The Merops Foundation
EIN 45-6870036 · files IRS 990-PF
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 9 grants · $373.0k
Who it funds most
10 of its 11 grantees were funded in more than one year.
The Merops Foundation's own IRS 990-PF returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 11 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990PF Part VIII, tax year 2024, filing 202512939349100611
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
Its returns5 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS 990-PF | 202512939349100611 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS 990-PF | 202432989349100913 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS 990-PF | 202333039349100233 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS 990-PF | 202223059349100122 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS 990-PF | 202142989349100579 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
The Merops Foundation made 52 grants across 2021–2024, totalling $2.2m as filed.
- Grants
- 52
- Total, as filed
- $2.2m
- Years
- 2021–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| American Research Institute in Turkey | 9 | $725.0k |
| Koc Education Culture and Healthcare Foundation | 4 | $260.0k |
| Institute of Nautical Archaeology | 5 | $180.8k |
| University of Michigan | 3 | $167.4k |
| The Regents of the University of Michigan | 3 | $166.1k |
| University of Central Florida Foundation Inc | 4 | $158.0k |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska Lincoln | 4 | $142.9k |
| University of Chicago | 4 | $120.2k |
| The University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | 4 | $71.9k |
| University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology | 2 | $62.7k |
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | 3 | $60.0k |
| ARTogether | 4 | $50.0k |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | 1 | $29.7k |
| University of Arizona Foundation | 2 | $15.5k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | $486.8k |
| 2022 | 12 | $560.0k |
| 2023 | 13 | $559.8k |
| 2024 | 15 | $603.6k |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-456870036. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified