Funding search · EIN 871354173 · Cincinnati, OH

Merus Foundation

Name: Merus 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.

142
grants reported: $912,612
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $514
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

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Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Brighton Center2 grants · $60,250
Project Destined2 grants · $60,000
Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber Foundation2 grants · $55,000
Dan Beard Council Boy Scouts of America1 grant · $50,000
Keep Cincinnati Beautiful1 grant · $50,000
Artworks2 grants · $50,000
America'S River Roots' Festival1 grant · $50,000
Corporation of Findlay Market1 grant · $50,000
Art Opportunities1 grant · $50,000
United Way of Greater Cincinnati2 grants · $41,926

Giving over time

$82,060

2022

$141,129

2023

$313,459

2024

$375,964

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 142 grants.

$50,000
America'S River Roots' Festival · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General purpose
$50,000
Corporation of Findlay Market · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General purpose
$50,000
Keep Cincinnati Beautiful · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General purpose
$50,000
Dan Beard Council Boy Scouts of America · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Art Opportunities · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General purpose
$40,000
Citylink 3cdc · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General purpose
$30,250
Brighton Center · Newport, KY · 2025
General purpose
$30,000
Project Destined · Washington, DC · 2025
General purpose
$30,000
Brighton Center · Newport, KY · 2024
General purpose
$30,000
Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General purpose
$30,000
Project Destined · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$30,000
Project Destined · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Artworks · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General purpose
$25,000
Tennessee Performing Arts Center · Nashville, TN · 2025
General purpose
$25,000
Artworks · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Easter Seals Tri State · Hamilton, OH · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Wake Technical Community College Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Clifton Cultural Arts Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Wake Tech Comm College Found · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General purpose
$23,507
United Way of Gtr Cinti · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General purpose
$22,241
United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General purpose
$19,685
United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General purpose
$10,500
Design Lab · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General purpose
$10,250
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General purpose
$10,202
Artswave · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Cincinnati Museum Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
Civic Design Center · Nashville, TN · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
Urban Green Lab · Nashville, TN · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
Walk Bike Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
Ywca Greater Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General purpose
$10,000
Arch Foundation of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General purpose
$7,527
Artswave · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General purpose
$6,329
Artswave · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General purpose
$3,695
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2023
General purpose
$2,000
Noah Fisher - Scholarship Fund · Ross, OH · 2022
General purpose
$1,860
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
General purpose
$1,724
American Heart Association Heart Mini · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General purpose
$1,500
Talbert House · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General purpose
$1,400
Freestore Foodbank · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General purpose
$1,250
Matthew 25 Ministries · Blue Ash, OH · 2024
General purpose
$1,250
Omni Family Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
General purpose
$1,250
Talbert House · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General purpose
$1,100
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2023
General purpose
$1,057
American Heart Association Heart Mini · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
Leukemia & Lymphona Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
Prokids · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
Rock Solid Families · West Harrison, IN · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
Sowa Goat Sanctuary · Harvard, MA · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
St Matthew School · Franklin, TN · 2025
General purpose
$1,000
Junior Achievement of Oki Partners · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
The Cincinnati Observatory Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Blue Ash, OH · 2024
General purpose
$1,000
Economics Ctr for Edresearch · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Habitat for Humanity of Wake County · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Omni Family Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Prokids · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Talbert House · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General purpose
$1,000
Prokids · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General purpose
$900
Cincinnati Arts Association · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General purpose
$864
Ronald McDonald House Charitie · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General purpose
$850
Best Buddies International · Miami, FL · 2023
General purpose
$800
Camp Kesem National · Granville, OH · 2025
General purpose
$750
Matthew 25 Ministries · Blue Ash, OH · 2025
General purpose
$750
Talbert House · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General purpose
$675
Junior Achievement · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General purpose
$645
Northern Kentucky Children'S Advocacy Center · Florence, KY · 2025
General purpose
$640
Center for Great Neighborhoods · Covington, KY · 2023
General purpose
$529
Haven House Services · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General purpose
$518
Cornerstone Renter Equity · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General purpose
$511
Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General purpose
$500
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General purpose
$500
Dixie Heights Colonels Club · Edgewood, KY · 2025
General purpose
$500
Fairhaven Rescue Mission · Covington, KY · 2025
General purpose
$500
Make-a-Wish · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General purpose
$500
Xavier University · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General purpose
$500
Breakthrough T1d · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
General purpose
$500
Camp Kesem National · Granville, OH · 2024
General purpose
$500
Dixie Heights Colonels Club · Edgewood, KY · 2024
General purpose
$500
Fairhaven Rescue Mission · Covington, KY · 2024
General purpose
$500
Ohio Alleycat Resource & Spayneuter Clinic · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General purpose
$500
Prokids · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General purpose
$500
Stray Animal Adoption Program · Newport, KY · 2024
General purpose
$500
Xavier University · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General purpose
$500
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tn · Nashville, TN · 2023
General purpose
$500
Cornerstone Renter Equity · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General purpose
$500
Matthew 25 Ministries · Blue Ash, OH · 2023
General purpose
$500
Nky Children'S Advocacy Ctr · Florence, KY · 2023
General purpose
$500
Xavier University · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General purpose
$500
American Cancer Society · Kennesaw, GA · 2022
General purpose
$500
Catholic Charities · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General purpose
$500
College Hill Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General purpose
$500
Habitat for Humanity of Wake County · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General purpose
$500
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022
General purpose
$500
Xavier University · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General purpose
$445
Northern Kentucky Children'S Advocacy Center · Florence, KY · 2024
General purpose
$400
Pathway To Hope Pregnancy Care · King, NC · 2023
General purpose
$375
Tenn Performing Arts Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
General purpose
$361
Boy Scouts of America Council · Kansas City, MT · 2023
General purpose

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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.