Guyon Sanders Resource Center
AMARILLO, TX
$125KTax year 2025
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Operations
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Merrick Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 46-0957284 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Noelle Kilgore Executive Director
- Phone
- (806) 350-5515
- Deadlines
- There are no deadlines for submission of grant requests.
- Application materials
- Applications should state the use of the requested grant and include a copy of the organization's tax exemption letter and tax id number.
- Restrictions
- Grant recipients will be limited to 501(c)(3) organizations. Organizations supporting the health and well-being of domesticated animals located within the united states will be given foremost consideration.
Original filing text
- Contact
- NOELLE KILGORE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Address
- 1005 S POLK STREET AMARILLO, TX, 79101
- Phone
- 8063505515
- Deadlines
- THERE ARE NO DEADLINES FOR SUBMISSION OF GRANT REQUESTS.
- Application materials
- APPLICATIONS SHOULD STATE THE USE OF THE REQUESTED GRANT AND INCLUDE A COPY OF THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX EXEMPTION LETTER AND TAX ID NUMBER.
- Restrictions
- GRANT RECIPIENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS. ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS LOCATED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES WILL BE GIVEN FOREMOST CONSIDERATION.
Reported organization name: MERRICK FOUNDATION
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 | 17 | $512.3K |
| 2024 | 26 | $496K |
Where Merrick 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.
Mile High Education Services
DENVER, CO
$120KTax year 2025
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Operations
Mile High Education Services
DENVER, CO
$90KTax year 2024
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Operations
Hope Choice
AMARILLO, TX
$70KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Operations
X O Marriage
SOUTHLAKE, TX
$55KTax year 2025
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Operations
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (43 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from Merrick 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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