Funding search · EIN 582663615 · Wilmington, DE

Dan and Merrie Boone 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.

372
grants reported
$2.8M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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3 grants matching “edcuational · $54,000

  • $20,000

    North Shore Country Day School · Winnetka, IL · 2023

    Edcuational Support

  • $20,000

    North Shore Country Day School · Winnetka, IL · 2023

    Edcuational Support

  • $14,000

    North Shore Country Day School · Winnetka, IL · 2022

    Edcuational Support

Top recipients

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

  • Atlanta High Museum of Art3 grants · $393,400
  • Emory University4 grants · $362,000
  • Davidson College7 grants · $349,500
  • Help of Beaufort4 grants · $225,000
  • Robert W Woodruff Arts Center4 grants · $103,000
  • The Michael J Fox Foundation3 grants · $75,000
  • North Shore Country Day School4 grants · $74,000
  • Mississippi Folk Art Foundation3 grants · $70,000
  • Paradise Garden3 grants · $55,500
  • Coastal Conservation League3 grants · $46,000

Giving over time

$552,730
2022
$1.3M
2023
$894,200
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 372 grants.

  • $163,500

    Atlanta High Museum of Art · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Art Museum

  • $163,500

    Atlanta High Museum of Art · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Art Museum

  • $100,000

    Help of Beaufort · Beaufort, SC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $91,000

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Educational Research

  • $91,000

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Educational Research

  • $90,000

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Support for Merrie Boone Comprehensive Care Clinic

  • $90,000

    Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Educational Research

  • $87,000

    Davidson College · Davidson, NC · 2022

    Educational support

  • $85,000

    Davidson College · Davidson, NC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $66,400

    Atlanta High Museum of Art · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Art Museum

  • $62,500

    Davidson College · Davidson, NC · 2024

    Boone Professorship

  • $50,000

    Mississippi Folk Art Foundation · Brandon, MS · 2024

    Support for stabilization and reconstruction of Margaret's Grocery

  • $50,000

    Robert W Woodruff Arts Center · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Support for Boone Family Self Taught Art Curator

  • $50,000

    Robert W Woodruff Arts Center · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Help of Beaufort · Beaufort, SC · 2023

    Financial Assistance

  • $50,000

    Help of Beaufort · Beaufort, SC · 2023

    Financial Assistance

  • $45,000

    Davidson College · Davidson, NC · 2023

    Educational support

  • $45,000

    Davidson College · Davidson, NC · 2023

    Educational support

  • $26,000

    Coastal Conservation League · Charleston, SC · 2022

    Environment Conservation

  • $25,500

    Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Paradise Garden Foundation · Summerville, GA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina · Asheville, NC · 2024

    Emergency Disaster Response Fund

  • $25,000

    Paradise Garden · Summerville, GA · 2023

    Art Center

  • $25,000

    Paradise Garden · Summerville, GA · 2023

    Art Center

  • $25,000

    The Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Disease Research

  • $25,000

    The Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    Disease Research

  • $25,000

    Help of Beaufort · Beaufort, SC · 2022

    Financial Assistance

  • $25,000

    The Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Disease Research

  • $20,000

    Davidson College · Davidson, NC · 2024

    Abernathy Library Renovation Fund

  • $20,000

    Guthrie Theater Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Nature Conservancy · Greenville, SC · 2024

    Land conservation in South Carolina

  • $20,000

    North Shore Country Day School · Winnetka, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    North Shore Country Day School · Winnetka, IL · 2023

    Edcuational Support

  • $20,000

    North Shore Country Day School · Winnetka, IL · 2023

    Edcuational Support

  • $16,000

    Nature Conservancy of Sc · Columbia, SC · 2023

    Environmental Preservation

  • $16,000

    Nature Conservancy of Sc · Columbia, SC · 2023

    Environmental Preservation

  • $14,000

    North Shore Country Day School · Winnetka, IL · 2022

    Edcuational Support

  • $13,000

    Westminster Schools · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $13,000

    Westminster School · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Educational Support

  • $13,000

    Westminster School · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Educational Support

  • $12,000

    Kids Alive International · Alpharetta, GA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $11,000

    The University Press of Kentucky · Lexinston, KY · 2023

    To provide funds for publishing of academic work

  • $11,000

    The University Press of Kentucky · Lexinston, KY · 2023

    To provide funds for publishing of academic work

  • $10,500

    Winnetka Community House · Winnetka, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Beaufort County Open Land Trust · Beaufort, SC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Georgia Center for Opportunity · Peachtree Corners, GA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Open Space Institute · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    South Carolina Coastal Conservation League · Charleston, SC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    The Bascom Corporation · Highlands, NC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2023

    Environment Conservation

  • $10,000

    American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2023

    Environment Conservation

  • $10,000

    Coastal Conservation League · Charleston, SC · 2023

    Environment Conservation

  • $10,000

    Coastal Conservation League · Charleston, SC · 2023

    Environment Conservation

  • $10,000

    Community House Winnetka · Winnetka, IL · 2023

    Health and welfare

  • $10,000

    Community House Winnetka · Winnetka, IL · 2023

    Health and welfare

  • $10,000

    Georgia Center for Opportunity · Norcross, GA · 2023

    Educational Support

  • $10,000

    Georgia Center for Opportunity · Norcross, GA · 2023

    Educational Support

  • $10,000

    Guthrie Theater · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    Performing arts

  • $10,000

    Guthrie Theater · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    Performing arts

  • $10,000

    Missionhurst - Congo · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Animal welfare and education

  • $10,000

    Missionhurst - Congo · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Animal welfare and education

  • $10,000

    Mississippi Folk Art Foundation · Brandon, MS · 2023

    Support arts

  • $10,000

    Mississippi Folk Art Foundation · Brandon, MS · 2023

    Support arts

  • $10,000

    Open Space Institute · Charleston, SC · 2023

    Envirohmental conservation

  • $10,000

    Open Space Institute · Charleston, SC · 2023

    Envirohmental conservation

  • $10,000

    The Bascom · Highlands, NC · 2023

    Art Center

  • $10,000

    The Bascom · Highlands, NC · 2023

    Art Center

  • $10,000

    American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2022

    Environment Conservation

  • $10,000

    Community House Winnetka · Winnetka, IL · 2022

    Health and welfare

  • $10,000

    Nature Conservancy of Sc · Columbia, SC · 2022

    Environmental Preservation

  • $10,000

    Open Space Institute · Charleston, SC · 2022

    Envirohmental conservation

  • $9,000

    Palestine Childrens Relief Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    Blake School · Hopkins, MN · 2024

    Tutterow Faculty Enrichment Fund

  • $7,500

    Georgia Center for Opportunity · Norcross, GA · 2022

    Educational Support

  • $6,000

    Medecins Sans Frontieres USA · New York, NY · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,500

    Paradise Garden · Summerville, GA · 2022

    Art Center

  • $5,000

    Blake School · Hopkins, MN · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Davidson College · Davidson, NC · 2024

    Spike! Arts Grants

  • $5,000

    Good Neighbor Free Medical Clinic · Beaufort, SC · 2024

    Support outreach to the community to bring in more patients to the clinic

  • $5,000

    Highlands Emergency Council · Highlands, NC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Performing Arts Center · Highlands, NC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Spring Island Tr · Okatie, SC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina · Asheville, NC · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023

    Medical services for the needy

  • $5,000

    Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023

    Medical services for the needy

  • $5,000

    Hawaii Community Fund · Honolulu, HI · 2023

    To support Hawaiian people out of poverty

  • $5,000

    Hawaii Community Fund · Honolulu, HI · 2023

    To support Hawaiian people out of poverty

  • $5,000

    Highlands Community Fund · Ashville, NC · 2023

    Poverty Support

  • $5,000

    Highlands Community Fund · Ashville, NC · 2023

    Poverty Support

  • $5,000

    Intuit Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Arts

  • $5,000

    Intuit Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Arts

  • $5,000

    Performing Arts Center · Asheville, NC · 2023

    Art Center

  • $5,000

    Performing Arts Center · Asheville, NC · 2023

    Art Center

  • $5,000

    Spring Island Trust Foundation · Okatie, SC · 2023

    Environmental Preservation

  • $5,000

    Spring Island Trust Foundation · Okatie, SC · 2023

    Environmental Preservation

  • $5,000

    The Blake School · Hopkins, MN · 2023

    Educational Support

  • $5,000

    Children'S Theatre Company · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    Youth Support

  • $5,000

    Community Foundation of Western Nc · Asheville, NC · 2022

    Support community

  • $5,000

    Georgia Public Broadcasting · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Public radio

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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.