Funding search · EIN 473197993 · Kalamazoo, MI

Mesara Family Foundation

Name: Mesara Family 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.

179
grants reported: $1.7M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $8,000
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

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Wmu Foundation3 grants · $145,000
Building Tomorrow3 grants · $113,000
She Jumps3 grants · $83,525
Leader Dogs for the Blind4 grants · $80,100
Special Operations Warrior Foundation2 grants · $50,000
Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science4 grants · $50,000
Special Forces Association Chapter 72 grants · $50,000
Pyxera Global4 grants · $45,000
First Day Shoe Fund4 grants · $45,000
Special Days Camps4 grants · $44,000

Giving over time

$420,100

2022

$377,305

2023

$453,100

2024

$484,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 179 grants.

$50,000
She Jumps · Salt Lake City, UT · 2025
General operating support
$50,000
Wmu Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Wmu study abroad mesara airfare scholarship
$50,000
Wmu Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Wmu study abroad mesara airfare scholarship
$45,000
Wmu Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General operating support
$40,000
Building Tomorrow · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Fellowship program
$38,000
Building Tomorrow · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Fellowship program
$35,000
Building Tomorrow · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Fellowship program
$30,000
Leader Dogs for the Blind · Rochester Hills, MI · 2025
General operating support
$25,000
Special Forces Association Chapter 7 · Crestview, FL · 2025
Special forces scholarship fund
$25,000
Special Forces Association Chapter 7 · Crestview, FL · 2024
Special forces scholarship fund
$25,000
Special Operations Warrior Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
Special Forces Scholarship Fund · Fayetteville, NC · 2022
General operating support
$25,000
Special Operations Warrior Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2022
General operating support
$22,880
Florida Trail Association · Gainesville, FL · 2024
Next generation coalition
$20,000
She Jumps · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Winter programs
$20,000
Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science · Seward, AK · 2022
General operating support
$18,500
Leader Dogs for the Blind · Rochester Hills, MI · 2023
General operating support
$17,600
Leader Dogs for the Blind · Rochester Hills, MI · 2022
General operating support
$16,720
Hearts and Horses Therapeutic Riding · Loveland, CO · 2024
Loafing shed project
$15,780
Friends of Cheyenne Mountain State Park · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Terrain hopper wheelchair
$15,000
First Day Shoe Fund · Portage, MI · 2025
Shoe distribution
$15,000
Pyxera Global · Washington, DC · 2025
William j white fellowship
$15,000
Florida Trail Association · Gainesville, FL · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Friends of Seminole State Forest · Sorrento, FL · 2023
Ecorover
$15,000
Discovery Center Great Lakes · Traverse City, MI · 2022
General operating support
$14,000
Leader Dogs for the Blind · Rochester Hills, MI · 2024
Endoscopy system replacement
$13,525
She Jumps · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
General operating support
$12,500
Locks of Love · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
General operating support
$12,500
Scott Elementary School · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General operating support
$12,000
Season of Justice · Zionsville, IN · 2025
Dna testing for cold cases in michigan
$12,000
Special Days Camps · Dimondale, MI · 2025
General operating support
$12,000
Special Days Camps · Dimondale, MI · 2024
General operating support
$11,000
Catamount Institute · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Catamount outdoor schools
$10,000
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
Care and Share Food Bank of Southern Colorado · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
Catamount Institute · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Operational needs
$10,000
Feeding Tampa Bay · Tampa, FL · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
God'S Special Peoples Camp · Portage, MI · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
Hearts and Horses Therapeutic Riding · Loveland, CO · 2025
Support for two horses
$10,000
Kalamazoo County Nature Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
Michigan Interfaith Power and Light · Detroit, MI · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science · Seward, AK · 2025
Vet expenses and food supplies
$10,000
The Chill Foundation · Burlington, VT · 2025
Explore program
$10,000
Wild Sheep Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Take one out put one back program
$10,000
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2024
River interceptors
$10,000
Catamount Institute · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Yes program / opertional needs
$10,000
Children'S Hosptial Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Family resource center
$10,000
First Day Shoe Fund · Portage, MI · 2024
Shoe distribution
$10,000
God'S Special Peoples Camp · Portage, MI · 2024
Scholarships / operations
$10,000
Kalamazoo County Parks and Recreation Development Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Arthur e. And mildred h. Woollam nature preserve
$10,000
Michigan Interfaith Power and Light · Detroit, MI · 2024
Hope for creation
$10,000
Pyxera Global · Washington, DC · 2024
William j white fellowship
$10,000
Seasons of Justice · Zionville, IN · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science · Seward, AK · 2024
Vet expenses
$10,000
The Chill Foundation · Burlington, VT · 2024
West michigan programs
$10,000
Wild Sheep Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Put one back program
$10,000
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation · Pasadena, CA · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Catamount Institute · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Yes club / opertional needs/ staff development
$10,000
First Day Shoe Fund · Portage, MI · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
God'S Special Peoples Camp · Jones, MI · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Kalamazoo County Nature Center · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Malama Kauai · Kilauea, HI · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Michigan Interfaith Power and Light · Detroit, MI · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Pyxera Global · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science · Seward, AK · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Special Days Camps · Dimondale, MI · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
The Chill Foundation · Burlington, VT · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Wild Sheep Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Children'S Nature Playscape · Kalamazoo, MI · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
Cole Community Solutions · Portage, MI · 2022
Touchdown for diabetes
$10,000
Conch Republic Marine Army · Big Pine Key, FL · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
First Day Shoe Fund · Portage, MI · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
God'S Special Peoples Camp · Portage, MI · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
Malama Kauai · Kilauea, HI · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
Michigan Interfaith Power and Light · Detroit, MI · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
Musk Ox Development Corporation · Palmer, AK · 2022
Pavilion fund
$10,000
Pyxera Global · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
Special Days Camps · Dimondale, MI · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
St Johns Riverkeeper · Jacksonville, FL · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
The Ocean Cleanup North Pacific Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$10,000
Wild Sheep Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General operating support
$8,500
Inside Out Youth Services · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General operating support
$8,500
Mountain View Lakes Foundation · Owls Head, NY · 2025
Invasive weed control
$8,500
Inside Out Youth Services · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Security, program expansion
$8,500
Inside Out Youth Services · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General operating support
$8,000
Bronson Health Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Facility dog advocacy program
$8,000
Cetera · St Petersburg, FL · 2025
General operating support
$8,000
Cetera · Saint Petersburg, FL · 2024
General operating support
$8,000
Cetera · Saint Petersburg, FL · 2023
General operating support
$7,500
Reef Environmental Education Foundation · Key Largo, FL · 2025
Lion fish derby and workshops
$7,500
Southridge Reformed Church · Kalamazoo, MI · 2025
Night to shine
$7,500
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue · Asheville, NC · 2024
Hurricane relief
$7,500
Mountain Projects · Waynesville, NC · 2024
Hurricane relief
$7,500
Mountain View Lakes Foundation · Owls Head, NY · 2024
Invasive weed control
$7,500
Reef · Key Largo, FL · 2024
Lion fish derby
$7,500
Southridge Reformed Church · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
Night to shine
$7,500
Mountain View Lakes Foundation · Owls Head, NY · 2023
Invasive weed control
$7,500
Reef Environmental Education Foundation · Key Largo, FL · 2023
Lion fish derby and workshops
$7,500
Southridge Reformed Church · Kalamazoo, MI · 2023
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