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Merriman Foundation

Name: Merriman 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.

125
grants reported: $15.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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

research education building charitalbe chartiable arts athletics medical

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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.

Pembroke Hill School2 grants · $2.0M
Smu School of Business2 grants · $2.0M
Smu Athletics2 grants · $2.0M
Boy Scouts of America - Heart of America Council1 grant · $1.8M
The Catholic Community Foundation1 grant · $1.3M
Pembroke Hill School1 grant · $1.0M
Smu Cox School of Business1 grant · $1.0M
Smu Cox School of Business1 grant · $1.0M
Heart of America Council Bsa3 grants · $640,000
St Lukes Hospital Foundation2 grants · $571,000

Giving over time

$5.7M

2022

$2.7M

2023

$3.9M

2024

$3.3M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 125 grants.

$1.8M
Boy Scouts of America - Heart of America Council · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Charitable
$1.3M
The Catholic Community Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Charitable
$1.1M
Pembroke Hill School · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Charitable
$1.0M
Smu Athletics · Dallas, TX · 2025
Charitable - Athletics
$1.0M
Smu School of Business · Dallas, TX · 2025
Charitable - Education
$1.0M
Smu Athletics · Dallas, TX · 2024
Charitable - Athletics
$1.0M
Smu School of Business · Dallas, TX · 2024
Charitable - Education
$1.0M
Pembroke Hill School · Kansas City, MO · 2023
CHARITABLE/Building Fund
$1.0M
Smu Cox School of Business · Dallas, TX · 2023
CHARITABLE/Building Fund
$1.0M
Pembroke Hill School · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Regligious
$1.0M
Smu Cox School of Business · Dallas, TX · 2022
Charitable/research
$585,000
Heart of America Council Bsa · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Charitable
$321,000
St Lukes Hospital Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2023
CHARITABLE/Research
$320,000
St Lukes Hospital Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Charitable
$300,000
St Lukes Hospital Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Charitable - Research
$271,000
St Lukes Hospital Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Charitable - Research
$150,000
The Garden Club of Palm Beach 1928 · Palm Beach, FL · 2025
Charitable
$100,000
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Charitable - arts
$100,000
Smu · Dallas, TX · 2023
CHARITABLE/Education
$100,000
Smu · Dallas, TX · 2022
Charitable/religous
$60,000
The University of Kansas Health Systems · Westwood, KS · 2022
Charitable
$56,000
Children'S Mercy Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Charitable
$55,000
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2025
CHARITABLE - Medical Research
$50,000
Nelson Gallery Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Charitable - art
$50,000
Alcuin School · Dallas, TX · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
CHARITABLE - Medical Research
$50,000
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Charitable - art
$50,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023
Charity - Research
$50,000
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art · Kansas City, MO · 2023
CHARITABLE/Arts/Education
$50,000
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022
Charitable
$30,000
Heart of America Council Bsa · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Heart of America Council Bsa · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Charitalbe
$20,000
Alcuin School · Dallas, TX · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Blair House Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
United Way Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Blair House Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Chartiable
$20,000
Society of Four Arts · Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
St Andrew'S Espicopal Church · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Charitable/research
$15,000
Lyric Opera Kc · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach · Palm Beach, FL · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Society of the Four Arts · Plam Beach, MO · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
Welcome House · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
American Royal Association · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Breast Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Downtown Council of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Hats Off To Mothers · N Kansas City, MO · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Kemper Museum · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach · Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
Society of the Four Arts · Plam Beach, MO · 2024
Charitable
$10,000
St Andrew'S Episcopal Chruch · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Charitable - Religion
$10,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
American Royal Association · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Fbinaa · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Kansas City Repertory Theatre · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Hospice Foundatin of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Kansas City Art Institue · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
Society of Four Arts · Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
The Harry S Truman Library Institute · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Botar · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Chapel & York US Foundation Inc - Kew · New, NY · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Crossroads Charter Schools · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Kansas City Rep Gala · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Kansas City Streetcar Authority · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Livingston'S Way · Palm Beach, FL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Palm Beach County Sheriff'S Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
The Jewel Ball · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
White House Historical Association · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
American Friends of the Louvre · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Botar · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Crossroads Charter Schools · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Glades Academy Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Kansas City Rep Gala · West Palm Beach, MO · 2024
Charitalbe
$5,000
Palm Beach County Sheriff'S Foundation · Florida, FL · 2024
Charitable - civic
$5,000
The Rdk Melanoma Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Trustbridge Hospice Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Vibrant Health · Kansas City, KS · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Women of Tomorrow · Miami, FL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Crossroads Charter Schools · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Chartiable
$5,000
Palm Beach County Sheriff'S Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Phi Delta Theta · Oxford, OH · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Rose Brooks · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
The Police Foundation of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
The University of Kansas Health System · Westwood, KS · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Vibrant Health · Kansas City, KS · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Al Ringling Theater Friends · Baraboo, WI · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Botar · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Lyric Opera of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Mocsa · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Opes Charitable Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Charitable/building fund
$5,000
The Nelson-Adkins Museum of Art · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
The Police Foundation of Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Third Option Foundation · Reston, VA · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Vibrant Night · Kansas City, KS · 2022
Charitable
$3,500
Mocsa · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Hats Off To Mothers · N Kansas City, MO · 2025
Charitable

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