Merit America
Funding Overview
From IRS Form 990 filings · 2020–2025
Total received
$119.0M
Foundation funders
43
Grants recorded
90
Years covered
2020–2025
Who funds Merit America?
Merit America is funded by 43 grantmakers, led by Blue Meridian Partners Inc ($32.7M), Ascendium Education Solutions Inc ($22.1M), The Chicago Community Trust ($15.0M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $119.0M in grants to Merit America between 2020–2025.
Show all 43 funders
| BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund | $150,000 | 1 | 2024 |
| Krishnan-Shah Family Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 2023–2024 |
| Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation | $150,000 | 2 | 2020–2021 |
| Friese Foundation | $125,000 | 5 | 2020–2024 |
| Workday Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 2025 |
| Crimsonbridge Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Idea Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tides Center | $50,000 | 1 | 2021 |
| Skillup Coalition | $40,000 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Philanthropic Trust | $25,000 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Rossotti Family Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lisa Wendel Memorial Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ecmc Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Morgridge Family Foundation | $8,825 | 3 | 2023–2024 |
| The Rieschel Foundation | $6,400 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hutton Family Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 2023 |
| James D & Kay Y Moran Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mondelez International Foundation | $75 | 1 | 2020 |
Funding over time
Grant dollars and counts received per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $2.1M (2020) to $41.6M (2024). In 2025 it made 10 grants totaling $24.3M.
What grants has Merit America received?
Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first
| Year | Funder | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Blue Meridian Partners Inc | TO SUPPORT SCALING PLAN | $15,200,000 |
| 2025 | Ascendium Education Solutions Inc | GRANT, ACCELERATING WORKFORCE TRAINING PATHWAYS VIA MERIT AMERICA'S OPPORTUNITY FUND CONTRIBUTION, ASCENDIUM RAPID RESPONSE SUPPORT | $5,660,000 |
| 2025 | The Heckscher Foundation for Children | WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT | $1,465,000 |
| 2025 | The Reeder Foundation | UNRESTRICTED | $1,000,000 |
| 2025 | JPMorgan Chase Foundation | IN SUPPORT OF CREATING ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND CAREER PATHWAYS | $750,000 |
| 2025 | Workday Foundation | Reimagining the American Dream: Building a Pathway to the middle class | $100,000 |
| 2025 | The Meera & Ashok Vasudevan Foundation | GENERAL SUPPORT | $55,700 |
| 2025 | Crimsonbridge Foundation Inc | HUMAN RESOURCES CAREER TRACK PILOT PROGRAM | $50,000 |
| 2025 | The Heckscher Foundation for Children | WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT | $16,350 |
| 2025 | The Rossotti Family Foundation | CHARITABLE | $10,000 |
| 2024 | Blue Meridian Partners Inc | TO SUPPORT SCALING PLAN | $15,500,000 |
| 2024 | Crankstart Foundation | TO SUPPORT WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE BAY AREA FOR WORKERS WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM TECH TRAINING | $10,500,000 |
| 2024 | Ascendium Education Solutions Inc | Grant, Scaling IT Support and Data Analytics Certificate Programming for Learners from Low-Income Grant, Accelerating Workforce Training Pathways via Merit America's Opportunity Fund | $7,560,000 |
| 2024 | GS Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc | COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES | $2,500,000 |
| 2024 | Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program | FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE | $1,651,000 |
| 2024 | The Reeder Foundation | UNRESTRICTED | $1,000,000 |
| 2024 | Fidelity Non-Profit Management Foundation | PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT/EVALUATION | $1,000,000 |
| 2024 | Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Human Services | $501,125 |
| 2024 | Impactassetsinc | GENERAL SUPPORT | $500,000 |
| 2024 | Social Finance Inc | Google AI Startup Grant project | $417,600 |
| 2024 | BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund | TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE | $150,000 |
| 2024 | Shihara Family Foundation | UNRESTRICTED CHARITABLE PURPOSES | $100,000 |
| 2024 | Krishnan-Shah Family Foundation Inc | TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE PURPOSES | $100,000 |
| 2024 | The Meera & Ashok Vasudevan Foundation | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 |
| 2024 | Friese Foundation | TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKING AMERICANS WITHOUT COLLEGE DEGREES | $25,000 |
| 2024 | National Philanthropic Trust | RELIGION | $25,000 |
| 2024 | The Rieschel Foundation | GENERAL SUPPORT | $6,400 |
| 2024 | The Morgridge Family Foundation | MAP Fellowship Support | $6,400 |
| 2024 | The Morgridge Family Foundation | General & Unrestricted | $1,715 |
| 2023 | The Chicago Community Trust | General operating support | $15,000,000 |
Showing 30 most recent of 90 recorded grants.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who funds Merit America?
Merit America is funded by 43 grantmakers, led by Blue Meridian Partners Inc ($32.7M), Ascendium Education Solutions Inc ($22.1M), The Chicago Community Trust ($15.0M). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $119.0M in grants to Merit America between 2020–2025.
Who is Merit America's largest funder?
Blue Meridian Partners Inc is the largest recorded funder of Merit America, with $32.7M across 3 grants (2021–2025).
How much grant funding has Merit America received?
IRS 990 filings record $119.0M in grants to Merit America across 90 grants from 43 funders between 2020–2025. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.
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