Funding search · EIN 473197993 · Kalamazoo, MI
Mesara Family 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.
- 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.
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Funding pattern
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3 grants matching “suicide prevention” · $15,000
- $5,000
Pikes Peak Suicide Prevention Partnership · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General operating support
- $5,000
Pikes Peak Suicide Prevention Partnership · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General operating support
- $5,000
Pikes Peak Suicide Prevention Partnership · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General operating support
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
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
Night to shine
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