Funding search · EIN 161563802 · Victor, NY

Oliver B Merlyn Foundation

Name: Oliver B Merlyn 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.

42
grants reported: $732,106
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $12,500
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

trustee purchase campaign insurance capital designated helicopter medical

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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.

3 grants matching “helicopter” · $175,826

$68,067
Mercy Flight Central · Canandaigua, NY · 2025
Insurance for helicopter
$54,564
Mercy Flight Central · Canandaigua, NY · 2023
Insurance for helicopter
$53,195
Mercy Flight Central · Canandaigua, NY · 2022
Helicopter insurance

Top recipients

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

Mercy Flight Central8 grants · $319,341
Glenville Hill Fire Dist1 grant · $60,000
Perinton Volunteer Ambulance2 grants · $51,000
Lollypop Farm2 grants · $45,000
Glenville Hill Fire Dept1 grant · $36,000
Glenville Hill Fire District1 grant · $35,000
Wyoming County Emer Resp Team1 grant · $33,396
Perinton Volunteer Ambulance Corp1 grant · $25,000
Gainesville Fire Dept1 grant · $22,000
Mercy Flight Central Foundation1 grant · $20,000

Giving over time

$135,195

2022

$162,064

2023

$191,025

2024

$243,822

2025

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$68,067
Mercy Flight Central · Canandaigua, NY · 2025
Insurance for helicopter
$63,515
Mercy Flight Central · Canandaigua, NY · 2024
Insurance for helpicopter
$60,000
Glenville Hill Fire Dist · Schenectady, NY · 2025
Vehicle extraction equipment
$54,564
Mercy Flight Central · Canandaigua, NY · 2023
Insurance for helicopter
$53,195
Mercy Flight Central · Canandaigua, NY · 2022
Helicopter insurance
$36,000
Glenville Hill Fire Dept · Schenectady, NY · 2023
Purchase of initial response vehicle
$35,000
Glenville Hill Fire District · Schenectady, NY · 2024
Purchase of initial response vehicle
$33,396
Wyoming County Emer Resp Team · Strykersville, NY · 2025
Ert formation equipment
$30,000
Lollypop Farm · Fairport, NY · 2024
Two way radios
$26,000
Perinton Volunteer Ambulance · Fairport, NY · 2025
Purchase of utv and trailer
$25,000
Perinton Volunteer Ambulance · Fairport, NY · 2024
New building campaign
$25,000
Perinton Volunteer Ambulance Corp · Fairport, NY · 2023
New building campaign
$22,000
Gainesville Fire Dept · Gainesville, NY · 2023
Purchase atv and trailer
$20,000
Mercy Flight Central · Canandaigua, NY · 2025
Contribution to captial campaign
$20,000
Mercy Flight Central Foundation · Canandaigua, NY · 2024
Capital campaign contribution
$20,000
Mercy Flight Central · Canandaigua, NY · 2023
Contribution to capital campaign
$20,000
Mercy Flight Central · Canandaigua, NY · 2022
Contribution to capital campaign
$20,000
Mercy Flight Central · Canandaigua, NY · 2022
Medical dept purchase
$17,359
Beukendaal Volunteer Fire Dept · Schenectady, NY · 2025
Purchase of atv
$15,510
Forest Ranger Foundation · Keene, NY · 2024
Patient care kits
$15,000
Lollypop Farm · Fairport, NY · 2025
Aminal emergency team
$10,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2022
Trustee grant
$10,000
Gainesville Fire Department · Gainesville, NY · 2022
Emergency medical equip
$10,000
Rip Medical Debt · Long Island City, NY · 2022
Medical debt purchase
$2,000
Castleton Preservation Trust · East Schodack, NY · 2025
Trustee grant
$2,000
Pawling Community Center · Pawling, NY · 2025
Trustee grant
$2,000
Hero Labradors · Decatur, TX · 2024
Trustee grant
$2,000
Forest Ranger Foundation · Canaan, NY · 2023
Trustee designated grant
$2,000
Ronald McDonald House · New York, NY · 2023
Trustee designated grant
$2,000
Jehovahs Witnesses · Wallkill, NY · 2022
Trsutee grant
$2,000
Laughing at My Nightmare · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Trustee grant
$2,000
Ronald McDonald House · New York, NY · 2022
Trustee designated grant
$2,000
Souther Adirondack Beekeepers · North River, NY · 2022
Trustee grant
$500
Rensselaer County Search and Rescue · East Greenbush, NY · 2023
Trustee grant
$500
Fairville Volunter Fire Dept · Newark, NY · 2022
Trustee grant
$500
Henderson Fire Dept · Henderson, NY · 2022
Trustee grant
$500
Perington Ambulance · Fairport, NY · 2022
Trustee grant
$500
Pultneyville Fire Dept · Pultneyville, NY · 2022
Trustee grant
$500
Ringold Fire Company · Pulaski, NY · 2022
Trsutee grant
$500
Sodus Fire Rescue · Sodus, NY · 2022
Trustee grant
$500
Victor Farmington Ambulance · Victor, NY · 2022
Trustee grant
$500
Williamson Fire Dept · Williamson, NY · 2022
Trustee grant

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