Funding search · EIN 881340802 · Carmel, IN

Merchants Foundation

Name: Merchants Foundation grants, 2023–2024
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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.

40
grants reported: $553,293
total given: 2023–2024
filing years: $5,000
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.

What they fund

community development event scholarship sponsorship

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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.

Indiana University Foundation1 grant · $90,000
Fields Market Garden1 grant · $81,273
Rdoor - Fka (Merchants Affordable Housing Corp)1 grant · $75,000
Coburn Place1 grant · $50,000
Greater Indianapolis Habitat for Humanity1 grant · $50,000
Providence Cristo Rey High School1 grant · $32,000
First Baptist Athletics1 grant · $20,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (Lisc) Indiana1 grant · $20,000
Second Helpings1 grant · $13,000
Dove Recovery House for Women1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$103,773

2023

$449,520

2024

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

$90,000
Indiana University Foundation · Bloomington, IN · 2024
General support
$81,273
Fields Market Garden · Carmel, IN · 2023
Community and Development
$75,000
Rdoor - Fka (Merchants Affordable Housing Corp) · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$50,000
Coburn Place · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$50,000
Greater Indianapolis Habitat for Humanity · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$32,000
Providence Cristo Rey High School · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$20,000
First Baptist Athletics · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$20,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (Lisc) Indiana · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$13,000
Second Helpings · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$10,000
Catch the Stars Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$10,000
Community Foundation of Randolph County · Winchester, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Dove Recovery House for Women · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$10,000
Partners in Housing · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$10,000
The Arc Minnesota · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General support
$7,500
Catch the Stars · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Event Sponsorship and Scholarship Aid
$7,020
Million Meal Movement · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$5,000
A Kid Again - Indiana Chapter · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$5,000
Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention (Chip) · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$5,000
Dream Alive · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$5,000
Foster Success · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$5,000
Seeds of Hope · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$5,000
Brightlane Learning · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General Purpose
$5,000
Gennesaret Free Clinics · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General Purpose
$5,000
Neighborlink Indianapolis Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General Purpose
$3,000
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General support
$2,500
Village of Merici · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$2,340
Gleaner'S Food Bank · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$1,000
Alzheimer'S Association of Greater Indiana · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General support
$1,000
The O'Connor House · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$984
The Open Door · Eagan, MN · 2024
General support
$900
Food Bank of South Jersey · Pennsauken, NJ · 2024
General support
$777
Lynn Community Food Pantry · Lynn, IN · 2024
General support
$687
Gateway Hunger Relief Center · Richmond, IN · 2024
General support
$648
Churches of Mercer County Food Pantry · Aledo, IL · 2024
General support
$644
St Petersburg Free Clinic · St Petersburg, FL · 2024
General support
$638
Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$635
Hands of Christ Food Pantry · Paxton, IL · 2024
General support
$597
Paws Pantry at Iupui · Bloomington, IN · 2024
General support
$587
Saint Francis House · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$563
New York Common Pantry · New York City, NY · 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.