performance space and rehearsal studioes
$10,000
Fourth Arts Block · New York, NY · 2023
Dance block rehearsal subsidy program
$4,000
Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance · New York, NY · 2023
Rehearsal space
$3,500
Gina Gibney Dance · New York, NY · 2023
Rehearsal space
$3,000
Ballet Hispanico of New York · New York, NY · 2023
Rehearsal space
$3,000
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Rehearsal space
$3,000
Brooklyn Arts Exchange · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Rehearsal sapce
$2,000
Movement Research · New York, NY · 2023
Rehearsal space
$2,000
Center for Performance Research · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Rehearsal space
$2,000
Triskelion Arts-Kick-Standance · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Rehearsal space
$1,500
Eva Dean Dance Company · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Rehearsal space
$1,500
Brooklyn Ballet · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Rehearsal space
$1,500
Dance Entropy · Long Island City, NY · 2023
Rehearsal space
$1,500
Hundred Grand Dance Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Rehearsal space
$1,500
New Dance Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
Rehearsal space
$1,500
Topaz Arts · Woodside, NY · 2023
Rehearsal space
$1,000
Dancewave · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Rehearsal space
$1,000
Ks Jamm Dance Troupe · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Rehearsal space
$1,000
National Dance Institute · New York, NY · 2023
Rehearsal space
$15,000
Fourth Arts Block · New York, NY · 2022
Dance block rehearsal subsidy program
$4,000
Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance · New York, NY · 2022
Rehearsal space
$3,500
Gina Gibney Dance · New York, NY · 2022
Rehearsal space
$3,000
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Rehearsal space
$3,000
Ballet Hispanico of New York · New York, NY · 2022
Rehearsal space
$3,000
Brooklyn Arts Exchange · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Rehearsal space
$2,000
Center for Performance Research · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Rehearsal space
$2,000
Movement Research · New York, NY · 2022
Rehearsal space
$2,000
Triskelion Arts-Kick-Standance · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Rehearsal space
$1,500
Brooklyn Ballet · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Rehearsal space
$1,500
Eva Dean Dance Company · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Rehearsal space
$1,500
Hundred Grand Dance Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Rehearsal space
$1,500
Dance Entropy · Long Island City, NY · 2022
Rehearsal space
$1,500
New Dance Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
Rehearsal space
$1,500
Rod Rodgers Dance Company · New York, NY · 2022
Rehearsal space
$1,500
Topaz Arts · Woodside, NY · 2022
Rehearsal space
$1,000
Ks Jamm Dance Troupe · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Rehearsal space
$1,000
Dancewave · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Rehearsal space
$1,000
Cave Organization · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Rehearsal space
$1,000
National Dance Institute · New York, NY · 2022
Rehearsal space

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

New York Foundation13 grants · $865,500
Taproot Earth2 grants · $550,000
Tides Foundation13 grants · $506,000
Project South1 grant · $500,000
Proteus Fund8 grants · $494,500
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York7 grants · $480,000
Sustainable Markets Foundation6 grants · $475,000
Opensecrets2 grants · $400,000
Virginia Organizing8 grants · $395,000
Neo Philanthropy10 grants · $375,000

Giving over time

$12.5M

2022

$10.6M

2023

$7.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 973 grants.

$500,000
Taproot Earth · Slidell, LA · 2023
Gulf south green new deal network
$500,000
Project South · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Gulf south green new deal network
$200,000
Opensecrets · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$200,000
Opensecrets · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$200,000
Center for Responsive Politics · Washington, DC · 2022
General support (opensecrets)
$200,000
New York Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Neighborhoods first fund
$175,000
Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2023
General support (piper fund)
$175,000
Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2022
General support (piper fund)
$150,000
New York Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support (youth organizing & culture change fund)
$150,000
New York Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General support (youth organizing & culture change fund)
$138,000
New York Foundation for the Arts · New York, NY · 2023
Dance award program
$135,000
Proteus Fund · Waltham, MA · 2024
Piper fund
$130,000
Alliance of Artists Communities · Providence, RI · 2022
Artist residency program
$125,000
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2023
State infrastructure fund 2023
$125,000
Activate 48 Education Fund · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Training and research for the fair elections campaign
$100,000
Appalachian Voices · Boone, NC · 2024
General support
$100,000
Color of Change Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Alliance of Artists Communities · Providence, RI · 2023
Mertz gilmore/howard gilman artist residencies consortium
$100,000
Appalachian Voices · Boone, NC · 2023
General support
$100,000
Color of Change Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$100,000
New York Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Neighborhoods first fund
$100,000
Sustainable Markets Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General support
$100,000
William J Brennan Jr Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
To support the brennan center's money in politics work
$100,000
Appalachian Voices · Boone, NC · 2022
General support
$100,000
Center for Cultural Power · Oakland, CA · 2022
2021-2022 artist-driven civic engagement
$100,000
Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Voting rights & democracy
$100,000
Color of Change Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$100,000
Progressive Multiplier Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$100,000
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York · Albany, NY · 2022
Invest in our new york campaign
$100,000
Rethink Media · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Strengthening the media skills of state and local leaders in the movement for voting rights
$100,000
Sustainable Markets Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General support
$100,000
William J Brennan Jr Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2022
To support the brennan center's money in politics work
$98,000
New York Foundation for the Arts · New York, NY · 2024
Dance award program
$90,000
African Communities Together · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$90,000
Chinese Staff and Workers' Association · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$90,000
Movement for Justice in El Barrio · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$90,000
Salt Lake Civil Network · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Younify
$75,000
9 To 5 National Association of Working Women · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General support
$75,000
Bvm Capacity Building Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General support
$75,000
Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General support
$75,000
Chesapeake Climate Action Network · Takoma Park, MD · 2024
General support
$75,000
Climate Justice Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support
$75,000
Demos a Network for Ideas and Action · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$75,000
New Georgia Project · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General support
$75,000
New York Community Trust Aka Community Funds · Commack, NY · 2024
Long island community foundation - good neighbors initiative
$75,000
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York · Albany, NY · 2024
General support
$75,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Just transition fund
$75,000
Sustainable Markets Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General support
$75,000
US Climate Action Network · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$75,000
Virginia Interfaith Power & Light · Richmond, VA · 2024
General support
$75,000
Virginia Organizing · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
General support
$75,000
William J Brennan Jr Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$75,000
9 To 5 National Association of Working Women · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General support
$75,000
Action Center On Race and the Economy Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$75,000
Bvm Capacity Building Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General support
$75,000
Center for Cultural Power · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$75,000
Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
$75,000
Chesapeake Climate Action Network · Takoma Park, MD · 2023
General support
$75,000
Climate Justice Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General support
$75,000
Climste and Clean Energy Equity Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$75,000
Kentucky Coalition · London, KY · 2023
General support
$75,000
New Georgia Project · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General support
$75,000
New York Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Neighborhoods first fund
$75,000
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York · Albany, NY · 2023
Invest in our new york
$75,000
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York · Albany, NY · 2023
Democracy fellows program
$75,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
Just transition fund
$75,000
Smartmeme · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$75,000
Sustainable Markets Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General support
$75,000
US Climate Action Network · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$75,000
Virginia Interfaith Power & Light · Richmond, VA · 2023
General support
$75,000
Virginia Organizing · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
General support
$75,000
West Harlem Environmental Action · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$75,000
Action Center On Race and the Economy Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$75,000
Bvm Capacity Building Institute · Atlanta, GA · 2022
To expand rural capacity building work in georgia
$75,000
Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Clc state & local reform
$75,000
Center for Common Ground · Ruther Glen, VA · 2022
General support
$75,000
Chesapeake Climate Action Network · Takoma Park, MD · 2022
General support
$75,000
Climate Justice Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General support
$75,000
Demos a Network for Ideas and Action · New York, NY · 2022
Inclusive democracy project
$75,000
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis · Lakewood, OH · 2022
General support
$75,000
Kentucky Coalition · London, KY · 2022
General support
$75,000
Make the Road New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General support
$75,000
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People · New York, NY · 2022
Naacp environment program
$75,000
Ohio Organizing Collaborative · Youngstown, OH · 2022
Training and research affirmative voting rights ballot measure campaign
$75,000
Public Citizen Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Government and corporate accountability
$75,000
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York · Albany, NY · 2022
Reversing runaway inequality
$75,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Just transition fund
$75,000
Salt Lake Civil Network · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Democracy fellowship
$75,000
Smartmeme · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support (center for story-based strategy)
$75,000
Sustainable Markets Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General support
$75,000
Tides Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General support (new york renews education fund)
$75,000
US Climate Action Network · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$75,000
Virginia Interfaith Power & Light · Richmond, VA · 2022
General support
$75,000
Virginia Organizing · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General support
$75,000
We the People - Mi · Detroit, MI · 2022
Training and research to fight voter suppression ballot measure campaign
$75,000
West Harlem Environmental Action · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$70,000
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis · Lakewood, OH · 2023
General support
$70,000
Met Council Research and Educational Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Joint project: nys tenants & neighbors informatio service/housing for all
$70,000
Southeast Climate and Energy Network · Sunrise, FL · 2023
General support
$70,000
Southeast Climate and Energy Network · Sunrise, FL · 2022
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.