Funding search · EIN 521646030 · Bethesda, MD

Mead Family Foundation

Name: Mead 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.

222
grants reported: $12.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
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

board discretionary urgent youth mental capacity capital children

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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 “invention” · $305,000

$240,000
Project Invent · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Staff capacity, educator training, and platform development
$35,000
Project Invent · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General operating support
$30,000
Project Invent · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Project invent fellowship program

Top recipients

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

Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education10 grants · $1.0M
Identity9 grants · $910,000
Stepup Ministry7 grants · $800,000
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle3 grants · $780,000
Durham Children'S Initiative4 grants · $780,000
Trosa5 grants · $730,000
National Family Resiliency Center7 grants · $530,000
Parent Encouragement Program10 grants · $504,000
Kidznotes6 grants · $470,000
North Carolina Arts in Action5 grants · $465,000

Giving over time

$1.3M

2022

$2.5M

2023

$5.1M

2024

$3.1M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 222 grants.

$700,000
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle · Raleigh, NC · 2024
The presidents fund to advance innovation
$700,000
Identity · Rockville, MD · 2023
Identitys transformational campaign
$650,000
Durham Children'S Initiative · Durham, NC · 2024
General operating support
$600,000
Stepup Ministry · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General operating and capital funding request 2024
$600,000
Trosa · Durham, NC · 2024
T-west expansion capital project 2024 and general operating support 2024, 2025, and 2026
$437,500
Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Poe center capital/operating proposal
$362,500
Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education · Raleigh, NC · 2025
Poe center capital/operating proposal
$250,000
Kid Museum · Bethesda, MD · 2025
Building organizational capacity for kid
$250,000
The 4r Foundation · Orlando, FL · 2025
4roots farm campus phase ii capital request
$240,000
Project Invent · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Staff capacity, educator training, and platform development
$220,000
National Family Resiliency Center · Columbia, MD · 2024
Fostering resiliency for individuals and families
$200,000
Kidznotes · Durham, NC · 2025
General operating support
$200,000
Kidznotes · Durham, NC · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
North Carolina Arts in Action · Durham, NC · 2024
Engaging more children through dance and live music
$200,000
North Carolina Arts in Action · Durham, NC · 2023
Engaging more children through dance and live music
$180,000
National Family Resiliency Center · Columbia, MD · 2025
Fostering resiliency for individuals and families
$150,000
The Upcounty Hub · Germantown, MD · 2025
Funding support for communications and development director
$145,000
Parent Encouragement Program · Kensington, MD · 2025
Strengthening pep grants capacity for sustainability and growth
$133,000
Parent Encouragement Program · Kensington, MD · 2024
Strengthening pep grants capacity for sustainability and growth
$120,000
Dress for Success Triangle Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Scaling for growth 2025-2027
$100,000
Montgomery County Children'S Opportunity Alliance · Bethesda, MD · 2025
General operating: common agenda implementation
$100,000
Stepup Ministry · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General operating and capital funding
$100,000
Montgomery County Children'S Opportunity Alliance · Bethesda, MD · 2024
General operating: incl. Hiring a community organizer, implementing prek pilot project & grantmaking
$100,000
Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Family life theater upgrades 2023
$100,000
Parent Encouragement Program · Kensington, MD · 2023
Expanding pep's internal capacity and leadership to support more families and children
$100,000
Compass Center for Women and Families · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Self-sufficiency spotlight project
$90,000
Dress for Success Triangle Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2025
Scaling for growth
$70,000
Corral Riding Academy · Cary, NC · 2023
Join the herd
$65,000
The 4r Foundation · Orlando, FL · 2025
General operating support
$60,000
Montgomery County Food Council · Bethesda, MD · 2025
General operating support
$60,000
Red Wiggler Community Farm · Clarksburg, MD · 2025
General operating support
$60,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Triangle · Durham, NC · 2025
Regional capacity building and healthy food support
$60,000
United Service Organizations · Arlington, VA · 2025
General operating support- uso north carolina
$60,000
Joel Fund · Wake Forest, NC · 2024
Board discretionary grant
$60,000
Montgomery County Food Council · Bethesda, MD · 2024
General operating support
$60,000
Red Wiggler Community Farm · Clarksburg, MD · 2024
General operating support
$60,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Triangle · Durham, NC · 2024
Regional capacity building and healthy food support
$60,000
United Service Organization · Arlington, VA · 2024
General operating support- uso north carolina 2024-2026
$50,000
Corral · Cary, NC · 2025
The riding academy (ra)
$50,000
Durham Children'S Initiative · Durham, NC · 2025
General operating support
$50,000
The Upcounty Hub · Germantown, MD · 2025
General operating support
$50,000
The Women'S Center · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
General operating support
$50,000
Trosa · Durham, NC · 2025
T-west expansion capital project and general operating support
$50,000
Corral Riding Academy · Cary, NC · 2024
The riding academy (ra)
$50,000
The 4r Foundation Inc Dba 4roots · Orlando, FL · 2024
The 4roots farm campus project
$50,000
The Women'S Center Inc Dba Compass Center · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
General operating support 2024
$50,000
Identity · Rockville, MD · 2023
Youth encuentros: a peer-led model of emotional support
$50,000
The 4r Foundation · Orlando, FL · 2023
The 4roots farm campus project
$40,000
Everymind · Rockville, MD · 2025
General operating support
$40,000
Identity · Gaithersburg, MD · 2025
General operating support
$40,000
Kaboom · Bethesda, MD · 2025
General operating support
$40,000
Everymind · Rockville, MD · 2024
General operating support
$40,000
Identity · Gaithersburg, MD · 2024
General operating support
$40,000
Kaboom · Bethesda, MD · 2024
General operating support
$40,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida · Orlando, FL · 2023
Mental health myth busters & trauma informed initiative
$40,000
Dress for Success Triangle Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General operating support 2023
$40,000
Durham Children'S Initiative · Durham, NC · 2023
General operating support 2023
$40,000
Generation Hope · Washington, DC · 2023
Generation hopes mental health programming for young families
$40,000
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General operating support 2023
$40,000
National Family Resiliency Center · Columbia, MD · 2023
General operating support 2023
$40,000
National Family Resiliency Center · Columbia, MD · 2023
Building resiliency for children, teens, and families: an interdisciplinary effort
$40,000
Stepup Ministry · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General operating support 2023
$40,000
Trosa · Durham, NC · 2023
Rebuilding lives: residential substance abuse recovery services 2023
$40,000
Durham Children'S Initiative · Durham, NC · 2022
General operating support 2022
$40,000
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General operating support 2022
$40,000
Stepup Ministry · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Youth-focused education and case management 2022
$40,000
The Upcounty Hub · Germantown, MD · 2022
Covid-19 urgent grant for purchasing truck
$35,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida · Orlando, FL · 2025
Downtown orlando boys & girls clubs operating supportinvesting in youth
$35,000
Children'S Inn at Nih · Bethesda, MD · 2025
Happily hungry cooking classes
$35,000
Collegiate Directions · Bethesda, MD · 2025
General operating support for college access and completion
$35,000
Project Invent · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General operating support
$35,000
Collegiate Directions · Bethesda, MD · 2023
Wellness for cdi's community 2023
$35,000
Everymind · Rockville, MD · 2023
Everymind youth town hall series
$35,000
Parent Encouragement Program · Kensington, MD · 2023
General operating support 2023
$35,000
United States Service Organization · Morrisville, NC · 2023
Uso north carolina transitions program
$35,000
Everymind · Rockville, MD · 2022
Youth and family services support fy23
$30,000
Caring House · Durham, NC · 2025
Caring house general operating support
$30,000
Joel Fund · Wake Forest, NC · 2025
General operating
$30,000
Urban Alliance Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating support for the greater washington, dc region
$30,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Ccu inpatient nursing program fund for purchasing and placing sound machines in hospital rooms
$30,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida · Orlando, FL · 2024
Downtown orlando boys & girls clubs operating supportinvesting in youth
$30,000
Caring House · Durham, NC · 2024
Caring house general operating support
$30,000
Collegiate Directions · Bethesda, MD · 2024
General operating support
$30,000
Joel Fund · Wake Forest, NC · 2024
General operating support
$30,000
Project Invent · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Project invent fellowship program
$30,000
Urban Alliance Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Urban alliance general operating support for the greater washington, dc region 2024
$30,000
Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General operating support 2023
$30,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida · Orlando, FL · 2023
Levy-hughes boys & girls club operating support investing in youth
$30,000
Collegiate Directions · Bethesda, MD · 2023
General operating support 2023
$30,000
Kidznotes · Durham, NC · 2023
General operating support sy 2023-24: a challenge match
$30,000
Montgomery County Food Council · Bethesda, MD · 2023
General operating support 2023
$30,000
North Carolina Arts in Action · Durham, NC · 2023
General operating support 2023
$30,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Triangle · Durham, NC · 2023
Grab and go program, healthy meals, and general operating support
$30,000
The 4r Foundation · Orlando, FL · 2023
Feed the need florida
$30,000
The Women'S Center · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
Core support 2023
$30,000
Urban Alliance Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Urban alliance general operating support for greater washington, dc region 2023
$30,000
Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General operating support 2022
$30,000
Collegiate Directions · Bethesda, MD · 2022
General operating support 2022
$30,000
Compass Center for Women and Families · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Core support
$30,000
Dress for Success Triangle Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General operating support 2022

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