Funding search · EIN 204363777 · Fort Worth, TX
The Fred and Sandy Mesch 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.
- 57
- grants reported
- $2.1M
- 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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Funding pattern
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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.
- Hope Prison Ministries2 grants · $840,000
- All Saints Episcopal School4 grants · $255,000
- Christ Chapel Bible Church2 grants · $230,000
- Turn-Key Ministries4 grants · $200,000
- Dallas Theological Seminary4 grants · $197,100
- Metroplex Women'S Clinic4 grants · $125,000
- Grace To You3 grants · $60,000
- Search Ministries3 grants · $40,000
- Prager University4 grants · $35,000
- Christ Chapel1 grant · $20,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 57 reported grants, largest first.
- $500,000
Hope Prison Ministries · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Charity
- $340,000
Hope Prison Ministries · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Charity
- $170,000
Christ Chapel Bible Church · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Charity
- $160,000
All Saints Episcopal School · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Charity
- $75,000
Turn-Key Ministries · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Charity
- $75,000
Turn-Key Ministries · Fort Worth, TX · 2021
Charity
- $60,000
Christ Chapel Bible Church · Fort Worth, TX · 2021
Charity
- $55,100
Dallas Theological Seminary · Dallas, TX · 2022
Charity
- $50,000
Metroplex Women'S Clinic · Arlington, TX · 2024
Charity
- $50,000
Dallas Theological Seminary · Dallas, TX · 2023
Charity
- $50,000
Dallas Theological Seminary · Dallas, TX · 2021
Charity
- $42,000
Dallas Theological Seminary · Dallas, TX · 2024
Charity
- $35,000
All Saints Episcopal School · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Charity
- $35,000
All Saints Episcopal School · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Charity
- $30,000
Grace To You · Panorama City, CA · 2024
Charity
- $25,000
Turn-Key Ministries · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Charity
- $25,000
Metroplex Women'S Clinic · Arlington, TX · 2023
Charity
- $25,000
Turn-Key Ministries · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Charity
- $25,000
Metroplex Women'S Clinic · Arlington, TX · 2022
Charity
- $25,000
All Saints Episcopal School · Fort Worth, TX · 2021
Charity
- $25,000
Metroplex Women'S Clinic · Arlington, TX · 2021
Charity
- $20,000
Christ Chapel · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Charity
- $20,000
Grace To You · Panorama City, CA · 2023
Charity
- $20,000
Search Ministries · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Charity
- $11,000
Summit Ministries · Manitou Springs, CO · 2022
Charity
- $10,000
Prager University · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024
Charity
- $10,000
Search Ministries · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Charity
- $10,000
Athey Creek · West Linn, OR · 2023
Charity
- $10,000
Prager University · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2023
Charity
- $10,000
Athey Creek · West Linn, OR · 2022
Charity
- $10,000
Grace To You · Panorama City, CA · 2022
Charity
- $10,000
Prager University · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2022
Charity
- $10,000
Search Ministries · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Charity
- $10,000
Morgan Mill Volunteer Fire Dept · Morgan Mill, TX · 2021
Charity
- $6,931
Armendariz Luis Ramon · Arlington, TX · 2022
Scholarship assistance
- $5,000
Answers in Genesis · Hebron, KY · 2024
Charity
- $5,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
Charity
- $5,000
Mount Hermon · Mount Hermon, CA · 2024
Charity
- $5,000
Truth for Life · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Charity
- $5,000
Morgan Mill Volunteer Fire Dept · Morgan Mill, TX · 2023
Charity
- $5,000
Morgan Mill Volunteer Fire Dept · Morgan Mill, TX · 2022
Charity
- $5,000
Prager University · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2021
Charity
- $4,321
Armendariz Luis Ramon · Arlington, TX · 2021
Scholarship assistance
- $2,591
Children'S Health Defense · Franklin Lakes, NJ · 2024
Charity
- $2,500
Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Charity
- $2,500
Answers in Genesis · Hebron, KY · 2023
Charity
- $2,500
Tvs · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Charity
- $2,500
Youversion · Edmond, OK · 2023
Charity
- $2,500
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2021
Charity
- $2,500
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2021
Charity
- $2,500
Southwest Christian School · Fort Worth, TX · 2021
Charity
- $1,000
McCullough Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
Charity
- $1,000
Truth for Life · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Charity
- $1,000
Answers in Genesis · Hebron, KY · 2022
Charity
- $632
Iconnect International · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Charity
- $500
Iconnect International · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Charity
- $500
Ladies Auxiliary of Arlington · Arlington, TX · 2022
Charity
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