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The Mesdag Family Foundation

Name: The Mesdag Family Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

205
grants reported: $3.1M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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.

Princeton University4 grants · $400,000
Aspen Music Festival and School4 grants · $387,100
Harvard-Westlake School4 grants · $190,000
St Monica'S Catholic Church3 grants · $185,000
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund2 grants · $150,000
Theater Aspen4 grants · $110,000
Obama Foundation2 grants · $105,600
Aspen Center for Enviromental Studies4 grants · $103,900
Pacific Council On International Policy4 grants · $89,600
Colorado Academy4 grants · $80,000

Giving over time

$670,400

2021

$753,400

2022

$822,700

2023

$810,200

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 205 grants.

$125,000
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General support
$125,000
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2021
General support
$112,200
Aspen Music Festival and School · Aspen, CO · 2022
General support
$100,000
Aspen Music Festival and School · Aspen, CO · 2024
General support
$100,000
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund · New York City, NY · 2023
General support
$91,000
Aspen Music Festival and School · Aspen, CO · 2023
General support
$83,900
Aspen Music Festival and School · Aspen, CO · 2021
General support
$75,000
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General support
$75,000
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
General support
$75,000
St Monica'S Catholic Church · San Louis, MO · 2022
General support
$60,000
Harvard-Westlake School · Studio City, CA · 2024
General support
$60,000
St Monica'S Catholic Church · San Louis, MO · 2024
General support
$60,000
Harvard-Westlake School · Studio City, CA · 2023
General support
$60,000
Harvard-Westlake School · Studio City, CA · 2022
General support
$55,600
Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$50,000
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund · New York City, NY · 2024
General support
$50,000
La Clippers Fire Aid · Inglewood, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$50,000
St Monicas Catholic Community · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Harvard-Westlake River Project · Studio City, CA · 2021
General support
$50,000
St Monica'S Catholic Church · San Louis, MO · 2021
General support
$35,000
Theater Aspen · Aspen, CO · 2024
General support
$35,000
Pacific Council On International Policy · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
$34,600
Pacific Council On International Policy · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Colorado Academy · Denver, CO · 2024
General support
$27,700
Aspen Center for Enviromental Studies · Aspen, CO · 2023
General support
$26,200
Aspen Center for Enviromental Studies · Aspen, CO · 2022
General support
$25,000
Aspen Center for Enviromental Studies · Aspen, CO · 2024
General support
$25,000
Theater Aspen · Aspen, CO · 2023
General support
$25,000
Visible Figures · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Theater Aspen · Aspen, CO · 2022
General support
$25,000
Aspen Center for Enviromental Studies · Aspen, CO · 2021
General support
$25,000
Theater Aspen · Aspen, CO · 2021
General support
$20,000
Colorado Academy · Denver, CO · 2023
General support
$20,000
Renegade Relief Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
General support
$20,000
Colorado Academy · Denver, CO · 2022
General support
$20,000
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$20,000
Los Angeles Mission · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$20,000
Aspen Valley Land Trust · Carbondale, CO · 2021
General support
$15,000
Kellogg School of Management · Evanston, IL · 2024
General support
$15,000
Kellogg School of Management · Evanston, IL · 2023
General support
$15,000
Aspen Valley Land Trust · Carbondale, CO · 2022
General support
$15,000
Kellogg School of Management · Evanston, IL · 2022
General support
$15,000
Kellogg School of Management · Evanston, IL · 2021
General support
$10,000
Aspen Art Museum · Aspen, CO · 2024
General support
$10,000
Aspen Community Foundation · Basalt, CO · 2024
General support
$10,000
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Aspen Valley Land Trust · Carbondale, CO · 2024
General support
$10,000
Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Heal the Bay · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Independence Pass Foundation · Carbondale, CO · 2024
General support
$10,000
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Los Angeles Library Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Los Angeles Mission · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Ocean Cleanup · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Tenth Mountain Division · Lakewood, CO · 2024
General support
$10,000
Aspen Art Museum · Aspen, CO · 2023
General support
$10,000
Aspen Community Foundation · Basalt, CO · 2023
General support
$10,000
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Aspen Valley Land Trust · Carbondale, CO · 2023
General support
$10,000
Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Heal the Bay · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Humanity in Action · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Independence Pass Foundation · Carbondale, CO · 2023
General support
$10,000
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$10,000
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Los Angeles Library Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Los Angeles Mission · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Pacific Council On International Policy · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
St Matthews Parish · Pacific Palisades, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Tenth Mountain Division · Lakewood, CO · 2023
General support
$10,000
10th Mountain Division Hut Assocation · Aspen, CO · 2022
General support
$10,000
Aspen Art Museum · Aspen, CO · 2022
General support
$10,000
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$10,000
Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Heal the Bay · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Independence Pass Foundation · Carbondale, CO · 2022
General support
$10,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Los Angeles Library Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Los Angeles Philharmonic · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Make a Wish Foundation · Greenwood Village, CO · 2022
General support
$10,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
General support
$10,000
Pacific Council On International Policy · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Sierra Club of California · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Sierra Club of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
General support
$10,000
St Matthews Parish School · San Mateo, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
The Aspen Community Foundation · Basalt, CO · 2022
General support
$10,000
Aspen Art Museum · Aspen, CO · 2021
General support
$10,000
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2021
General support
$10,000
Colorado Academy · Denver, CO · 2021
General support
$10,000
Harvard-Westlake School · Studio City, CA · 2021
General support
$10,000
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General support
$10,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2021
General 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.