Funding search · EIN 136129085 · Vermontville, NY

Martha Mertz Foundation

Name: Martha Mertz Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

43
grants reported: $1.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $35,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

mothers unwed administering admiistering

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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.

Top recipients

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Good Shepherd Services4 grants · $425,000
Providence House4 grants · $257,000
Women in Need4 grants · $186,000
Homeward Nyc4 grants · $159,500
Forestdale4 grants · $147,000
Grand Street Settlement4 grants · $146,000
Restore3 grants · $73,000
Bread and Life4 grants · $70,400
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nyc4 grants · $63,400
Pregnancy Help3 grants · $31,000

Giving over time

$352,000

2022

$381,400

2023

$415,100

2024

$448,000

2025

Grant history

All 43 reported grants, largest first.

$115,000
Good Shepherd Services · New York, NY · 2022
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$105,000
Good Shepherd Services · New York, NY · 2025
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$105,000
Good Shepherd Services · New York, NY · 2024
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$100,000
Good Shepherd Services · New York, NY · 2023
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$67,000
Providence House · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$66,000
Providence House · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$64,000
Providence House · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$60,000
Providence House · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$52,000
Women in Need · New York, NY · 2025
Programs for admiistering to unwed mothers
$50,000
Women in Need · New York, NY · 2024
Programs for admiistering to unwed mothers
$44,000
Grand Street Settlement · New York, NY · 2023
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$44,000
Women in Need · New York, NY · 2023
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$43,000
Homeward Nyc · New York, NY · 2025
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$42,100
Homeward Nyc · New York, NY · 2024
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$42,000
Grand Street Settlement · New York, NY · 2025
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$41,000
Forestdale · Forest Hills, NY · 2025
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$40,000
Grand Street Settlement · New York, NY · 2024
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$40,000
Women in Need · New York, NY · 2022
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$37,400
Homeward Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$37,000
Forestdale · Forest Hills, NY · 2024
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$37,000
Homeward Nyc · New York, NY · 2022
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$35,000
Forestdale · Forest Hills, NY · 2022
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$34,000
Restore · New York, NY · 2025
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$34,000
Forestdale · Forest Hills, NY · 2023
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$30,000
Bread and Life · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$24,000
Restore · New York, NY · 2024
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$20,000
Grand Street Settlement · New York, NY · 2022
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$19,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nyc · New York, NY · 2025
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$18,800
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nyc · New York, NY · 2024
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$18,000
Bread and Life · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$17,600
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$16,000
Women'S Prison Association · New York, NY · 2025
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$15,400
Bread and Life · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$15,000
Restore · New York, NY · 2023
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$14,000
Pregnancy Help · New York, NY · 2024
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$12,000
Pregnancy Help · New York, NY · 2023
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$10,000
Women'S Prison Association · New York, NY · 2022
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$8,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nyc · New York, NY · 2022
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$8,000
Catholic Guardian Services · New York, NY · 2022
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$7,000
Bread and Life · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$5,000
Pregnancy Help · New York, NY · 2022
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$2,200
Women'S Prison Association · New York, NY · 2024
Programs for administering to unwed mothers
$2,000
Women'S Prison Association · New York, NY · 2023
Programs for administering to unwed mothers

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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.