Merancas Foundation Inc Grants
Private foundation · Charlotte, NC · EIN 56-1677733 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
Merancas Foundation Inc is a private foundation based in Charlotte, NC (EIN 56-1677733). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2025 report $33.1M paid in 311 grants, with a median grant of $60K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $345.9M. Its latest 990-PF gives application information and does not say it gives only to preselected organizations.
Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · merancas.org
Research profile compiled by GrantCue from this foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. It is not the foundation's own website, request for proposals or application page. Source: GrantCue Foundation Directory, grantcue.com/foundations/merancas-foundation-inc-561677733
- Total grants paid
- $33.1M
- Grants reported
- 311
- Typical grant
- $60K
- Future commitments
- $2.5M
- Total assets
- $345.9M
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Application information on file: its latest 990-PF does not say it gives only to preselected organizations, and it gives some information about applying. See more foundations with application information.
- Contact
- Anthony A Mermans
- Phone
- (980) 237-1386
- Deadlines
- Please visit the website at www.merancas.org for details on submission deadlines.
- Application materials
- Applications should be completed and submitted online at www.merancas.org. Please visit the website for details about required information and deadlines.
- Restrictions
- No support for arts, political or religious purposes. No grants to indiviuals.
Original filing text
- Contact
- ANTHONY A MERMANS
- Address
- 615 SOUTH COLLEGE ST 9TH FLOOR CHARLOTTE, NC, 28202
- Phone
- 9802371386
- Deadlines
- PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE AT WWW.MERANCAS.ORG FOR DETAILS ON SUBMISSION DEADLINES.
- Application materials
- APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED ONLINE AT WWW.MERANCAS.ORG. PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS ABOUT REQUIRED INFORMATION AND DEADLINES.
- Restrictions
- NO SUPPORT FOR ARTS, POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES. NO GRANTS TO INDIVIUALS.
Reported organization name: MERANCAS 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.
Where Merancas 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.
Compiled by GrantCue from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Source: grantcue.com/foundations/merancas-foundation-inc-561677733
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Piedmont Community College | Charlotte, NC | Schloarship funds for college trade | Tax year 20242024 | $2M |
| Central Piedmont Community College | Charlotte, NC | Fostering economic independence thro | Tax year 20252025 | $1.8M |
| Roof Above | Charlotte, NC | Roof above general operating support | Tax year 20252025 | $1.1M |
| American Red Cross | Charlotte, NC | American red cross disaster relief-r | Tax year 20252025 | $1M |
| Foundation for the Carolinas | Charlotte, NC | Caps scholarship-schloarship funds f | Tax year 20252025 | $900K |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (311 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from Merancas 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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