Funding search · EIN 800901232 · New Canaan, CT

The Meier and Linnartz Family 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.

223
grants reported
$3.3M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Spring Island Trust4 grants · $190,000
  • Turneffe Atoll Trust3 grants · $185,000
  • Denison University3 grants · $182,000
  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory3 grants · $161,000
  • Bucknell University3 grants · $153,000
  • The Nature Conservancy3 grants · $140,000
  • School of the Holy Child4 grants · $123,455
  • Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation3 grants · $95,000
  • Birthday Buddies3 grants · $85,500
  • A Better Chance Inc of New Canaan3 grants · $85,000

Giving over time

$1.2M
2022
$1.2M
2023
$868,468
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 223 grants.

  • $80,000

    Spring Island Trust · Okatie, SC · 2022

    General support

  • $75,000

    Turneffe Atoll Trust · Bozeman, MT · 2022

    General support

  • $66,000

    Denison University · Granville, OH · 2023

    General support

  • $65,000

    Denison University · Granville, OH · 2022

    General support

  • $60,000

    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $60,000

    Turneffe Atoll Trust · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    General support

  • $52,000

    Bucknell University · Lewisburg, PA · 2022

    General support

  • $51,000

    Denison University · Granville, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $51,000

    Bucknell University · Lewisburg, PA · 2023

    General support

  • $50,500

    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $50,500

    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $50,000

    Bucknell University · Lewisburg, PA · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Hpu Fund for Extraordinary Education · High Point, NC · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Spring Island Trust · Okatie, SC · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Turneffe Atoll Trust · Bozeman, MT · 2024

    General support

  • $50,000

    Spring Island Trust · Okatie, SC · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023

    General support

  • $50,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General support

  • $41,000

    School of the Holy Child · Rye, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $40,000

    The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024

    General support

  • $40,000

    American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $40,000

    A Better Chance Inc of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    General support

  • $40,000

    University of Rhode Island Foundation · Kingston, RI · 2022

    General support

  • $35,000

    Birthday Buddies · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $35,000

    Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation · Beaufort, SC · 2023

    General support

  • $35,000

    Dee Norton Lowcountry Children'S Center · Charleston, SC · 2022

    General support

  • $32,455

    School of the Holy Child · Rye, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $31,000

    Millbrook School · Millbrook, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $30,000

    Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation · Beaufort, SC · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    Lowcountry Land Trust · Charleston, SC · 2024

    General support

  • $30,000

    A Better Chance Inc of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    General support

  • $30,000

    Birthday Buddies · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $30,000

    School of the Holy Child · Rye, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $30,000

    Sos Lowcountry · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2023

    General support

  • $30,000

    Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation · Beaufort, SC · 2022

    General support

  • $30,000

    One Beckham Foundation · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2022

    General support

  • $30,000

    Open Space Institute · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Lucy Beckham Ptso · Mount Pleasant, SC · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Moultrie Middle School · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2024

    General support

  • $25,000

    Moultrie Middle School · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    One Beckham Foundation · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Open Space Institute · Charleston, SC · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Roper St Francis Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2023

    General support

  • $25,000

    Moultrie Middle School · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2022

    General support

  • $21,000

    Millbrook School · Millbrook, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $20,500

    Birthday Buddies · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    The Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024

    Alzheimer's disease research

  • $20,000

    Dee Norton Lowcountry Children'S Center · Charleston, SC · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    Glenada Casino Foundation · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    Huntington Hospital · Huntington, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    Low Country Food Bank · Charleston, SC · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    Project Main Street · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    School of the Holy Child · Rye, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $20,000

    The Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023

    Alzheimer's disease research

  • $20,000

    American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    College of Charleston · Charleston, SC · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    Filling in the Blanks · Norwalk, CT · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    Lowcountry Food Bank · North Charleston, SC · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    Lowcountry Land Trust · Charleston, SC · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    Musc Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    New Canaan Food Pantry · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    Project Main Street · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    Roper St Francis Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    Sos Lowcountry · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    South Carolina Aquarium · Charleston, SC · 2022

    General support

  • $20,000

    The Trustees of Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022

    Alzheimer's disease research

  • $17,543

    American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $16,000

    Millbrook School · Millbrook, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $16,000

    America'S Vetdogs · Smithtown, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    A Better Chance Inc of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Beaufort Country Open Land Trust · Beaufort, SC · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Folds of Honor Scholarships · Owasso, OK · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Huntington Hospital · Huntington, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Open Space Institute · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Project Main Street · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Sol Relief · St Petersburg, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    St Johns Lutheran Church · Charleston, SC · 2024

    General support

  • $15,000

    Beaufort Country Open Land Trust · Beaufort, SC · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Charleston Habitat for Humanity · Charleston, SC · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Charleston Waterkeeper · Mount Pleasant, SC · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    College of Charleston · Charleston, SC · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Eunoia Rescue · Charleston, SC · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Folds of Honor Scholarships · Owasso, OK · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Gibbes Museum of Art · Charleston, SC · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Lowcountry Land Trust · Charleston, SC · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Musc Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    St Johns Lutheran Church · Charleston, SC · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    The University of Edinburgh USA Development Trust · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $15,000

    Americares · Sanford, CT · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    Charleston Animal Society · North Charleston, SC · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    Eunoia Rescue · Charleston, SC · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    Folds of Honor Scholarships · Owasso, OK · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    The Caumsett Foundation · Huntington, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $15,000

    The Ibu Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2022

    General support

  • $13,150

    Preservation Society of Newport County · Newport, RI · 2023

    General support

  • $12,070

    Preservation Society of Newport County · Newport, RI · 2024

    General support

  • $11,200

    Mystic Seaport · Mystic, CT · 2023

    To support ongoing educational programs at Mystic Seaport

  • $10,300

    America'S Vetdogs · Smithtown, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Americares · Sanford, CT · 2024

    General support

  • $10,000

    Filling in the Blanks · Norwalk, CT · 2024

    General support

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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.