Private foundation
MEREDITH CORPORATION FOUNDATION
DES MOINES, IAEIN
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
- How to apply
Private foundation
DES MOINES, IAEIN
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2025 return.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
No parsed e-filed return is on record for this organization yet, so year-by-year financials are not available.
Asset, income and revenue figures come from the IRS master file (the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File), a coarse annual extract. Year-by-year figures appear once the organization's e-filed returns are in the database.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 40% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHILDSERVE FOUNDATIONJOHNSTON, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2022 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mell Meredith Frazier | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
| Edwin T Meredith Iv | PRESIDENT | 1.00 | $0 |
| Stephen Lacy | TREASURER | 1.00 | $0 |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| GENERAL |
| $50,000 |
| 2023 |
| CHILDSERVE FOUNDATIONJOHNSTON, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2025 |
| CHILDSERVE FOUNDATIONJOHNSTON, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2021 |
| WESLEY LIFEJOHNSTON, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF IOWAIOWA CITY, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $40,450 | 2022 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DES MOINESDES MOINES, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $40,000 | 2025 |
| THE DES MOINES FILM SOCIETYDES MOINES, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $25,250 | 2021 |
| GREATER DES MOINES HABITAT FOR HUMANITYDES MOINES, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $25,000 | 2025 |
| HOYT SHERMAN PLACE FDNDES MOINES, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $25,000 | 2023 |
| REBUILDING TOGETHERDES MOINES, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $25,000 | 2025 |
| REBUILDING TOGETHERDES MOINES, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $20,000 | 2023 |
| UNIVERSITY OF IOWAIOWA CITY, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $20,000 | 2021 |
| FOOD BANK OF IOWADES MOINES, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $18,206 | 2021 |
| IOWA STATE FAIR BLUE RIBBON FOUNDATDES MOINES, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $15,845 | 2021 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL IOWADES MOINES, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $15,000 | 2025 |
| DES MOINES ARTS FESTIVALMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2023. Counted Oct 9, 2026.DES MOINES, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $15,000 | 2025 |
| DES MOINES METRO OPERAINDIANOLA, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $13,250 | 2021 |
| DES MOINES PERFORMING ARTSDES MOINES, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $13,015 | 2021 |
| DES MOINES COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSEDES MOINES, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $12,325 | 2021 |
| FOOD BANK OF IOWADES MOINES, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $12,325 | 2022 |
| PROJECT IOWA YOUTH WORKSDES MOINES, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $12,000 | 2025 |
| DES MOINES COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSEDES MOINES, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $11,870 | 2022 |
| DES MOINES SYMPHONY ASSOCIATIONDES MOINES, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $10,654 | 2022 |
| DES MOINES SYMPHONY ASSOCIATIONDES MOINES, IA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $10,500 | 2021 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2025 · period ending Jun 30, 2025IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202543219349104489
Form 990-PF · FY2024 · period ending Jun 30, 2024IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202530629349100028
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Jun 30, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202431359349101193
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Jun 30, 2022
Filing id 202203189349104735
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Jun 30, 2021
Filing id 202240389349100214
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.