Open Foundations · Vermont

George W Mergens Foundation

Milton, Vermont · EIN 030345055. 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 $1.0M across 95 grants in 2024, a median of $9K each.

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$1.0M
paid in 2024
95
grants paid
$9K
median grant
18%
to first-time recipients
$16.3M
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
PAUL G MERGENS
Address
PO BOX 633, MILTON, VT, 05468
Phone
8026556770
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
ANY FORM OF APPLICATION IS ACCEPTABLE. INCLUDE ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION AND INFORMATION ON THE CHARITABLE USE OF FUNDS.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202600159349100500. 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 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

youthsummerschoolcampeducation

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 95 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Saint Francis Xavier SchoolVT$50,000ANNUAL APPEAL
2Rice Memorial High SchoolVT$45,000TUITION ASSISTANCE
3Bsa Green Mountain CouncilVT$35,000FRIENDS OF SCOUTING ANNUAL CAMPAIGN/ UNIT GROWTH EXECUTIVE
4Vermont Youth Conservation CorpsVT$35,000FARM PROGRAM
5Saint Paul's Catholic SchoolVT$30,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
6Vermont Youth Conservation CorpsVT$30,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
7Spectrum Youth & Family ServicesVT$25,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
8Vermont Food BankVT$25,000VEGGIE VANGO, BACKPACK PROGRAMS/GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
9Boys & Girls Club of BurlingtonVT$20,000EARLY PROMISE PROGRAM
10Greater Burlington YmcaVT$20,000CAMP ABNAKI/YOUTH MEMBERSHIPS
11Wuku Kawoqmaya Health AllianceVT$20,000COMPLEX PEDIATRIC PROGRAM
12King Street CenterVT$18,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
13Audubon VermontVT$15,000ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION YOUTH PROGRAMS
14Children's Literacy FoundationVT$15,000YEAR OF THE BOOK 2026: ROCKINGHAM
15Community Sailing CenterVT$15,000FLOATING CLASSROOMS PROGRAM

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
201967$688K
202079$929K
202171$837K
202261$746K
202367$701K
202495$1.0M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Vermont94%
Maine3%
Illinois2%
Arizona1%

Who decides

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

Lenora a MergensDIRECTOR · 2024
Mary E Mergens-loughranVICE PRESIDENT · 2024
Paul G MergensPRESIDENT & TREASURER · 2024
Rachel MergensVP; DIRECTOR OF FINANCE · 2024
William H WiltshireVP; DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS · 2024

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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