Funding search · EIN 472474770 · Cranbury, NJ

The Mep Foundation

Name: The Mep Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

44
grants reported: $482,700
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $7,250
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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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Upaya Zen Center3 grants · $65,200
Ekvn-Yefolecv1 grant · $50,000
Rain Forest Action Network3 grants · $30,000
Southern Poverty Law Center2 grants · $25,000
Solidaire Network1 grant · $25,000
Center for Civic Policy1 grant · $25,000
Education Foundation for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools1 grant · $25,000
Everday Zen Foundation2 grants · $25,000
Thousand Currents1 grant · $25,000
New Energy Economy2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$180,200

2022

$157,000

2023

$79,000

2024

$66,500

2025

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
Ekvn-Yefolecv · Atmore, AL · 2023
General
$25,200
Upaya Zen Center · Sante Fe, NM · 2022
General
$25,000
Education Foundation for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools · Winstonsalem, NC · 2025
General
$25,000
Thousand Currents · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General
$25,000
Center for Civic Policy · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
General
$25,000
Solidaire Network · Oakland, CA · 2022
General
$20,000
Upaya Zen Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2025
General
$20,000
Upaya Zen Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
General
$20,000
Working Families Power · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General
$20,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General
$15,000
Conservation Voters · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$15,000
Everday Zen Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General
$15,000
New Energy Economy · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
General
$15,000
Rain Forest Action Network · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General
$10,000
Jubilee Gift Galaxy · Middletown, NY · 2025
General
$10,000
Interfaith Community Center · Milltown, NJ · 2023
General
$10,000
Rain Forest Action Network · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General
$10,000
Canticle Farm · Oakland, CA · 2022
General
$10,000
Drug Policy Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
General
$10,000
Everday Zen Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General
$10,000
Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$7,500
Friends Life Community · Nashville, TN · 2024
General
$7,000
Art Into Acres · Fairfax, CA · 2025
General
$5,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General
$5,000
Interfaith Community Center · Milltown, NJ · 2024
General
$5,000
Rain Forest Action Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General
$5,000
Santa Fe Dreamers Project · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
General
$5,000
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General
$5,000
826la · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$5,000
Literacy Volunteers · Morristown, NJ · 2023
General
$5,000
Terracycle Global Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
General
$5,000
Dhamma Dena · Joshua Tree, CA · 2022
General
$5,000
High Mountain Institute · Leadville, CO · 2022
General
$5,000
Museum of Jurassic Technology · Culver City, CA · 2022
General
$5,000
New Energy Economy · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
General
$5,000
Nuestro Alimentos · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General
$5,000
Open Gate Zen Collective · Chula Vista, CA · 2022
General
$4,500
Nielsen Foundation · Oldsmar, FL · 2025
General
$2,500
Buddhist Peace Fellowship · Oakland, CA · 2024
General
$2,000
High Mountain Institute · Leadville, CO · 2024
General
$1,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
General
$1,000
Drug Policy Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
General
$1,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
General
$1,000
Canyon Neighborhood Association · Ranchos De Taois, NM · 2023
General

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