Funding search · EIN 832330850 · Pleasant Hill, CA

Mellema Family Foundation

Name: Mellema Family Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

43
grants reported: $411,000
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $5,000
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

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Monument Crisis Center4 grants · $131,000
John Muir Health Foundation3 grants · $66,000
Whitman College4 grants · $26,000
John Muir Land Trust4 grants · $22,000
Truckee Donner Land Trust4 grants · $22,000
Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa4 grants · $21,000
Meals On Wheels of Contracosta4 grants · $21,000
Contra Costa Solano Food Bank4 grants · $21,000
Habitat for Humanity East Bay4 grants · $21,000
Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $21,000

Giving over time

$150,000

2021

$115,000

2022

$66,000

2023

$80,000

2024

Grant history

All 43 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
Monument Crisis Center · Concord, CA · 2021
General support
$55,000
John Muir Health Foundation · Walnut Creek, CA · 2022
General support
$20,000
Monument Crisis Center · Concord, CA · 2024
General support
$15,000
Calvin University · Grand Rapid, MI · 2022
General support
$10,000
University of Arkansas Myeloma Center Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2024
General support
$10,000
Whitman College · Walla Walla, WA · 2021
General support
$8,000
Roosmoor Scholarship Fund · Walnut Creek, CA · 2024
General support
$6,000
John Muir Land Trust · Martinez, CA · 2024
General support
$6,000
Truckee Donner Land Trust · Truckee, CA · 2024
General support
$6,000
Contra Costa Solano Food Bank · Concord, CA · 2023
General support
$6,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$6,000
Habitat for Humanity East Bay · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$6,000
John Muir Health Foundation · Walnut Creek, CA · 2023
General support
$6,000
John Muir Land Trust · Martinez, CA · 2023
General support
$6,000
Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa · Martinez, CA · 2023
General support
$6,000
Meals On Wheels of Contracosta · Martinez, CA · 2023
General support
$6,000
Monument Crisis Center · Concord, CA · 2023
General support
$6,000
Roosmoor Scholarship Fund · Walnut Creek, CA · 2023
General support
$6,000
Truckee Donner Land Trust · Truckee, CA · 2023
General support
$6,000
Whitman College · Walla Walla, WA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Contra Costa Solano Food Bank · Concord, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Habitat for Humanity East Bay · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa · Martinez, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Meals On Wheels of Contracosta · Martinez, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Whitman College · Walla Walla, WA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Contra Costa Solano Food Bank · Concord, CA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$5,000
Habitat for Humanity East Bay · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$5,000
John Muir Land Trust · Martinez, CA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa · Martinez, CA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Meals On Wheels of Contracosta · Martinez, CA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Monument Crisis Center · Concord, CA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Truckee Donner Land Trust · Truckee, CA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Whitman College · Walla Walla, WA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Contra Costa Solano Food Bank · Concord, CA · 2021
General support
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$5,000
Habitat for Humanity East Bay · Oakland, CA · 2021
General support
$5,000
John Muir Health Foundation · Walnut Creek, CA · 2021
General support
$5,000
John Muir Land Trust · Martinez, CA · 2021
General support
$5,000
Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa · Martinez, CA · 2021
General support
$5,000
Meals On Wheels of Contracosta · Martinez, CA · 2021
General support
$5,000
Truckee Donner Land Trust · Truckee, CA · 2021
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.