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Meed Foundation Inc

Tampa, FL · EIN 81-4385044. Reported 70 grants totalling $2,037,800 to 44 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$2,037,800granted, 2021-2024
44organizations funded
44%of grantees funded again the next year
$11.8Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Meed Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $25,000; the smallest was $160 and the largest $205,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
6 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
14 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
11 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
21 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
5 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
5 grants
$100,000 and Up
8 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Tampa General Hospital Foundation IncTampa, FL$508,600332024
Metropolitan MinistriesTampa, FL$410,000442024
Special Operations Warrior FoundationTampa, FL$216,727442024
University of Florida - Warrington College of BusinessGainesville, FL$200,000112021
Intermountain FoundationSalt Lake City, UT$135,000442024
Palma Ceia Presbyterian ChurchTampa, FL$84,000442024
Notes for Education IncNapa, CA$67,500332024
Tall TimbersPlant City, FL$50,000112021
Studio Museum in HarlemNew York, NY$30,090112024
The Center for Faithwalk Leadership Inc Dba Lead Like JesusSpartanburg Sc, SC$25,000112022
Zootampa at Lowry ParkTampa, FL$24,810112023
Fellowship Foundation Dba the International FoundationArlington, VA$23,250112024
Academy Prep Center of TampaTampa, FL$20,000222024
First Steps IncNashville, TN$20,000442024
Global Teen Challange IncColumbus, GA$20,000112022
Global Teen Challenge IncColumbus, GA$20,000112023
Harding Academy of Memphis IncMemphis, TN$19,900112022
Boys & Girls Clubs of Tampa BayTampa, FL$17,350112021
Peter Michael FoundationCalistoga, CA$17,000222023
Southeastern Guide Dog Dba Dogs IncPalmetto, FL$15,100112024
Fellowship FoundationSalt Lake City, UT$15,000112021
American Legion Auxiliary Department of North DakotaFargo, ND$10,000112024
Created Women IncTampa, FL$10,000112023
Dsu Heritage FoundationDickinson, ND$10,000442024
North Dakota American Legion Boys StateGwinner, ND$10,000112024
Ramona's Gift to Music FoundationNesconset, NY$10,000112024
U FoundationNew York, NY$10,000112021
St Georges KindergartenNashville, TN$8,000222022
Harding AcademyNashville, TN$5,150112023
Boys and Girls Clubs of Tampa BayTampa, FL$5,000112023
Gift of Life AdoptionTampa, FL$5,000112021
Young Life TampaTampa, FL$5,000112021
Alzheimer's Association (florida Gulf Coast Chapter)Chicago, IL$2,500112022
Florida Sheriffs AssociationTallahassee, FL$2,000222022
The Grey Muzzle OrganizationRaleigh, NC$1,031112023
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of ArtNashville, TN$1,000112022
MD Anderson Cancer CenterJacksonville, FL$1,000112021
The National Wwii MuseumNew Orleans, LA$1,000112021
St George's KindergartenNashville, TN$500112023
Family Center IncBrooklyn, NY$432112024
Plant High School Athletics Foundation IncTampa, FL$250112023
St Joseph's Children's Hospital FoundationTampa, FL$250112023
Westminster Presbyterian ChurchNashville, TN$200112022
Humane Society of Tampa BayTampa, FL$160112024

12 of 44 (27%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 44%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 39 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
16 grants
Human Services
6 grants
Arts & Culture
5 grants
Health Care
3 grants
Animal Welfare
3 grants
Mental Health
2 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
2 grants
Recreation & Sports
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202118$493,397$7,500
202217$512,100$12,000
202318$606,771$7,575
202417$425,532$10,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 77% of this one's giving went to organizations in Florida. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Florida
$1.6M
Utah
$150K
California
$84K
Tennessee
$55K
New York
$51K
Georgia
$40K
North Dakota
$30K
South Carolina
$25K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Meed Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 2514 Prospect Road, Tampa, FL, 33629. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 81-4385044 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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