Funding search · EIN 137231616 · Sioux Falls, SD

Esther and Harold Mertz Foundation

$57.0M
in grants paid: 33
grants: 14
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 33 grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$52.1M
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2024
To further the donee's exempt purpose in accordance with donee's mission statement
$1.0M
Pines Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2024
General purposes
$400,000
Freedom Alliance · Winchester, VA · 2024
$200,000 to students scholarship program; $150,000 to support our troops program; $25,000 to student outreach project; $15,000 to gifts from home care packages; $10,000 to presents for patriots
$200,000
Hope for New York · New York, NY · 2024
$20,000 to avail nyc; $20,000 to city relief; $10,000 to don't walk by; $20,000 to expect hope; $10,000 to his toy store; $20,000 to new beginnings; $10,000 to operations exodus; $10,000 to shiloh nyc; $20,000 to the bo…
$15,000
America'S Vetdogs · Smithtown, NY · 2024
General purposes
$15,000
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind · Smithtown, NY · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
$5,000 to south dakota trust company charitable fund & $5,000 to south dakota trust company foundation endowment fund
$10,000
The Banquet · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Back On My Feet · New York, NY · 2024
To provide supports for homeless inviduals
$1.0M
Pines Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2023
General operating support
$400,000
Freedom Alliance · Dulles, VA · 2023
To advance the american heritage of freedom by honoring military service
$250,000
Hope for New York · New York, NY · 2023
To serve new york's most marginalized residents including at risk youth and the homeless
$200,000
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2023
To further the donee's exempt purpose in accordance with donee's mission statement.
$40,000
Back On My Feet · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To provide supports for homeless inviduals
$25,000
America'S Vetdogs · Smithtown, NY · 2023
To provide enhanced mobility and renewed independence to united states veterans
$25,000
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind · Smithtown, NY · 2023
To improve the quality of life for people who are blind
$20,000
Florida Southwestern State College Foundation · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
To further the donee's purpose in accordance with donee's mission statement.
$20,000
Spark Youth Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$20,000
The Banquet · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
To further the donee's purpose in accordance with donee's mission statement.
$15,000
Helen Keller Services for the Blind · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To assist deaf-blind youths
$10,000
First Responders Children'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
To further the donee's purpose in accordance with donee's mission statement.
$500,000
Hope for New York · New York, NY · 2022
To serve new york's most marginalized residents including at risk youth and the homeless
$350,000
Freedom Alliance · Dulles, VA · 2022
To advance the american heritage of freedom by honoring military service
$120,000
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2022
To further the donee's exempt purpose in accordance with donee's mission statement.
$30,000
Back On My Feet · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To provide supports for homeless inviduals
$25,000
America'S Vetdogs · Smithtown, NY · 2022
To provide enhanced mobility and renewed independence to united states veterans
$25,000
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind · Smithtown, NY · 2022
To improve the quality of life for people who are blind
$15,600
Helen Keller Services for the Blind · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To assist deaf-blind youths
$15,000
Florida Southwestern State College Foundation · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
To further the donee's purpose in accordance with donee's mission statement.
$15,000
Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
To further the donee's purpose in accordance with donee's mission statement.
$10,000
First Responders Children'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
To further the donee's purpose in accordance with donee's mission statement.
$10,000
You Can Thrieve · New York, NY · 2022
To further the donee's purpose in accordance with donee's mission statement.

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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.