Funding search · EIN 137231616 · Sioux Falls, SD
Esther and Harold Mertz 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.
- 33
- grants reported
- $57.0M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $25,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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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Grant history
All 33 reported grants, largest first.
- $52.1M
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2024
To further the donee's exempt purpose in accordance with donee's mission statement
- $1.0M
Pines Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2024
General purposes
- $1.0M
Pines Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2023
General operating support
- $500,000
Hope for New York · New York, NY · 2022
To serve new york's most marginalized residents including at risk youth and the homeless
- $400,000
Freedom Alliance · Winchester, VA · 2024
$200,000 to students scholarship program; $150,000 to support our troops program; $25,000 to student outreach project; $15,000 to gifts from home care packages; $10,000 to presents for patriots
- $400,000
Freedom Alliance · Dulles, VA · 2023
To advance the american heritage of freedom by honoring military service
- $350,000
Freedom Alliance · Dulles, VA · 2022
To advance the american heritage of freedom by honoring military service
- $250,000
Hope for New York · New York, NY · 2023
To serve new york's most marginalized residents including at risk youth and the homeless
- $200,000
Hope for New York · New York, NY · 2024
$20,000 to avail nyc; $20,000 to city relief; $10,000 to don't walk by; $20,000 to expect hope; $10,000 to his toy store; $20,000 to new beginnings; $10,000 to operations exodus; $10,000 to shiloh nyc; $20,000 to the bo… read all$20,000 to avail nyc; $20,000 to city relief; $10,000 to don't walk by; $20,000 to expect hope; $10,000 to his toy store; $20,000 to new beginnings; $10,000 to operations exodus; $10,000 to shiloh nyc; $20,000 to the bowery mission; $20,000 to the father's heart ministries; $10,000 to youth for christ; $20,000 to teen challenge; $10,000 for volunteer's fund less
- $200,000
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2023
To further the donee's exempt purpose in accordance with donee's mission statement.
- $120,000
Tunnels To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2022
To further the donee's exempt purpose in accordance with donee's mission statement.
- $40,000
Back On My Feet · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To provide supports for homeless inviduals
- $30,000
Back On My Feet · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To provide supports for homeless inviduals
- $25,000
America'S Vetdogs · Smithtown, NY · 2023
To provide enhanced mobility and renewed independence to united states veterans
- $25,000
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind · Smithtown, NY · 2023
To improve the quality of life for people who are blind
- $25,000
America'S Vetdogs · Smithtown, NY · 2022
To provide enhanced mobility and renewed independence to united states veterans
- $25,000
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind · Smithtown, NY · 2022
To improve the quality of life for people who are blind
- $20,000
Florida Southwestern State College Foundation · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
To further the donee's purpose in accordance with donee's mission statement.
- $20,000
Spark Youth Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
- $20,000
The Banquet · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
General operating support
- $15,600
Helen Keller Services for the Blind · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To assist deaf-blind youths
- $15,000
America'S Vetdogs · Smithtown, NY · 2024
General purposes
- $15,000
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind · Smithtown, NY · 2024
General purposes
- $15,000
Helen Keller Services for the Blind · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To assist deaf-blind youths
- $15,000
Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
To further the donee's purpose in accordance with donee's mission statement.
- $15,000
Florida Southwestern State College Foundation · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
To further the donee's purpose in accordance with donee's mission statement.
- $15,000
Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
To further the donee's purpose in accordance with donee's mission statement.
- $10,000
Back On My Feet · New York, NY · 2024
To provide supports for homeless inviduals
- $10,000
Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
$5,000 to south dakota trust company charitable fund & $5,000 to south dakota trust company foundation endowment fund
- $10,000
The Banquet · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
General purposes
- $10,000
First Responders Children'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
To further the donee's purpose in accordance with donee's mission statement.
- $10,000
First Responders Children'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
To further the donee's purpose in accordance with donee's mission statement.
- $10,000
You Can Thrieve · New York, NY · 2022
To further the donee's purpose in accordance with donee's mission statement.
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