Funding search · EIN 222778847 · Boston, MA

The Mellen Foundation

Name: The Mellen Foundation grants, 2023–2024
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: $248,250
total given: 2023–2024
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2024. 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.

UCLA Jules Stein Institute1 grant · $50,000
Summit Land Conservancy1 grant · $50,000
Benjamin Eye Institute1 grant · $50,000
Innocence Project1 grant · $25,000
Weber State University2 grants · $7,000
Delancy St Foundation2 grants · $6,500
Warrior Story Field2 grants · $5,000
Clothing Children in Need1 grant · $4,000
Summitt Land Conservancy1 grant · $4,000
Home for the Brave2 grants · $3,500

Giving over time

$78,750

2023

$169,500

2024

Grant history

All 43 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
Benjamin Eye Institute · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Summit Land Conservancy · Park City, UT · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
UCLA Jules Stein Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Innocence Project · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$4,000
Clothing Children in Need · East Haven, CT · 2023
General purpose
$4,000
Summitt Land Conservancy · Park City, UT · 2023
General purpose
$4,000
Weber State University · Ogden, UT · 2023
General purpose
$3,500
Delancy St Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purpose
$3,500
Planned Parenthood of Salt Lak · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
General purpose
$3,000
Delancy St Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
Weber State University · Ogden, UT · 2024
General purpose
$3,000
Housatonic Community College · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
General purpose
$2,500
Grace Institute · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$2,500
Warrior Story Field · Niwot, CO · 2024
General purpose
$2,500
Ulysses S Grant Foundation · New Haven, CT · 2023
General purpose
$2,500
Warrior Story Field · Niwot, CO · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
Adam J Lewis Academy · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
Bridgeport Rescue Mission · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
Home for the Brave · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
International Hearing Dog · Henderson, CO · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
Monroe Fire Department · Monroe, CT · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
Southern Center for Human Righ · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General purpose
$1,500
Friends of the Library Monroe Ct · Monroe, CT · 2024
General purpose
$1,500
Home for the Brave · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
General purpose
$1,500
Monroe Ems · Monroe, CT · 2024
General purpose
$1,500
Adopt-a-Native Elder Program · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
General purpose
$1,500
Covenant House Ca · Hollywood, CA · 2023
General purpose
$1,500
Monroe Ems · Monroe, CT · 2023
General purpose
$1,500
Peoples Health Clinic · Park City, UT · 2023
General purpose
$1,250
Monroe Food Pantry · Monroe, CT · 2024
General purpose
$1,250
Monroe Food Pantry · Monroe, CT · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Jewish Family Services · Framingham, MA · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Monroe Fire Department · Monroe, CT · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
4 Paws for Ability · Xenia, OH · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Az Golden Rescue · Glendale, AZ · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Heal Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Open Door Shelter · Norwalk, CT · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General purpose
$750
Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County · Stratford, CT · 2024
General purpose
$750
Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2023
General purpose
$750
Va Medical Center Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
General purpose
$500
Jewish Family Services · Framingham, MA · 2023
General purpose
$500
Riets · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose

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