Funding search · EIN 621518285 · Nashville, TN

The Melkus Family Foundation

Name: The Melkus Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

209
grants reported: $18.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $20,000
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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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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International Rescue Committee3 grants · $3.3M
Community Foundation of Collier County3 grants · $1.3M
City Harvest3 grants · $1.2M
Doctors Without Borders3 grants · $1.1M
Belmont University1 grant · $989,184
National Resources Defense Council3 grants · $750,000
Second Harvest Food Bank3 grants · $725,000
Children'S Aid Society3 grants · $641,433
Sexual Assault Center3 grants · $600,000
Martha O'Bryan Center2 grants · $558,519

Giving over time

$5.1M

2022

$5.6M

2023

$7.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 209 grants.

$1.3M
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$1.0M
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$1.0M
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$989,184
Belmont University · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$800,000
Community Foundation of Collier County · Naples, FL · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$625,000
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$500,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$500,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$400,000
Ancora Tn · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$300,000
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$300,000
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$294,940
Martha O'Bryan Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$270,000
Community Foundation of Collier County · Naples, FL · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$263,579
Martha O'Bryan Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$250,000
National Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$250,000
Renewal House · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$250,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$250,000
Community Foundation of Collier County · Naples, FL · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$250,000
National Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$250,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$250,000
Gordon Jewish Community Center · Nashville, TN · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$250,000
National Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$225,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Nashville, TN · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$214,534
Children'S Aid Society · New York, NY · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$213,614
Children'S Aid Society · New York, NY · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$213,285
Children'S Aid Society · New York, NY · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$200,000
Care · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$200,000
Manna Food Bank · Mills River, NC · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$200,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$200,000
Sexual Assault Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$200,000
Sexual Assault Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$200,000
End Slavery Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$200,000
Sexual Assault Center · Nashville, TN · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$150,000
Aclu · Nashville, TN · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$150,000
Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$150,000
Aclu · Nashville, TN · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$150,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$150,000
United Way · Nashville, TN · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$125,000
Pencil Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$100,000
Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$100,000
Kipp Academy Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$100,000
Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$100,000
Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$100,000
United Way · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$100,000
Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$100,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$100,000
United Way · Nashville, TN · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$100,000
Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$84,593
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$84,086
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$83,255
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$80,000
The Addis Clinic · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$80,000
The Addis Clinic · Nashville, TN · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$80,000
The Addis Clinic · Nashville, TN · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$75,000
Community Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$75,000
Community Resource Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$75,000
Tennessee Justice Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$75,000
Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky · Bowling Green, KY · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$75,000
Community Resource Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$75,000
Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky · Bowling Green, KY · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$75,000
Community Resource Center · Nashville, TN · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$65,000
Tennessee Justice Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$65,000
Snow Leopard Trust · Seattle, WA · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$65,000
Tennessee Justice Center · Nashville, TN · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$62,000
Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$60,000
American Immigration Council · Washington, DC · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$60,000
American Immigration Council · Washington, DC · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$60,000
American Immigration Council · Washington, DC · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$50,000
Hospitality House of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$50,000
The Family Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$50,000
The Nature Conservancy · Brentwood, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$50,000
Fordham University - Leitner Center for Int'L Lawjustice · New York, NY · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$50,000
Kipp Academy Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$50,000
Renewal House · Nashville, TN · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$50,000
The Family Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$50,000
Wright Pinson Hospital Hospitality House · Nashville, TN · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$50,000
Renewal House · Nashville, TN · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$50,000
The Family Center · Nashville, TN · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$40,000
Awake · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$40,000
Tennessee Innocence Project · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$40,000
Tennessee Innocence Project · Nashville, TN · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$40,000
Tennessee Innocence Project · Nashville, TN · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$37,000
Harpeth Hall School · Nashville, TN · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$30,000
Tennesseans for Alternatives To the Death Penalty · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$25,000
Camp One Step · Chicago, IL · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$25,000
Conservancy of Southwest Florida · Naples, FL · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$25,000
Cumberland Heights · Hermitage, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$25,000
Fifty Forward · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$25,000
Gilda'S Club Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$25,000
Graham-Windham Services for Family & Children · New York, NY · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$25,000
Leitner Center for International Law and Justice · New York, NY · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$25,000
Northern Suburban Special Recreation Association · Highland Park, IL · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$25,000
The Foundation Middle Tn State · Murfreesboro, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$25,000
The Immokalee Foundation · Naples, TN · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$25,000
Conservancy of Southwest Florida · Naples, FL · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$25,000
Cumberland Heights · Hermitage, TN · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$25,000
Fifty Forward · Nashville, TN · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$25,000
Northern Suburban Special Recreation Association · Highland Park, IL · 2023
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$25,000
Conservancy of Southwest Florida · Naples, FL · 2022
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
$20,000
The Imagine Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity

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