Funding search · EIN 821593211 · Scottsdale, AZ

Janis Chapman Merrill Foundation

Name: Janis Chapman Merrill 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.

47
grants reported: $1.1M
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

early education center chapman childhood janis merrill residential

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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.

Top recipients

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

Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation4 grants · $150,000
Save the Family4 grants · $125,000
Brighter Way Institute4 grants · $120,300
A New Leaf3 grants · $85,000
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health3 grants · $65,000
One N Ten4 grants · $65,000
Foster Arizona3 grants · $60,000
Umom2 grants · $55,000
Child Crisis Arizona2 grants · $50,000
Gompers2 grants · $47,500

Giving over time

$300,000

2022

$230,300

2023

$267,000

2024

$280,000

2025

Grant history

All 47 reported grants, largest first.

$40,000
Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General fund
$40,000
Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General fund
$40,000
A New Leaf · Mesa, AZ · 2022
Early childhood education
$40,000
Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General fund
$35,000
Brighter Way Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General fund
$35,000
Save the Family · Mesa, AZ · 2025
General fund
$30,000
Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General fund
$30,000
Streets of Destiny Global Outreach Center · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General fund
$30,000
Trevors Vision · Anthem, AZ · 2025
General fund
$30,000
Umom · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General fund
$30,000
Brighter Way Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General fund
$30,000
Save the Family · Mesa, AZ · 2024
General fund
$30,000
Save the Family · Mesa, AZ · 2023
General fund
$30,000
Brighter Way Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General fund
$30,000
Child Crisis Arizona · Mesa, AZ · 2022
Early education services
$30,000
Save the Family · Mesa, AZ · 2022
General fund
$27,500
Gompers · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General fund
$25,300
Brighter Way Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General fund
$25,000
Circle the City · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General fund
$25,000
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Phoenix Children'S Hospital · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Umom · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General fund
$25,000
A New Leaf · Mesa, AZ · 2023
Early childhood education
$25,000
Tempe Dollars for Scholars · Tempe, AZ · 2022
Janis chapman merrill scholarships
$20,000
One N Ten · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General fund
$20,000
Phoenix Children'S Hospital · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General fund
$20,000
A New Leaf · Mesa, AZ · 2024
General fund
$20,000
Foster Arizona · Mesa, AZ · 2024
General fund
$20,000
Child Crisis Arizona · Mesa, AZ · 2023
Early education services
$20,000
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Residential treatment center
$20,000
Foster Arizona · Mesa, AZ · 2023
General fund
$20,000
Gompers · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General fund
$20,000
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Residential treatment center
$20,000
Foster Arizona · Mesa, AZ · 2022
General fund
$15,000
Sleep in Heavenly Peace · Pocatello, ID · 2025
General fund
$15,000
One N Ten · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General fund
$15,000
Tempe Dollars for Scholars · Tempe, AZ · 2024
Janis chapman merrill scholarships
$15,000
One N Ten · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General fund
$15,000
One N Ten · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General fund
$15,000
Upi Loan Fund · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General fund
$12,000
Corbin'S Legacy · Mesa, AZ · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Elaine · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General fund
$10,000
Corbin'S Legacy · Mesa, AZ · 2023
General fund
$7,500
Arizona Helping Hands · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Elaine · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Kid'S Need To Read · Mesa, AZ · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Kid'S Need To Read · Mesa, AZ · 2023
General fund

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