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The Merritt Charitable Fund

Name: The Merritt Charitable Fund 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.

40
grants reported: $476,840
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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

homeless children fairfax youth educational community create feed

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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.

7 grants matching “fairfax” · $81,354

$20,600
Facets Cares · Fairfax, VA · 2025
To help those in poverty in fairfax va
$20,580
The Lamb Center · Fairfax, VA · 2025
Homeless service in fairfax, virginia
$5,000
The Lamb Center · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Homeless service in fairfax, virginia
$15,019
Facets Cares · Fairfax, VA · 2023
To help those in poverty in fairfax va
$5,000
The Lamb Center · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Homeless service in fairfax, virginia
$10,000
Facets Cares · Fairfax, VA · 2022
To help those in poverty in fairfax va
$5,155
Give Now Fairfax · Fairfax, VA · 2022
To feed the homeless in fairfax

Top recipients

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

Thrive for Life Prison Project4 grants · $81,208
Miriam S Kitchen Washington3 grants · $50,749
Samaritans Purse1 grant · $50,000
Facets Cares3 grants · $45,619
Cloverleaf Equine Center3 grants · $30,893
The Lamb Center3 grants · $30,580
Luther Jackson Middle4 grants · $30,000
Home Stretch Va1 grant · $20,020
Mark Garwood Scholarship Fund1 grant · $20,000
Miami Bridge Youth and Family Services2 grants · $15,675

Giving over time

$151,553

2022

$107,411

2023

$46,254

2024

$171,622

2025

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2022
To provide international relief
$25,000
Miriam S Kitchen Washington · Washington, DC · 2025
To feed the homeless in dc
$25,000
Thrive for Life Prison Project · New York, NY · 2025
To create opportunities for incarcerated
$25,000
Thrive for Life Prison Project · New York, NY · 2022
To create opportunities for incarcerated
$20,796
Thrive for Life Prison Project · New York, NY · 2023
To create opportunities for incarcerated
$20,600
Facets Cares · Fairfax, VA · 2025
To help those in poverty in fairfax va
$20,580
The Lamb Center · Fairfax, VA · 2025
Homeless service in fairfax, virginia
$20,020
Home Stretch Va · Falls Church, VA · 2025
Empowering families experiencing homelessness to rebuild lives
$20,000
Mark Garwood Scholarship Fund · Stuart, FL · 2025
Provides educational scholarships and support for individuals in long-term sobriety
$15,500
Miriam S Kitchen Washington · Washington, DC · 2023
To feed the homeless in dc
$15,446
Cloverleaf Equine Center · Clifton, VA · 2023
Provides equine-assisted activities for children and adults with disabilities in an an inclusive, community setting.
$15,019
Facets Cares · Fairfax, VA · 2023
To help those in poverty in fairfax va
$10,450
Miami Bridge Youth and Family Services · Miami, FL · 2022
To promote positive youth development
$10,412
Thrive for Life Prison Project · New York, NY · 2024
To create opportunities for incarcerated
$10,363
Hanley Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Treating addiction and mental health
$10,298
Cloverleaf Equine Center · Clifton, VA · 2024
Provides equine-assisted activities for children and adults with disabilities in an an inclusive, community setting.
$10,250
Lotus House Miami · Miami, FL · 2022
To improve the lives of homeless women, youth and children.
$10,249
Miriam S Kitchen Washington · Washington, DC · 2022
To feed the homeless in dc
$10,220
Oxford House · Silver Spring, MD · 2025
To provide, through a network of affiliated houses, sober, safe, and affordable housing for recovering addicts and alcoholics.
$10,000
Luther Jackson Middle · Charlotte, NC · 2025
To support educational institution
$10,000
Salvation Army South · Brookhaven, GA · 2025
Programs address hunger, homelessness, and addiction.
$10,000
American Hospital in Paris · 2023
Not-for-profit, community hospital certified under the french healthcare system
$10,000
Facets Cares · Fairfax, VA · 2022
To help those in poverty in fairfax va
$10,000
Luther Jackson Middle · Charlotte, NC · 2022
To support educational institution
$5,225
Miami Bridge Youth and Family Services · Miami, FL · 2023
To promote positive youth development
$5,181
Young People'S Chorus of New York City · New York, NY · 2024
Provide children of all cultural and economic backgrounds with a unique program of music education
$5,155
Give Now Fairfax · Fairfax, VA · 2022
To feed the homeless in fairfax
$5,150
Avenues for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
To provide an alternative to incarceration for youth offenders
$5,150
New London Homeless · New London, CT · 2023
To provide a place of hospitality for the homeless
$5,150
Avenues for Justice · New York, NY · 2022
To provide an alternative to incarceration for youth offenders
$5,150
Young Peoples Chorus · New York, NY · 2022
To provide children of diverse abilities and ethnic backgrounds with a unique program of music appreciation.
$5,149
Cloverleaf Equine Center · Clifton, VA · 2025
Provides equine-assisted activities for children and adults with disabilities in an an inclusive, community setting.
$5,149
Northern Virginia Ther · Hampton, VA · 2022
To collect, warehouse and distribute food to front-line organizations like food pantries and soup kitchens.
$5,125
Lotus House Miami · Miami, FL · 2023
To improve the lives of homeless women, youth and children.
$5,053
Central Union Mission · Washington, DC · 2025
Practical care and real opportunity to people rebuilding their lives.
$5,000
Luther Jackson Middle · Charlotte, NC · 2024
To support educational institution
$5,000
The Lamb Center · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Homeless service in fairfax, virginia
$5,000
Luther Jackson Middle · Charlotte, NC · 2023
To support educational institution
$5,000
The Lamb Center · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Homeless service in fairfax, virginia
$5,000
The Womens Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
To educate and empower women and girls to be leaders

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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.