Funding search · EIN 411869152 · Minneapolis, MN

Mersky Family Foundation

Name: Mersky 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.

146
grants reported: $628,600
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,900
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

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.

Carbondale Clay Center4 grants · $67,500
Aeon4 grants · $30,000
Project Success4 grants · $26,600
Commonbond Communities4 grants · $22,900
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity4 grants · $20,500
Jewish Family Service of St Paul3 grants · $20,000
North Dakota Museum of Art3 grants · $19,500
Bridge for Youth4 grants · $18,100
Walker Art Center4 grants · $18,000
Teach for America4 grants · $16,800

Giving over time

$172,000

2022

$164,400

2023

$156,700

2024

$135,500

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 146 grants.

$32,500
Carbondale Clay Center · Carbondale, CO · 2025
Program support
$25,000
Carbondale Clay Center · Carbondale, CO · 2024
Program support
$8,000
US Fund for Unicef · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
$7,500
Aeon · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Program support
$7,500
Aeon · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Program support
$7,500
Aeon · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Program support
$7,500
Minneapolis Institiute of Art · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Program support
$7,500
Aeon · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Program support
$7,500
Minneapolis Institute of Art · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Program support
$7,000
Jewish Family Service of St Paul · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
Program support
$7,000
Jewish Family & Children'S Service · Golden Valley, MN · 2024
Program support
$7,000
Project Success · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Program support
$7,000
Jewish Family & Children'S Service · Golden Valley, MN · 2023
Program support
$7,000
Jewish Family and Children'S Service of Minneapolis (Jfcs) · Golden Valley, MN · 2022
Program support
$6,800
Project Success · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Program support
$6,800
Project Success · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Program support
$6,500
Gather 1 · Stoughton, WI · 2024
Program support
$6,500
Jewish Family Service of St Paul · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Program support
$6,500
North Dakota Museum of Art · Grand Forks, ND · 2024
Program support
$6,500
Gather 1 · Stoughton, WI · 2023
Program support
$6,500
Jewish Family Service of St Paul · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Program support
$6,500
North Dakota Museum of Art · Grand Forks, ND · 2023
Program support
$6,500
Unicef · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$6,500
Gather 1 (Brad Campbell) · Stoughton, WI · 2022
Program support
$6,500
Jewish Family Service St Paul · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Program support
$6,500
North Dakota Museum of Art · Grand Forks, ND · 2022
Program support
$6,500
Weisman Art Museum · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Program support
$6,300
Big Brothers Big Sisters Twin Cities · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Program support
$6,300
Project for Pride in Living · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Program support
$6,300
Big Brother Big Sisters Twin Cities · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Program support
$6,300
Pride in Living · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Program support
$6,000
Commonbond Communities · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
Program support
$6,000
Project Success · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Program support
$6,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters Twin Cities · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Program support
$5,700
Commonbond Communities · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Program support
$5,700
Commonbond Communities · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Program support
$5,500
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
Program support
$5,500
Jewish Community Relations Council · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Program support
$5,500
Project for Pride in Living · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Program support
$5,500
Sholom Foundation · St Louis Park, MN · 2024
Program support
$5,500
Jewish Community Relations Council · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Program support
$5,500
Sholom Foundation · St Louis Park, MN · 2023
Program support
$5,500
Commonbond Communities · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Program support
$5,300
Boys & Girls Club of the Twin Cities · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Program support
$5,300
Boys & Girls Club of Twin Cities · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Program support
$5,300
Jewish Community Relations Council (Jcrc) · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Program support
$5,300
Sholom Foundation · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Boys & Girls Club of the Twin Cities · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Bridge for Youth · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Project for Pride in Living · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Washburn Center for Children · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Boys & Girls Club of the Twin Cities · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Carbondale Clay Center · Carbondale, CO · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Walker Art Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Weisman Art Museum · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Carbondale Clay Center · Carbondale, CO · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Highpoint Center for Printmaking · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Walker Art Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Program support
$4,500
Bridge for Youth · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Program support
$4,300
Bridge for Youth · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Program support
$4,300
Bridge for Youth · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Program support
$4,000
Agate Housing & Service · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Program support
$4,000
Summit Academy Oic · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Program support
$4,000
Walker Art Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Program support
$4,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
$4,000
Walker Art Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Program support
$4,000
Guild · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Program support
$4,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$4,000
Guild · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Program support
$3,800
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
$3,500
Guild · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
Program support
$3,500
Guild · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Program support
$3,500
Summit Academy Oic · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Program support
$3,500
Washburn Center for Children · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Program support
$3,500
Minnesota Orchestral Association · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Program support
$3,500
Summit Academy Oic · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Program support
$3,500
Washburn Center for Children · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Program support
$3,500
Minnesota Orchestral Association · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Program support
$3,200
Kids in Need Foundation · Roseville, MN · 2023
Program support
$3,200
Kids in Need Foundation · Roseville, MN · 2022
Program support
$3,200
Minnesota Community Care · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Minnesota Orchestral Association · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Program support
$3,000
Minnesota Community Care · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Program support
$3,000
Minnesota Orchestral Association · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Program support
$3,000
Guthrie Theater · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Highpoint Center for Printmaking · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Minnesota Community Care · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Guthrie Theater · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Program support
$3,000
St Paul Chamber Orchestra · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Summit Academy Oic · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Program support
$2,700
Washnurn Center for Children · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Program support
$2,500
Kids in Need Foundation · Roseville, MN · 2025
Program support
$2,500
Minnesota Community Care · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Program support
$2,500
Minnesota Museum of American Art · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
Program support
$2,500
Homes Fit for Heroes · Ramsey, NJ · 2024
Program 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.