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Meed Foundation Inc

Tampa, FL · EIN 81-4385044. Reported 88 grants totalling $2,568,229 to 55 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$2,568,229granted, 2021-2025
55recipients, as named on its returns
44%of grantees funded again the next year
$13.3Massets, 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
7 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
18 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
16 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
24 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
6 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
7 grants
$100,000 and Up
10 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Metropolitan MinistriesTampa, FL$515,000552025
Tampa General Hospital Foundation IncTampa, FL$508,600332024
Special Operations Warrior FoundationTampa, FL$285,662552025
Tgh FoundationTampa, FL$200,000112025
University of Florida - Warrington College of BusinessGainesville, FL$200,000112021
Intermountain FoundationSalt Lake City, UT$185,000552025
Palma Ceia Presbyterian ChurchTampa, FL$108,000552025
Notes for Education IncNapa, CA$67,500332024
Studio Museum in HarlemNew York, NY$55,090222025
Tall TimbersPlant City, FL$50,000112021
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
Dogs IncPalmetto, FL$16,295112025
Southeastern Guide Dog Dba Dogs IncPalmetto, FL$15,100112024
Fellowship FoundationSalt Lake City, UT$15,000112021
Dsu Heritage FoundationDickinson, ND$12,500552025
American Legion Auxiliary Department of North DakotaFargo, ND$10,000112024
Created Women IncTampa, FL$10,000112023
North Dakota American Legion Boys StateGwinner, ND$10,000112024
Ramona's Gift to Music FoundationNesconset, NY$10,000112024
St Josephs Hospital FoundationLexington, KY$10,000112025
U FoundationNew York, NY$10,000112021
St Georges KindergartenNashville, TN$8,000222022
Harding AcademyNashville, TN$5,150112023
Aspen Art MuseumAspen, CO$5,140112025
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tampa BayTampa, FL$5,000112025
Boys and Girls Clubs of Tampa BayTampa, FL$5,000112023
Childrens Museum of IndianapolisIndianapolis, IN$5,000112025
Gift of Life AdoptionTampa, FL$5,000112021
RxartNew York, NY$5,000112025
Yankees Tampa FoundationTampa, FL$5,000112025
Young Life TampaTampa, FL$5,000112021
Alzheimer's Association (florida Gulf Coast Chapter)Chicago, IL$2,500112022
The Grey Muzzle OrganizationRaleigh, NC$2,271222025
Florida Sheriffs AssociationTallahassee, FL$2,000222022
ASPCANew York, NY$1,000112025
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
Young Life of TampaTampa, FL$1,000112025
St George's KindergartenNashville, TN$500112023
Family Center IncBrooklyn, NY$432112024
Free Art NycNew York, NY$319112025
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

14 of 55 (25%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

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 activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 48 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Education
18 grants
Human Services
9 grants
Arts & Culture
7 grants
Health Care
4 grants
Animal Welfare
3 grants
Mental Health
2 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
2 grants
Youth Development
2 grants

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
202518$530,429$5,070

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

78% of its giving went to organizations in Florida. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Florida
$2.0M
Utah
$200K
California
$84K
New York
$82K
Tennessee
$55K
Georgia
$40K
North Dakota
$32K
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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund22 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc20 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust18 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc18 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation15 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc15 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  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 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

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

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