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Funding search · EIN 481088604 · Mission, KS

Merrill Charitable 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.

98
grants reported
$1.4M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$6,750
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

foundationprivateworksheetchoraldepartmentdesignatedmusic

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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.

  • Wilson Tourism Hub4 grants · $310,500
  • Country Club Christian Church4 grants · $149,084
  • Leawood Presbyterian Church4 grants · $147,934
  • Museum of Prairiefire Foundation4 grants · $100,834
  • Church of the Resurrection3 grants · $75,000
  • Kansas State Athletics3 grants · $72,500
  • Jdrf Kansas City Chapter4 grants · $52,000
  • Saint Lukes Foundation1 grant · $50,000
  • Salvation Army2 grants · $45,000
  • Kansas State Alumni Association3 grants · $42,500

Giving over time

$260,000
2022
$300,000
2023
$320,000
2024
$482,002
2025

Grant history

All 98 reported grants, largest first.

  • $100,500

    Wilson Tourism Hub · Wilson, KS · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $80,000

    Wilson Tourism Hub · Wilson, KS · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $75,000

    Wilson Tourism Hub · Wilson, KS · 2023

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  • $55,000

    Wilson Tourism Hub · Wilson, KS · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $50,584

    Country Club Christian Church · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $50,000

    Saint Lukes Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $42,000

    Museum of Prairiefire Foundation · Overland Park, KS · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $40,834

    Leawood Presbyterian Church · Leawood, KS · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $40,000

    Kansas State Athletics · Manhattan, KS · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $40,000

    Country Club Christian Church · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    To help support the organization

  • $39,100

    Leawood Presbyterian Church · Leawood, KS · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $38,000

    Leawood Presbyterian Church · Leawood, KS · 2023

    To help support the organization

  • $30,000

    Church of the Resurrection · Leawood, KS · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $30,000

    Youth Front · Kansas City, KS · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $30,000

    Country Club Christian Church · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $30,000

    Leawood Presbyterian Church · Leawood, KS · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $28,500

    Country Club Christian Church · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $27,500

    Museum of Prairiefire Foundation · Overland Park, KS · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $25,000

    Salvation Army · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $25,000

    Church of the Resurrection · Leawood, KS · 2023

    To help support the organization

  • $25,000

    Kansas State Athletics · Manhattan, KS · 2023

    To help support the organization

  • $20,000

    Rocky Ridge Music Center Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $20,000

    Church of the Resurrection · Leawood, KS · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $20,000

    Kansas State Alumni Association · Manhattan, KS · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $20,000

    Salvation Army · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $18,834

    Museum of Prairiefire Foundation · Overland Park, KS · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $16,500

    The Kansas City Symphony · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $15,000

    Kansas State Alumni Association · Manhattan, KS · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $15,000

    Kansas Alpha of Phi Delta Theta Educational Foundation · Leawood, KS · 2023

    To help support the organization

  • $13,750

    The Kansas City Symphony · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $13,000

    Jdrf Kansas City Chapter · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $13,000

    Jdrf Kansas City Chapter · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $13,000

    Jdrf Kansas City Chapter · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    To help support the organization

  • $13,000

    Jdrf Kansas City Chapter · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $12,500

    Museum of Prairiefire Foundation · Overland Park, KS · 2023

    To help support the organization

  • $10,000

    Kansas City Chorale · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $10,000

    Franklin Center · Kansas City, KS · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $10,000

    Franklin Center · Kansas City, KS · 2023

    To help support the organization

  • $10,000

    Relentless Endeavor Ministries · Prairie Village, KS · 2023

    To help support the organization

  • $10,000

    Kansas Alpha of Phi Delta Theta Educational Foundation · Mission, KS · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $10,000

    Kansas State University Foundation · Manhattan, KS · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $10,000

    Relentless Endeavor Ministries · Prairie Village, KS · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $8,900

    Belles of the American Royal · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $8,750

    Kansas City Symphony · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $8,000

    Boys Hope Girls Hope of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $8,000

    Kansas Czechs · Hays, KS · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $7,500

    Kansas State Athletics · Manhattan, KS · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $7,500

    Kansas State Alumni Association · Manhattan, KS · 2023

    To help support the organization

  • $7,500

    The Kansas City Symphony · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    To help support the organization

  • $6,000

    Harvesters Community Food Network · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $5,000

    Harvesters Community Food Network · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $5,000

    Lyric Opera of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $5,000

    Wayside Waifs · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $5,000

    Harvesters Community Food Network · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    To help support the organization

  • $5,000

    Franklin Center · Kansas City, KS · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $5,000

    Harvesters Community Food Network · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $5,000

    Ku Endowment Association · Kansas City, KS · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $3,000

    Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $2,500

    Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $2,500

    Lyric Opera of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $2,500

    Nelson Gallery Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $2,500

    Wayside Waifs · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $2,500

    Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $2,500

    Nelson Gallery Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $2,500

    Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    To help support the organization

  • $2,500

    Lyric Opera of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    To help support the organization

  • $2,500

    Nelson Gallery Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2023

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  • $2,500

    Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $2,500

    Lyric Opera of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $2,500

    Nelson Gallery Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $2,500

    Wayside Waifs · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $2,000

    Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $2,000

    Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2023

    Ges - 05/13/24 08:25am worksheet private foundation

  • $2,000

    Kansas Sampler Foundation · Inman, KS · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $2,000

    Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2022

    Designated to the choral music department

  • $1,500

    Kansas City Pbs · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $1,500

    Kansas Public Radio · Lawrence, KS · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $1,500

    Umkc Foundation · Kansas City, KS · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $1,500

    Kansas City Chorale · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    To help support the organization

  • $1,500

    Symphony in the Flint Hills · Cottonwood Falls, KS · 2023

    To help support the organization

  • $1,250

    Symphony in the Flint Hills · Cottonwood Falls, KS · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $1,000

    Kansas City Union Station · Kansas City, MO · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $1,000

    Pi Beta Phi Foundation · Town Country, MO · 2025

    To help support the organization

  • $1,000

    Kansas City Chorale · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $1,000

    Kansas City Pbs · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $1,000

    Kansas Public Radio · Lawrence, KS · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $1,000

    Pi Beta Phi Foundation · Town Country, MO · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $1,000

    Symphony in the Flint Hills · Cottonwood Falls, KS · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $1,000

    Umkc Foundation · Kansas City, KS · 2024

    To help support the organization

  • $1,000

    Kansas City Pbs · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    To help support the organization

  • $1,000

    Kansas Public Radio · Lawrence, KS · 2023

    To help support the organization

  • $1,000

    Pi Beta Phi Foundation · Town Country, MO · 2023

    To help support the organization

  • $1,000

    Umkc Foundation · Kansas City, KS · 2023

    To help support the organization

  • $1,000

    Kansas City Chorale · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $1,000

    Kansas City Pbs · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $1,000

    Kansas Public Radio · Lawrence, KS · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $1,000

    Pi Beta Phi Foundation · Town Country, MO · 2022

    To help support the organization

  • $1,000

    Umkc Foundation · Kansas City, KS · 2022

    To help support the organization

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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.