Open Foundations · Maryland

Mead Family Foundation

Bethesda, Maryland · EIN 521646030. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $3.1M across 42 grants in 2025, a median of $45K each.

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$3.1M
paid in 2025
42
grants paid
$45K
median grant
4%
to first-time recipients
$14.1M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
MEAD FAMILY FOUNDATION
Address
4801 HAMPDEN LANE UNIT 106, BETHESDA, MD, 20814
Phone
3017614433
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
PLEASE CONTACT THE ORGANIZATION AT ABOVE ADDRESS FOR "GUIDELINES FOR PROPOSALS" FOR MORE INFORMATION
Submission deadline
PROPOSALS BY MARCH 15TH
Restrictions on awards
PLEASE CONTACT THE ORGANIZATION AT ABOVE ADDRESS FOR "GUIDELINES FOR PROPOSALS" FOR MORE INFORMATION

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202631119349102468. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

capitalcapacity

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 42 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health EducationNC$362,500POE CENTER CAPITAL/OPERATING PROPOSAL
2Kid MuseumMD$250,000BUILDING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY FOR KID
3The 4r Foundation IncFL$250,0004ROOTS FARM CAMPUS PHASE II CAPITAL REQUEST
4Project InventCA$240,000STAFF CAPACITY, EDUCATOR TRAINING, AND PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT
5KidznotesNC$200,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
6National Family Resiliency Center IncMD$180,000FOSTERING RESILIENCY FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
7The Upcounty Hub IncMD$150,000FUNDING SUPPORT FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
8Parent Encouragement Program IncMD$145,000STRENGTHENING PEP GRANTS CAPACITY FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND GROWTH
9Montgomery County Children's Opportunity AllianceMD$100,000GENERAL OPERATING: COMMON AGENDA IMPLEMENTATION
10Stepup MinistryNC$100,000GENERAL OPERATING AND CAPITAL FUNDING
11Dress for Success Triangle NcNC$90,000SCALING FOR GROWTH
12The 4r Foundation IncFL$65,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
13Montgomery County Food CouncilMD$60,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
14Red Wiggler Community FarmMD$60,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
15Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of the TriangleNC$60,000REGIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND HEALTHY FOOD SUPPORT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202078$1.4M
202174$1.4M
202266$1.3M
202365$2.5M
202447$5.0M
2025 (partial year)42$3.1M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Maryland43%
North Carolina36%
Florida12%
California5%
Virginia2%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Diana MeadDIRECTOR · 2025
Elizabeth MeadPRESIDENT · 2025
Stephen MeadVICE-PRESIDENT, TREASURER · 2025
William TuegelSECRETARY · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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