Mercatus Center Inc
Arlington, VA · EIN 54-1436224. Reported 266 grants totalling $34.0M to 212 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Mercatus Center Inc, the IRS classifies it under social science rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE V22Z) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 212 distinct organizations, with 15% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 21% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $39,878. Half of what it reported fell between $20,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $6,000 and the largest $4,195,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Washington Seattle | Seattle, WA | $5,145,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Kyiv School of Economics | Washington, DC | $3,300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $1,950,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| George Mason University | Fairfax, VA | $1,885,663 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | $1,047,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Washington University | St Louis, MO | $1,046,786 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Essential Impact Inc | Concord, CA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Childrens Hospital Corporation | Boston, MA | $900,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $785,226 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| George Mason University Foundation Inc | Fairfax, VA | $734,887 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | $686,219 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $630,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Scripps Research Institute | La Jolla, CA | $600,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ukraine Defense Fund Inc | Campbell, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Caribbean Progress Studies Institute Inc | Huntington Beach, CA | $475,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $465,900 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | Riverside, CA | $453,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Brown University of Providence | Providence, RI | $320,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| 1DAY Sooner Inc | Claymont, DE | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rockefeller University | New York, NY | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Trustees of Columbia University | New York, NY | $275,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | New Orleans, LA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Regents Univ of California | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ukraine Global Scholars Foundation | Boston, MA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Development Data Lab Inc | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Digital Harbor Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nucleate Bio Inc | Brighton, MA | $148,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Stonier Scholarship Inc | Towson, MD | $142,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Idaho State University | Pocatello, ID | $124,829 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Seattle, WA | $122,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Federation of American Scientists | Washington, DC | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | Madison, WI | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $109,406 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $108,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $108,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Aavishkaar USA | Hastings, MN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Innovative Governance Research | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Curious Cases Inc | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Capitol Court Ventures | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chinatalk Group LLC | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Drizzle Health LLC | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc | La Crosse, WI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Gaspard LLC | Sheridan, WY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute for Progress | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center | New Orleans, LA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Norn Group | Colorado Spgs, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Panorama Global | Seattle, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Political Economy Research Center Inc | Bozeman, MT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Public Health Institute | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Readtrellis Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rhodus Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Social Science Research Council | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Trustees of Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Medford, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Argument Inc | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Miami Native Inc | Key Biscayne, FL | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $91,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $89,449 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mediators Foundation Inc | Boulder, CO | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catherine Project Inc | Annapolis, MD | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Council for Christian Colleges and Universities | Washington, DC | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Le Sallay & Marabou International Studies Inc | Lafayette, CO | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Kite Data Labs Inc | Chapel Hill, NC | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Americas Future Foundation | Washington, DC | $74,773 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Mill Institute | Champaign, IL | $73,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | $72,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rutgers University Foundation | New Brunswick, NJ | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | Lexington, KY | $68,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | Lawrence, KS | $65,466 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Doleac Initiatives | Houston, TX | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Nomos Ai Inc | Riverhead, NY | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Econ of LLC | Providence, UT | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Airbound | Seattle, WA | $61,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hack Foundation | W Hollywood, CA | $61,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Constructive Dialogue Institute Inc | New York, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dirac Labs Inc | Wilmington, DE | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Internet Activism Inc | Wilmington, DE | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Neighborly Faith Inc | Raleigh, NC | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of North Texas | Denton, TX | $58,366 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | Tempe, AZ | $58,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Curious Maverick | Santa Clara, CA | $56,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| 10 Academy Corp | Santa Clara, CA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $54,880 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| International Policy Network | Portland, OR | $54,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arc Prize Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology | San Diego, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Complyai | Elmhurst, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| David Network | Vienna, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Edge Institute Inc | Austin, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gelles Inc | Glendale, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leverage Research | Albany, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Moth Minds Inc | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Speculative Technologies Inc | Claymont, DE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seren Labs LLC | Austin, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Teachergimbel | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Institute for Family Studies | Charlottesvle, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vmind Technologies Inc | Birmingham, AL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Womens Health Fund | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mmon Co | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vibecamp LLC | Exton, PA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Marys College of California | Moraga, CA | $43,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ethical Compass Consulting Dba Compass Ethics | Colorado Springs, CO | $42,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yes in My Back Yard | Oakland, CA | $42,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Art of the Rural | Winona, MN | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Energy for Growth Hub | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Melagen Labs Corp | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Zero Billion Inc | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Radian Placematters Inc | Denver, CO | $39,757 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Suffolk University | Boston, MA | $38,115 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Plymouth Street Inc | San Francisco, CA | $36,135 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Braver Angels Inc | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Charmaine Lee | New York, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Research Foundation for the State University of New York | Albany, NY | $32,663 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Building Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Florida State University Foundation Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $31,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Saint Anselm College | Manchester, NH | $31,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $30,636 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Deveillance Inc | Cambridge, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Equitech Futures LLC | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Incquery LLC | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jhana Inc | Dover, DE | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Normal Information Company | Newark, DE | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pan-American Lidar Initiative | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Swiftink LLC | Ashburn, VA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wear Organ Inc | The Woodlands, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Faith Action for Community Equity | Honolulu, HI | $28,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Iowa State University Foundation | Ames, IA | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Maiv Health | Cedar Park, TX | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Frontier Institute Inc | Helena, MT | $26,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pause Bio Inc | San Francisco, CA | $25,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 500 Startups Incubator LLC | Pleasant Hill, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ace Services LLC | Little Rock, AR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Airstrip Ai Inc | Middletown, DE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beacon Center of Tennessee | Nashville, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Biotein Inc | Wellesley, MA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Catholic University of America | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dognosis Inc | Simi Valley, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fedmin Inc | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Housing Virginia Campaign Inc | Richmond, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Naijacoder Inc | Champaign, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saint John Paul II Preparatory School Inc | Saint Charles, MO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sentience Institute Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seabird Inc | Portland, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stephen Voss Photography Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Urban Rural Action | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vimes Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Xlogic Labs Inc | Dover, DE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Diaspora Health LLC | Philadelphia, PA | $20,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Positive Sum Inc | Dover, DE | $20,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Governance Foundation Inc | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Press Institute Inc | Arlington, VA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Accelerate Sf Inc | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Amaterra Tech | Frisco, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arch Rift | New Port Richey, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Biocompute Inc | Dover Kent, DE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Civilization Works | Albany, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Econai LLC | Phoenix, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Faces and Voices of Recovery Tri-County Inc | Lake Wylie, SC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mawazo Institute | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mediacom Inc | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Octavia Technologies Inc | Claymont, DE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Prophecy Cre Inc | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Purple Hydrogen Corp | Wilmington, DE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Regional Plan Association Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stego Ventures Inc | Roswell, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Counteroffensive Media Worldwide | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Denver | Denver, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Western Carolina University | Cullowhee, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Residency Inc | San Francisco, CA | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wabash College | Crawfordsvlle, IN | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Formtofile Inc Dba Trovbase | Saint Anne, IL | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Illinois Foundation | Champaign, IL | $16,467 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Microvessel Inc | Los Altos Hills, CA | $15,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Biolyth Technology LLC | Melbourne, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Strange Works Inc | Monroeville, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Canary Academy Online Inc | Midlothian, VA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chatarv Inc | Dover, DE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emittance Inc | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Glc Empowerment Center | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jade Hosting Corp | Newark, DE | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY | $11,111 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kura Technologies Inc | Boston, MA | $10,625 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Archbridge Institute | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Associated Students of the University of Calif at Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Articleip Inc | San Jose, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation | Tacoma, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Climate Equity Partners LLC | Jersey City, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Epoch Artificial Intelligence Inc | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Good Kid Production | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hispanic Leadership Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Knee Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation | Morgantown, WV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lee University | Cleveland, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Powder Keg Punishers Lemc | Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Panacea Worldwide Technologies Inc | Cambridge, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pareto Works LLC | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pink Inference Co | Huntington Woods, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Symbia Co | Lexington, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tholos Foundation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Xheladin and Xhufe Morina Foundation | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Minertti | Doral, FL | $8,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young Voices | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| West Virginia Univ Foundation Inc | Morgantown, WV | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
38 of 212 (18%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Yale University
University Research & Teaching /Education Grants - Kyiv School of Economics
Research and Education Grants - George Mason University
Student development/education grant - George Mason University Foundation
University Research & Teaching / Education Grants
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 112 of 212 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 40 | $12.8M | $175,000 |
| 2021 | 58 | $8,183,895 | $38,057 |
| 2022 | 68 | $6,740,741 | $40,440 |
| 2023 | 50 | $3,468,196 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 50 | $2,850,041 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
21% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. 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.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $39,878 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Mercatus Center Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 23 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 27 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 3434 Washington Blvd 4TH Floor, Arlington, VA, 22201.
EIN 54-1436224 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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