Meerwarth Family Foundation Grants
Private foundation · New Vernon, NJ · EIN 13-7018740 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
Meerwarth Family Foundation is a private foundation based in New Vernon, NJ (EIN 13-7018740). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2025 report $1.5M paid in 34 grants, with a median grant of $20K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $19M. It publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations.
- Total grants paid
- $1.5M
- Grants reported
- 34
- Typical grant
- $20K
- Future commitments
- Not reported
- Total assets
- $19M
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
- Tracy Pester
- Phone
- (561) 833-5691
- Deadlines
- No
- Application materials
- Letter requests with brochures demonstrating charitable purpose.
- Restrictions
- No
Original filing text
- Contact
- TRACY PESTER
- Address
- PO BOX 620 NEW VERNON, NJ, 07976
- Phone
- 5618335691
- Deadlines
- NO
- Application materials
- LETTER REQUESTS WITH BROCHURES DEMONSTRATING CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
- Restrictions
- NO
Reported organization name: MEERWARTH FAMILY FOUNDATION C/O TRACY PESTER
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.
Where Meerwarth Family Foundation 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.
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mga Foundation | Elmsford, NY | Community service | Tax year 20252025 | $150K |
| The Peck School Annual Fund | Morristown, NJ | Educational | Tax year 20242024 | $150K |
| Foundation for Morristown Medical Center | Morristown, NJ | Medical | Tax year 20252025 | $142.9K |
| Foundation for Morristown Medical Center | Morristown, NJ | Medical | Tax year 20242024 | $142.9K |
| Mga Foundation | Elmsford, NY | Community service | Tax year 20242024 | $140K |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (34 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from Meerwarth Family Foundation'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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