Funding search · EIN 274113304 · Shelburne, VT
Ann a Mergens Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 40
- grants reported
- $1.2M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $20,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
What they fund
operatingsupportcapitalcampaignbarnfacilityandfarmneilshapiroscholarshiptheheart
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Funding pattern
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1 grant matching “theheart” · $10,000
- $10,000
Burlington City Arts · Burlington, VT · 2021
Art from theHeart Program
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Live Like Jake Foundation3 grants · $355,000
- Shelburne Farms3 grants · $110,000
- Live Like Jake Foundation1 grant · $100,000
- Stern Center for Language and Learning3 grants · $85,000
- Loggerhead Marine Life Center3 grants · $65,000
- Center for Creative Education3 grants · $60,000
- Jupiter Hills Community Foundation3 grants · $55,000
- Greater Burlington Ymca3 grants · $45,000
- Champlain College3 grants · $40,000
- Shelburne Farms1 grant · $40,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 40 reported grants, largest first.
- $145,000
Live Like Jake Foundation · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2024
Operations
- $110,000
Live Like Jake Foundation · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2023
Operations
- $100,000
Live Like Jake Foundation · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2022
Operations
- $100,000
Live Like Jake Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2021
General OperatingSupport
- $40,000
Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2024
Operations
- $40,000
Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2021
Farm Barn Facilityand Programming
- $35,000
Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2023
Operations
- $35,000
Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2022
Operations
- $30,000
Stern Center for Language and Learning · Williston, VT · 2024
Operations
- $30,000
Stern Center for Language and Learning · Williston, VT · 2023
Operations
- $30,000
Stern Center · Williston, VT · 2021
Neil ShapiroScholarship Fund
- $25,000
Jupiter Hills Community Foundation · Tequesta, FL · 2024
Operations
- $25,000
Loggerhead Marine Life Center · Juno Beach, FL · 2024
Operations
- $25,000
Stern Center for Language and Learning · Williston, VT · 2022
Operations
- $25,000
Center for Creative Education · West Palm Beach, FL · 2021
General OperatingSupport
- $20,000
Center for Creative Education · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Operations
- $20,000
Center for Creative Education · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Operations
- $20,000
Jupiter Hills Community Foundation · Tequesta, FL · 2023
Operations
- $20,000
Loggerhead Marine Life Center · Juno Beach, FL · 2023
Operations
- $20,000
Center for Creative Education · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Operations
- $20,000
Loggerhead Marine Life Center · Juno Beach, FL · 2022
Operations
- $20,000
Loggerhead Marine Life Center · North Palm Beach, FL · 2021
CapitalCampaign
- $15,000
Burlington City Arts · Burlington, VT · 2024
Operations
- $15,000
Busch Wildlife Sanctuary · Jupiter, FL · 2024
Operations
- $15,000
Champlain College · Burlington, VT · 2024
Operations
- $15,000
Greater Burlington Ymca · Burlington, VT · 2024
Operations
- $15,000
Champlain College · Burlington, VT · 2023
Operations
- $15,000
Greater Burlington Ymca · Burlington, VT · 2023
Operations
- $15,000
Greater Burlington Ymca · Burlington, VT · 2022
Operations
- $15,000
Champlain College · Burlington, VT · 2021
General OperatingSupport
- $15,000
Greater Burlington Ymca · Burlington, VT · 2021
CapitalCampaign
- $15,000
Jupiter Hills Community Foundation · Tequesta, FL · 2021
General OperatingSupport
- $10,000
Burlington City Arts · Burlington, VT · 2023
Operations
- $10,000
Busch Wildlife Sanctuary · Jupiter, FL · 2023
Operations
- $10,000
Burlington City Arts · Burlington, VT · 2022
Operations
- $10,000
Busch Wildlife Sanctuary · Jupiter, FL · 2022
Operations
- $10,000
Champlain College · Burlington, VT · 2022
Operations
- $10,000
Jupiter Hills Community Foundation · Tequesta, FL · 2022
Operations
- $10,000
Burlington City Arts · Burlington, VT · 2021
Art from theHeart Program
- $10,000
Busch Wildlife Sanctuary · Jupiter, FL · 2021
General OperatingSupport
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