Funding search · EIN 841450529 · Durango, CO

Merriman Family Foundation

Name: Merriman Family 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.

54
grants reported: $151,465
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,500
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.

What they fund

food research scholarship cancer college radio childhood disabled

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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.

Community Foundation of Frederick County3 grants · $21,000
Meador'S Masters Foundation2 grants · $20,300
Celebration Community Church4 grants · $15,000
Manna Soup Kitchen3 grants · $12,500
Hooker County Community Foundation3 grants · $10,000
Coal Creek Meals On Wheels1 grant · $7,500
Sister Carmen Community Center3 grants · $7,500
Community Food Share3 grants · $7,500
Michael J Fox Foundation2 grants · $6,000
Lower Somerset Ambulance and Rescue2 grants · $5,750

Giving over time

$37,100

2022

$36,415

2023

$38,200

2024

$39,750

2025

Grant history

All 54 reported grants, largest first.

$19,600
Meador'S Masters Foundation · Erie, CO · 2022
Humanitarian relief
$10,000
Community Foundation of Frederick County · Frederick, MD · 2024
Scholarship
$7,500
Coal Creek Meals On Wheels · Lafayette, CO · 2025
Senior food program
$6,500
Celebration Community Church · Naples, FL · 2025
Food program
$6,000
Community Foundation of Frederick County · Frederick, MD · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
Community Foundation of Frederick County · Frederick, MD · 2025
Scholarship
$5,000
Manna Soup Kitchen · Durango, CO · 2025
Food program
$5,000
Celebration Community Church · Naples, FL · 2024
Food program
$5,000
Lower Somerset Ambulance and Rescue · Crisfield, MD · 2024
Fire & rescue
$5,000
Hooker County Community Foundation · Mullen, NE · 2023
Fire & rescue
$5,000
Manna Soup Kitchen · Durango, CO · 2023
Food program
$5,000
Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Parkinson's research
$4,965
Community Foundation of Lincoln County · Springfield, IL · 2023
Scholarship
$2,500
Community Ministry · Denver, CO · 2025
Food program
$2,500
Hooker County Community Foundation · Mullen, NE · 2025
Scholarship
$2,500
Rising Tide Crisfield · Crisfield, MD · 2025
Community support program
$2,500
Community Food Share · Louisville, CO · 2024
Food program
$2,500
Community Ministry · Denver, CO · 2024
Food program
$2,500
Manna Soup Kitchen · Durango, CO · 2024
Food program
$2,500
Sarama Animal Rescue · Voorhees, NJ · 2024
Animal shelter
$2,500
Sister Carmen Community Center · Lafayette, CO · 2024
Family assistance
$2,500
Celebration Community Church · Naples, FL · 2023
Food program
$2,500
Community Food Share · Louisville, CO · 2023
Food program
$2,500
Hooker County Community Foundation · Mullen, NE · 2023
Scholarship
$2,500
Sister Carmen Community Center · Lafayette, CO · 2023
Family assistance
$2,500
Community Food Share · Louisville, CO · 2022
Food program
$2,500
First Baptist Church of Islamorada · Islamorada, FL · 2022
Food bank
$2,500
Sister Carmen Community Center · Lafayette, CO · 2022
Family assistance
$2,200
Flc Foundation · Durango, CO · 2024
College public radio
$2,000
Pace Center for Girls · Jacksonville, FL · 2025
Youth support program
$2,000
Kdur Community Radio · Durango, CO · 2023
College radio
$1,500
Adaptive Sports Association · Durango, CO · 2025
Disabled sports program
$1,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sw Colorado · Durango, CO · 2025
Youth mentorship program
$1,000
Flc Foundation · Durango, CO · 2025
College public radio
$1,000
Little Warrior Foundation · Brookfield, WI · 2025
Childhood cancer research
$1,000
St Jude Childrens Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
Childrens medical research
$1,000
Adaptive Sports Association · Durango, CO · 2024
Disabled sports program
$1,000
Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Disease research
$1,000
Warrier Homes of Collier · Naples, FL · 2024
Veteran program
$1,000
Adaptive Sports Association · Durango, CO · 2022
Disability program
$1,000
Celebration Community Church · Naples, FL · 2022
Food bank
$1,000
Colorado Veterans Support · Boulder, CO · 2022
Veterans assistance
$1,000
Kdur Community Radio · Durango, CO · 2022
College radio
$750
Dementia Society of America · Doylestown, PA · 2023
Disease research
$750
Lower Somerset Ambulance and Rescue · Crisfield, MD · 2023
Fire & rescue
$700
Meador'S Masters Foundation · Erie, CO · 2023
Humanitarian relief
$500
Companeros · Durango, CO · 2025
Immigrant program
$500
Little Warrior Foundation · Brookfield, WI · 2024
Childhood cancer research
$500
Keen Greater Dc · Bethesda, MD · 2023
Disabled athelete program
$500
Little Warrior Foundation · Brookfield, WI · 2023
Childhood cancer research
$500
Alzheimer'S Assocaition · Chicago, FL · 2022
Alzheimers research
$500
Beat Childhood Cancer · Tampa, FL · 2022
Cancer research
$250
James L Quint Foundation · Thornton, CO · 2025
Cancer assistance program
$250
The Hive · Durango, CO · 2023
Youth program

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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.