Funding search · EIN 237450437 · Washington, DC

Mesnikoff Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

67
grants reported
$446,500
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educational

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Alameda County Community Foodbank4 grants · $60,000
  • Open Medicine Foundation - Harvard Research4 grants · $52,000
  • Mazon4 grants · $47,000
  • Capitol Area Food Bank3 grants · $45,000
  • Oxfam America (Yemen and Refugee Crisis)4 grants · $40,000
  • Hebrew Immigration Aid Society4 grants · $38,000
  • East Bay Spca4 grants · $21,000
  • Humane Rescue Alliance3 grants · $16,000
  • Kids of Katmandu4 grants · $16,000
  • Good Neighbors Capital Hill3 grants · $16,000

Giving over time

$110,000
2022
$111,500
2023
$100,000
2024
$125,000
2025

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

  • $15,000

    Alameda County Community Foodbank · Oakland, CA · 2025

    Educational

  • $15,000

    Capitol Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2025

    Educational

  • $15,000

    Mazon · Washington, DC · 2025

    Educational

  • $15,000

    Alameda County Community Foodbank · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Educational

  • $15,000

    Multi Faith Alliance · New York, NY · 2024

    Educational

  • $15,000

    Alameda County Community Foodbank · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Educational

  • $15,000

    Capitol Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2023

    Educational

  • $15,000

    Alameda County Community Foodbank · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Educational

  • $15,000

    Capitol Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2022

    Educational

  • $13,000

    Open Medicine Foundation - Harvard Research · Agoura Hills, CA · 2025

    Educational

  • $13,000

    Open Medicine Foundation - Harvard Research · Agoura Hills, CA · 2024

    Educational

  • $13,000

    Open Medicine Foundation - Harvard Research · Agoura Hills, CA · 2023

    Educational

  • $13,000

    Open Medicine Foundation - Harvard Research · Agoura Hills, CA · 2022

    Educational

  • $12,000

    Hebrew Immigration Aid Society · Silver Spring, MD · 2025

    Educational

  • $12,000

    Mazon · Washington, DC · 2024

    Educational

  • $10,000

    Oxfam America (Yemen and Refugee Crisis) · Boston, MA · 2025

    Educational

  • $10,000

    Hebrew Immigration Aid Society · Silver Spring, MD · 2024

    Educational

  • $10,000

    Oxfam America (Yemen and Refugee Crisis) · Boston, MA · 2024

    Educational

  • $10,000

    Mazon · Washington, DC · 2023

    Educational

  • $10,000

    Oxfam America (Yemen and Refugee Crisis) · Boston, MA · 2023

    Educational

  • $10,000

    Mazon · Washington, DC · 2022

    Educational

  • $10,000

    Oxfam America (Yemen and Refugee Crisis) · Boston, MA · 2022

    Educational

  • $8,000

    Hebrew Immigration Aid Society · Silver Spring, MD · 2023

    Educational

  • $8,000

    Jdc - Multi Faith Alliance for Syrian Refugees in Jordan · New York, NY · 2023

    Educational

  • $8,000

    Hebrew Immigration Aid Society · Silver Spring, MD · 2022

    Educational

  • $8,000

    Jdc - Multi Faith Alliance for Syrian Refugees in Jordan · New York, NY · 2022

    Educational

  • $6,000

    East Bay Spca · Oakland, CA · 2025

    Educational

  • $6,000

    Good Neighbors Capital Hill · Washington, DC · 2025

    Educational

  • $6,000

    Humane Rescue Alliance · Washington, DC · 2025

    Educational

  • $5,000

    East Bay Spca · Oakland, CA · 2024

    Educational

  • $5,000

    Lutheran Church of the Reformation · Washington, DC · 2024

    Educational

  • $5,000

    East Bay Spca · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Educational

  • $5,000

    Good Neighbors Capital Hill · Washington, DC · 2023

    Educational

  • $5,000

    Humane Rescue Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023

    Educational

  • $5,000

    East Bay Spca · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Educational

  • $5,000

    Good Neighbors Capital Hill · Washington, DC · 2022

    Educational

  • $5,000

    Humane Rescue Alliance · Washington, DC · 2022

    Educational

  • $4,000

    Advocates for Community Alternatives · New York, NY · 2025

    Educational

  • $4,000

    Kids of Katmandu · Brooklyn, NY · 2025

    Educational

  • $4,000

    Kids of Katmandu · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Educational

  • $4,000

    Kids of Katmandu · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Educational

  • $4,000

    Kids of Katmandu · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Educational

  • $3,500

    Capitol Hill Community Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025

    Educational

  • $3,000

    Democracy Forward · Washington, DC · 2025

    Educational

  • $3,000

    Disability Rights International · Washington, DC · 2025

    Educational

  • $3,000

    Kids Connection Haiti · Washington, DC · 2025

    Educational

  • $3,000

    Lake Merritt Institute · Oakland, CA · 2025

    Educational

  • $3,000

    Kids Connection Haiti · Washington, DC · 2024

    Educational

  • $2,500

    Disability Rights International · Washington, DC · 2024

    Educational

  • $2,500

    Kids Connection Haiti · Washington, DC · 2023

    Educational

  • $2,500

    Kids Connection Haiti · Washington, DC · 2022

    Educational

  • $2,000

    Rural Dog Rescue · Chester, MD · 2025

    Educational

  • $2,000

    Capitol Hill Community Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    Educational

  • $2,000

    Rural Dog Rescue · Chester, MD · 2024

    Educational

  • $2,000

    Capitol Hill Community Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    Educational

  • $2,000

    Disability Rights International · Washington, DC · 2023

    Educational

  • $2,000

    Lake Merritt Institute · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Educational

  • $2,000

    Rural Dog Rescue · Chester, MD · 2023

    Educational

  • $2,000

    Capitol Hill Community Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    Educational

  • $2,000

    Disability Rights International · Washington, DC · 2022

    Educational

  • $2,000

    Lake Merritt Institute · Oakland, CA · 2022

    Educational

  • $2,000

    Rural Dog Rescue · Chester, MD · 2022

    Educational

  • $1,500

    Friends of Oakland Animal Services · Oakland, CA · 2025

    Educational

  • $1,500

    Advocates for Community Alternatives · New York, NY · 2024

    Educational

  • $1,500

    Advocates for Community Alternatives · New York, NY · 2023

    Educational

  • $1,500

    Friends of Oakland Animal Services · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Educational

  • $1,500

    Advocates for Community Alternatives · New York, NY · 2022

    Educational

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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.