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12 funders with a record of paying for “merrie”
Where the money went The Children's Council of → Merry-Land Academy: $136K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Noble County Community Foundation → Goshen College Inc: $89K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Kendel H Kennedy Foundation Inc → Merry Spring Nature Center: $60K across 3 grants, latest 2024 American Electric Power Foundation → Merry Makers Club Foundation of Columbus Inc: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Vermont Afterschool Inc → Very Merry Theatre: $45K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation → Merry Heart Children's Camp: $42K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Erie County Community Foundation → Merry Go Round Museum: $39K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Peyton Anderson Foundation → Community Foundation of Central: $28K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc → Merrie-Woode Foundation: $24K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Skidmore Owings & Merrill Foundation → Lydia Moog Co Skidmore Owings Merri: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → The Merrie Monarch Festival: $13K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Richard Dick Knoebel Charitable Family → Marine Toys for Tots Foundation: $9K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Merrie-Woode Foundation Inc: $12K across 4 grants, latest 2023 American Electric Power Foundation → Childhood League Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Skidmore Owings & Merrill Foundation → Kevin Chow Co Skidmore Owings Merri: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Skidmore Owings & Merrill Foundation → James Leng Co Skidmore Owings Merri: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Children's Council of: $136K on this topic. Open the funder. The Children's Council of $136K Noble County Community Foundation: $89K on this topic. Open the funder. Noble County Community Founda… $89K Kendel H Kennedy Foundation Inc: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. Kendel H Kennedy Foundation I… $60K American Electric Power Foundation: $55K on this topic. Open the funder. American Electric Power Found… $55K Vermont Afterschool Inc: $45K on this topic. Open the funder. Vermont Afterschool Inc $45K Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation: $42K on this topic. Open the funder. Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foun… $42K Erie County Community Foundation: $39K on this topic. Open the funder. Erie County Community Foundat… $39K The Peyton Anderson Foundation: $28K on this topic. Open the funder. The Peyton Anderson Foundation $28K Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc: $24K on this topic. Open the funder. Community Foundation of Tampa… $24K Enterprise Holdings Foundation: $24K on this topic. Open the funder. Enterprise Holdings Foundation $24K Skidmore Owings & Merrill Foundation: $20K on this topic. Open the funder. Skidmore Owings & Merrill Fou… $20K Richard Dick Knoebel Charitable Family: $9K on this topic. Open the funder. Richard Dick Knoebel Charitab… $9K Merry-Land Academy: received $136K on this topic Merry-Land Academy $136K Goshen College Inc: received $89K on this topic Goshen College Inc $89K Merry Spring Nature Center: received $60K on this topic Merry Spring Nature Center $60K Merry Makers Club Foundation of Columbus Inc: received $50K on this topic Merry Makers Club Foundation of… $50K Very Merry Theatre: received $45K on this topic Very Merry Theatre $45K Merry Heart Children's Camp: received $42K on this topic Merry Heart Children's Camp $42K Merry Go Round Museum: received $39K on this topic Merry Go Round Museum $39K Community Foundation of Central: received $28K on this topic Community Foundation of Central $28K Merrie-Woode Foundation: received $24K on this topic Merrie-Woode Foundation $24K Lydia Moog Co Skidmore Owings Merri: received $14K on this topic Lydia Moog Co Skidmore Owings M… $14K The Merrie Monarch Festival: received $13K on this topic The Merrie Monarch Festival $13K Merrie-Woode Foundation Inc: received $12K on this topic Merrie-Woode Foundation Inc $12K Marine Toys for Tots Foundation: received $9K on this topic Marine Toys for Tots Foundation $9K Childhood League Inc: received $5K on this topic Childhood League Inc $5K Kevin Chow Co Skidmore Owings Merri: received $5K on this topic Kevin Chow Co Skidmore Owings M… $5K James Leng Co Skidmore Owings Merri: received $1K on this topic James Leng Co Skidmore Owings M… $1K 12 funders, 16 recipients, grants matching “merrie” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $4,500 to THE MERRIE MONARCH FESTIVAL — program support
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Largest: $3,000 to MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION — the mission of toys for tots is provide a merry christmas to all needy children. every child deserves a merry christmas. christmas morning should be a time of great joy for childre…
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Largest: $49,963 to MERRY-LAND ACADEMY — quality enhancement & hurricane relief
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Largest: $25,000 to MERRY MAKERS CLUB FOUNDATION OF COLUMBUS INC — merry makers march to a million campaign
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Largest: $10,000 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL — the merrie christmas project
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Largest: $7,000 to MERRIE-WOODE FOUNDATION — support of mission
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Largest: $30,350 to GOSHEN COLLEGE INC — merry lea env. lc
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Largest: $14,000 to LYDIA MOOG CO SKIDMORE OWINGS MERRI — scholarship award
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Largest: $25,000 to MERRY SPRING NATURE CENTER — protect natural environment
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Largest: $20,000 to MERRY HEART CHILDREN'S CAMP — general operating (rose grant)
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Largest: $16,567 to MERRY GO ROUND MUSEUM — general operations
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Largest: $18,613 to VERY MERRY THEATRE — program enhancement
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →