The Mead Foundation Pfdn
Brooklyn, OH · EIN 34-1865129. Reported 172 grants totalling $1,260,933 to 62 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. The Mead Foundation Pfdn did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $9,000; the smallest was $600 and the largest $62,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Save the Children | Westport, CT | $99,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Camp Kids Are Kids Chicago | Chicago, IL | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA | New York, NY | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Good Grief | Morristown, NJ | $82,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Oak Hills High School | Cincinnati, OH | $68,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Projects With Care | New York, NY | $62,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hospice of Nw Ohio | Perrysburg, OH | $56,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grace Foundation | Garden City, NY | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lasalle High School | Cincinnati, OH | $51,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholic Relief Services | Baltimore, MD | $44,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Guide Dogs of America | Upper Marlboro, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Central Catholic High School | Toledo, OH | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| BABY2BABY | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Food Bank of New Jersey | Egg Harbor Township, NJ | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Jude's Children's Research | Memphis, TN | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Make a Wish Foundation | Toledo, OH | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fisher House Foundation | Rockville, MD | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Victory Center of Toledo | Toledo, OH | $15,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alex's Lemonade Stand | Wynnewood, PA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| America's Vet Dogs | Smithtown, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| English Bulldog Rescue | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Magnified Giving | Cincinnati, OH | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ronald Macdonald House of Northwest Ohio | Toledo, OH | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Rescue Committee | Albert Lea, MN | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Children of Fallen Patriots Fdn | Dulles, VA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Freestore Food Bank of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| K9S for Warriors | Point Vedra, FL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Puppies Behind Bars | New York, NY | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Ursula Academy | Cincinnati, OH | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | New York, NY | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Miami University | Oxford, OH | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pasadena Humane | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Paws Chicago | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Restavek Freedom Foundation | Blue Ash, OH | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Xavier High School | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Xavier University | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hospice of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| March of Dimes-Ohio Chapter | Toledo, OH | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Shriner's Burn Hospital for Children | Cincinnati, OH | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sunshine Inc of Northwest Ohio the Sunshine Foundation | Maumee, OH | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sylvania Area Family Services | Sylvania, OH | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sharing Network | New Providence, NJ | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cherry Street Mission | Toledo, OH | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kaboom | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | Newton, MA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eluna - Camp Erin | Philadelphia, PA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hospice of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| P&g Safe Drinking Water Campaign | Cincinnati, OH | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Ignatius School | Cincinnati, OH | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Ursula Academy Basketball Program | Cincinnati, OH | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank | Toledo, OH | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rutherford B Hayes Center | Fremont, OH | $5,333 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lone Star Bulldog Club | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Mclean, VA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City Gospel Mission | Cincinnati, OH | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Library Legacy Foundation | Toledo, OH | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels | Toledo, OH | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Creature Comfort Pet Therapy | Morristown, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nancy and David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northwest Ohio Food Bank | Toledo, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Vincent De Paul Food Pantry | Indianapolis, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
45 of 62 (73%) 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 87%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.
- Lasalle High School
WILLIAM RAMSEY SCHOLARSHIP - St Jude's Children's Research
FREE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR - Ronald Macdonald House of Northwest Ohio
SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES WITH - Hospice of Cincinnati
CARE OF THE TERMINALLY ILL - Shriner's Burn Hospital for Children
SUPPORT OF MEDICAL SERVICES - Meals on Wheels
FOOD DELIVERY FOR ELDERLY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 61 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | $310,000 | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 49 | $303,600 | $3,000 |
| 2023 | 38 | $300,000 | $3,000 |
| 2024 | 40 | $347,333 | $2,000 |
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. 34% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
- 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.
- 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 The Mead Foundation Pfdn'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: 4900 Tiedeman Road Oh-01-49-0381, Brooklyn, OH, 44144. 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.
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