Funding search · EIN 841232001 · Boulder, CO

The Merlin Foundation

Name: The Merlin Foundation grants, 2021–2023
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.

67
grants reported: $16.4M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. 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.

Earthjustice League Defense Fund3 grants · $3.0M
Wildlife Conservation Society3 grants · $2.8M
The Wilderness Society2 grants · $2.4M
World Wildlife Fund2 grants · $2.1M
Americans for Oxford1 grant · $2.0M
Heroes Project3 grants · $550,000
The Rhodes Trust1 grant · $500,000
Oceana3 grants · $450,000
Jane Goodall Institute3 grants · $350,000
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies3 grants · $300,000

Giving over time

$7.8M

2021

$3.5M

2022

$5.1M

2023

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

$2.6M
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2021
General purpose
$2.0M
Americans for Oxford · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$1.6M
The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$1.1M
World Wildlife Fund · Merrifield, VA · 2021
General purpose
$1.0M
Earthjustice League Defense Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purpose
$1.0M
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$1.0M
Earthjustice League Defense Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General purpose
$1.0M
Earthjustice League Defense Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General purpose
$800,000
The Wilderness Society · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$500,000
The Rhodes Trust · 2023
General purpose
$250,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$200,000
Jane Goodall Institute · Vienna, VA · 2023
General purpose
$195,000
Heroes Project · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$180,000
Heroes Project · Washington, DC · 2021
General purpose
$175,000
Heroes Project · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$130,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
General purpose
$125,000
Colorodo Open Lands · Lakewood, CO · 2021
General purpose
$100,000
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies · Aspen, CO · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
Outdoor Afro · Oakland, CA · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
Re Wild · Austin, TX · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
Vermont College of Fine Arts · Montpelier, VT · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies · Aspen, CO · 2022
General purpose
$100,000
Jane Goodall Institute · Vienna, VA · 2022
General purpose
$100,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$100,000
The Uc Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
General purpose
$100,000
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2022
General purpose
$100,000
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies · Aspen, CO · 2021
General purpose
$100,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2021
General purpose
$100,000
Tompkins Conservation · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General purpose
$100,000
Vermont College of Fine Arts · Montpelier, VT · 2021
General purpose
$75,000
Wilderness Land Trust · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
Alaska Wilderness League · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$50,000
Wilderness Workshop · Carbondale, CO · 2022
General purpose
$50,000
Alaska Wilderness Fund · Anchorage, AK · 2021
General purpose
$50,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2021
General purpose
$50,000
Jane Goodall Institute · Vienna, VA · 2021
General purpose
$50,000
Wilderness Workshop · Carbondale, CO · 2021
General purpose
$30,000
Open Space Institute · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$30,000
Open Space Institute · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$30,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
General purpose
$30,000
Open Space Institute · New York, NY · 2021
General purpose
$25,000
American Friends of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Colorado Open Lands · Lakewood, CO · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Defenders of Wildlife · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Eo Wilson Biodiversity Foundation · Durham, NC · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Monterey Bay Acquarium · Monterey, CA · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
One Percent of the Planet · Burlington, VT · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Palmer Land Trust · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Thorne Nature Experience · Boulder, CO · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
University of Southern Mississippi · Hattiesburg, MS · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Wilderness Workshop · Carbondale, CO · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Monterey Bay Acquarium · Monterey, CA · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
One Percent of the Planet · Burlington, VT · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Palmer Land Trust · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Thorne Nature Experience · Boulder, CO · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Wilderness Land Trust · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Monterey Bay Acquarium · Monterey, CA · 2021
General purpose
$25,000
One Percent of the Planet · Burlington, VT · 2021
General purpose
$25,000
Palmer Land Trust · Colorado Springs, CO · 2021
General purpose
$25,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2021
General purpose
$25,000
Thorne Nature Experience · Boulder, CO · 2021
General purpose
$25,000
Wilderness Land Trust · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2021
General purpose
$10,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2021
General purpose

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