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Ann A Mergens Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Shelburne, Vermont · EIN 274113304

Ann A Mergens Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Shelburne, Vermont. In tax year 2024 it gave $345,000 in 10 grants; the typical grant was $22,500 and the largest $145,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $285,000 the year before.

0% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$255,00010$7.4 million
2023$285,00010$8.5 million
2024$345,00010$9.0 million

How to apply

ContactMary Mergens-Loughran
PO Box 662, Shelburne, VT 05482
Phone or email(802) 655-6770
What to submitAny form of application is acceptable. Include organizational information and information on the charitable use of funds.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Ann A Mergens Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Florida.

StateGrantsAmount
Florida5$230,000
Vermont5$115,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 10 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Live Like Jake Foundation
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Operations$145,000
Shelburne Farms
Shelburne, VT
Operations$40,000
Stern Center for Language and Learning
Williston, VT
Operations$30,000
Jupiter Hills Community Foundation
Tequesta, FL
Operations$25,000
Loggerhead Marine Life Center
Juno Beach, FL
Operations$25,000
Center for Creative Education
West Palm Beach, FL
Operations$20,000
Burlington City Arts
Burlington, VT
Operations$15,000
Busch Wildlife Sanctuary
Jupiter, FL
Operations$15,000
Champlain College
Burlington, VT
Operations$15,000
Greater Burlington YMCA
Burlington, VT
Operations$15,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Ann A Mergens Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Ann A Mergens Foundation Inc give?

$345,000 in tax year 2024, across 10 grants, with a typical grant of $22,500.

Who runs Ann A Mergens Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Mary Mergens-Loughran (President/Treas. & Exec. Director), Paul G Mergens (Vice President) and William H Wiltshire (Secretary).

What does Ann A Mergens Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and environment and conservation.

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