Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital
Santa Rosa, CA
$200KTax year 2025
Capital campaign pledge 2025-2029
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Harry A Merlo Foundation Inc Grants
Private foundation · EIN 94-3086742 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Hillary Harrah
- Phone
- (503) 648-6403
- Application materials
- See website for grant application process.
Deadlines, materials and limits are not in the filing; check with the foundation.
Original filing text
- Contact
- HILLARY HARRAH
- Address
- 2250 NE 25TH AVENUE HILLSBORO, OR, 97124
- Phone
- 5036486403
- HILLARY.HARRAH@MERLOFOUNDATION.ORG
- Deadlines
- NONE
- Application materials
- SEE WEBSITE FOR GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS.
- Restrictions
- NONE
Reported organization name: HARRY A MERLO FOUNDATION INC
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | $1M |
| 2024 | 44 | $1.1M |
Where Harry A Merlo Foundation Inc gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Body Vox
Portland, OR
$131.5KTax year 2025
Program operations for children's low cost dance classes
Eastern Oregon University Foundation
Lagrande, OR
$100KTax year 2025
College of business agriculture entrepreneurship program support fund
Hope for the Homeless Foundation
Portland, OR
$100KTax year 2024
General program support to solve the homeless problem
Hope for the Homeless Foundation
Portland, OR
$100KTax year 2025
General program support to solve the homeless problem
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (73 reported in all).
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Start freeAbout this data
Figures are aggregated from Harry A Merlo Foundation Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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