Funding search · EIN 450493925 · Englewood, CO
David and Laura Merage 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.
- 110
- grants reported
- $14.6M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $10,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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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.
- National Philanthropic Trust4 grants · $8.5M
- Black Cube4 grants · $1.8M
- Early Learning Ventures4 grants · $1.2M
- Jewish Colorado4 grants · $802,884
- Anti-Defamation League3 grants · $328,720
- Executives Partnering To Invest in4 grants · $238,000
- Belev Echad1 grant · $215,000
- Redline3 grants · $201,150
- The Free Press1 grant · $200,000
- Mental Health Co3 grants · $137,500
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 110 grants.
- $2.8M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024
Donor Advised Fund
- $2.3M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2022
Donor Advised Fund
- $2.2M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2021
Donor Advised Fund
- $1.2M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2023
Donor Advised Fund
- $453,500
Black Cube · Denver, CO · 2024
Contemporary arts and event sponsorship
- $450,000
Black Cube · Denver, CO · 2023
General Support
- $450,000
Early Learning Ventures · Englewood, CO · 2022
General Support
- $436,000
Black Cube · Englewood, CO · 2022
General Support
- $417,000
Black Cube · Englewood, CO · 2021
General Support
- $320,000
Jewish Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
General Support
- $311,220
Anti-Defamation League · Denver, CO · 2023
General Support
- $301,450
Early Learning Ventures · Englewood, CO · 2021
General Support
- $265,000
Jewish Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
General Support
- $250,000
Early Learning Ventures · Englewood, CO · 2023
General Support
- $215,000
Belev Echad · New York, NY · 2022
General Operations
- $200,000
The Free Press · Florence, MA · 2023
General Support
- $165,000
Jewish Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
Jewish Community Support and event sponsorship
- $150,000
Early Learning Ventures · Englewood, CO · 2024
Early care and education
- $100,000
American Israel Education · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Executives Partnering To Invest in · Denver, CO · 2023
General Support & Event Sponsorship
- $100,000
Redline · Denver, CO · 2023
General Support
- $100,000
Lemonada Media · Placentia, CA · 2021
See attached expenditure responsibility statement
- $100,000
Mayo Clinic · Scottsdale, AZ · 2021
General Operations
- $83,145
Mental Health Colorado · Denver, CO · 2021
General Operations
- $75,000
Mental Health Co · Denver, CO · 2024
Mental healthcare
- $58,000
Executives Partnering To Invest in · Denver, CO · 2022
General Support & Event Sponsorship
- $52,884
Jewish Colorado · Denver, CO · 2021
General Support
- $52,500
Mental Health Co · Denver, CO · 2023
General Operations
- $51,000
Redline · Denver, CO · 2021
General Support
- $50,150
Redline · Denver, CO · 2024
Event Sponsorship
- $50,000
Executives Partnering To Invest in · Denver, CO · 2024
Early care and education
- $50,000
Team for West Virginia Children · Huntington, WV · 2021
General Operations
- $41,000
Hillel of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
General Support
- $32,250
The Clapham Group Llc · Springfield, VA · 2021
See attached expenditure responsibility statement
- $31,030
Colorado Photographic Arts Center · Denver, CO · 2023
General Support
- $30,000
Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
- $30,000
National Jewish Health · Denver, CO · 2022
General Support
- $30,000
Executives Partnering To Invest in · Denver, CO · 2021
General Support
- $25,000
National Jewish Health · Denver, CO · 2024
Event sponsorship
- $25,000
Jewish Fertility Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General operations
- $25,000
National Jewish Health · Denver, CO · 2023
General Support
- $25,000
The Fund for a Healthier Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
General Operations
- $25,000
Health Federation of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
GeneralOperations
- $15,000
Fjc · New York, NY · 2024
Confronting antisemitism
- $15,000
Council for a Strong America · Englewood, CO · 2023
General Operations
- $15,000
Anti-Defamation League · Denver, CO · 2021
General Support
- $11,050
Jewish Comm Center of Denver · Denver, CO · 2021
General Support
- $10,000
Colorado Children'S Campaign · Denver, CO · 2024
Event Sponsorship
- $10,000
Health Federation of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Disaster relief
- $10,000
Mizel Institute · Denver, CO · 2024
Event sponsorship
- $10,000
The Denver Center for the Performin · Denver, CO · 2024
Community engagement
- $10,000
American Friends of Kishorit · West Hartford, CT · 2023
General Support
- $10,000
Hope Foundation of Iranian-American · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
General Operations
- $10,000
Mizel Institute · Denver, CO · 2023
General Support
- $10,000
Moishe House · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General Operations
- $10,000
Hope Foundation of Iranian-American · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
General Operations
- $10,000
Mental Health Co · Denver, CO · 2022
General Operations
- $10,000
Mizel Institute · Denver, CO · 2022
General Operations
- $10,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2021
General Support
- $10,000
Mizel Institute · Denver, CO · 2021
General Support
- $10,000
National Jewish Health · Denver, CO · 2021
General Support
- $10,000
Visionary Women · Beverly Hills, CA · 2021
General Operations
- $9,000
American Friends of Tel Aviv Univer · New York, NY · 2022
General Operations
- $8,000
American Friends of Tel Aviv Univer · New York, NY · 2021
General Operations
- $6,028
Colorado Photographic Arts Center · Denver, CO · 2021
General Support
- $6,000
Colorado Photographic Arts Center · Denver, CO · 2024
Event sponsorship
- $6,000
Hillel of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
Event Sponsorship
- $5,500
Wish for Wheels · Denver, CO · 2024
Support children from under-resourced communities
- $5,500
Colorado Photographic Arts Center · Denver, CO · 2022
General Support
- $5,500
Denver Jewish Day School · Denver, CO · 2022
General Support
- $5,145
Charitable Ventures · Santa Ana, CA · 2022
General Operations
- $5,000
Chabad of Pacific Palisades · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2024
Disaster relief
- $5,000
Colorado Children'S Campaign · Denver, CO · 2023
General Support
- $5,000
Denver Public Schools Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
General support
- $5,000
Judaism Your Way · Denver, CO · 2023
General Support
- $5,000
The Fund for a Healthier Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
General Operations
- $5,000
Choc Foundation · Orange, CA · 2022
General Operations
- $5,000
The Clapham Group Llc · Springfield, VA · 2022
See attached expenditure responsibility statement
- $5,000
Visionary Women · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
General Operations
- $5,000
Hillel of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2021
General Support
- $5,000
Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2021
General Operations
- $3,500
Hebrew Educational Alliance · Denver, CO · 2021
General Support
- $3,050
Co Business Committee for the Arts · Denver, CO · 2023
General Support
- $2,575
Philanthropy Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
Philantropic engagement
- $2,500
The Fund for a Healthier Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
Event sponsorship
- $2,500
Anti-Defamation League · Denver, CO · 2022
General Support
- $2,500
Colorado Healing Fund · Denver, CO · 2022
General Operations
- $2,500
History Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
General Operations
- $2,500
Jewish Family Service of Co · Denver, CO · 2022
General Support
- $2,500
Los Encinos School · Encino, CA · 2021
General Operations
- $2,450
Philanthropy Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
General Operations
- $2,335
Philanthropy Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
General Operations
- $2,000
Weecycle · Denver, CO · 2023
General support
- $2,000
Craig Hospital - Pedal 4 Possible · Louisville, CO · 2021
General Operations
- $1,500
The Tikvah Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Event sponsorship
- $1,500
University of Colorado Anschutz · Aurora, CO · 2023
General support
- $1,500
The Leukemia Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2022
General Operations
- $1,040
Foster Love · Brea, CA · 2022
General Operations
- $1,000
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Networ · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2022
General Operations
- $1,000
Brianna Kupfer Foundation · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2021
General Operations
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Similar purposes
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Similar grant size
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