Private foundation · EIN 47-3197993 · Kalamazoo, MI · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31

Where Mesara Family Foundation's grants went

It reported $377,305 in grants paid across 43 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 80.7% of those dollars to 37 recipient organizations.

View the 990-PF

What its filing says about applications

It did not check the 990-PF box for “only contributes to preselected organizations.”

Form of application
GRANT APPLICATION AND REQUIREMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.
Deadlines
GRANT SUBMISSION DEADLINES ARE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.
Restrictions
RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS ON GRANT ELIGIBILITY IS OUTLINED ON OUR WEBSITE.
Website on filing
WWW.MESARAFAMILYFOUNDATION.ORG

Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.

Grants paid 42 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
Wmu Foundation
Kalamazoo, MI · no confident EIN match
$45,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Special Operations Warrior Foundation
Tampa, FL · EIN 52-1183585
$25,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Leader Dogs for the Blind
Rochester Hls, MI · EIN 38-1366931
$18,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Friends of Cheyenne Mountain State Park
Colorado Spgs, CO · EIN 03-0403996
$15,780TERRAIN HOPPER WHEELCHAIRSame street 1.00
The Florida Trail Association
Gainesville, FL · EIN 23-7079720
$15,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame ZIP 1.00
Friends of Seminole State Forest
Sorrento, FL · no confident EIN match
$15,000ECOROVERUnmatched Help match
Shejumps
Salt Lake City, UT · EIN 68-0662227
$13,525GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 81-5132355
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTExact name 1.00
The Catamount Institute
Colorado Spgs, CO · EIN 86-1151502
$10,000YES CLUB / OPERTIONAL NEEDS/ STAFF DEVELOPMENTSame address 1.00
FIRST Day Shoe Fund
Portage, MI · EIN 20-4881364
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Gods Special Peoples Camp
Portage, MI · EIN 46-0530783
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTExact name 1.00
Kalamazoo Nature Center
Kalamazoo, MI · EIN 38-1674780
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 0.92
Malama Kauai
Kilauea, HI · EIN 20-5137488
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Michigan Interfaith Power & Light
Detroit, MI · EIN 32-0070213
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Pyxera Global
Washington, DC · EIN 52-1706852
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science
Seward, AK · EIN 92-0132479
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Special Days Camps
Dimondale, MI · EIN 38-2369894
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame ZIP 1.00
Chill Foundation
Burlington, VT · EIN 03-0353892
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Wild Sheep Foundation
Cody, WY · EIN 42-1109229
$10,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTExact name 1.00
Inside Out Youth Services
Colorado Spgs, CO · EIN 84-1407299
$8,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Cetera
St Petersburg, FL · EIN 82-4878828
$8,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Mountain View Lakes Foundation
Owls Head, NY · EIN 22-2453376
$7,500INVASIVE WEED CONTROLSame address 1.00
Reef Environmental Education Foundation
Key Largo, FL · EIN 65-0270064
$7,500LION FISH DERBY AND WORKSHOPSSame ZIP 1.00
Southridge Reformed Church
Kalamazoo, MI · no confident EIN match
$7,500NIGHT TO SHINEUnmatched Help match
Hidden Harbor Marine Environmental Project
Marathon, FL · EIN 65-0306516
$6,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Boone and Crockett Club
Missoula, MT · EIN 13-6400091
$5,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 0.85
Gryphon Place
Kalamazoo, MI · EIN 38-2808685
$5,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTExact name 1.00
Haverhill PTO
Portage, MI · EIN 26-3212549
$5,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame ZIP 0.85
Hearts & Horses
Loveland, CO · EIN 84-1387873
$5,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 0.66
Humane Society of West Michigan
Walker, MI · EIN 38-1360926
$5,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Maui Food Bank
Wailuku, HI · EIN 99-0315110
$5,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Penrickton Center for Blind Children
Taylor, MI · EIN 38-1471325
$5,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Hawaii Animal Rescue Foundation
Wailuku, HI · no confident EIN match
$5,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Embark Outdoors
Salt Lake Cty, UT · EIN 85-3730454
$4,000ADDITIONAL GUIDEExact name 1.00
Feeding America Tampa Bay
Tampa, FL · EIN 59-2116576
$4,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame city 0.91
Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes
Kalamazoo, MI · EIN 38-2420575
$4,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
CARE and Share Food Bank of Southern Colorado
Colorado Springs, CO · no confident EIN match
$4,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Conch Republic Marine Army
Big Pine Key, FL · EIN 82-4673083
$2,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame ZIP 1.00
Great Lakes Burn Camp
Jackson, MI · EIN 38-3466481
$2,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Musk Ox Development Corporation
Palmer, AK · EIN 92-0104683
$2,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Reef Renewal USA
Tampa, FL · EIN 83-4404613
$2,500GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Wild Blue Cats
Colorado Spgs, CO · EIN 27-1184549
$2,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORTSame ZIP 1.00

1 more line ($-3,500) isn't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.

Foundations that fund the same organizations

  1. Amazonsmile Foundation Seattle, WA
    33 recipients in common
  2. The Pfizer Foundation New York, NY
    12 recipients in common
  3. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Charlotte, NC
    8 recipients in common
  4. Jpmorgan Chase Foundation New York, NY
    8 recipients in common
  5. Verizon Foundation Basking Ridge, NJ
    5 recipients in common
  6. Irving S Gilmore Foundation Kalamazoo, MI
    4 recipients in common
  7. WK Kellogg Foundation Battle Creek, MI
    4 recipients in common
  8. Mike and Sharon Seelye Family Foundation Kalamazoo, MI
    4 recipients in common

Where this comes from

Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.