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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-2474770

The Mep Foundation

A private foundation in Cranbury, NJ. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $66,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $66,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,706,191

  • Tax year 2024

    $79,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,727,857

  • Tax year 2023

    $157,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,789,817

  • Tax year 2022

    $180,200

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,716,958

  • Tax year 2021

    $98,065

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,739,799

  • Tax year 2020

    $142,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,691,290

  • Tax year 2019

    $119,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,862,333

  • Tax year 2018

    $232,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,835,017

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Education Foundation for Winston-Salem Forsyth County SchoolsWinstonsalem, NC

    General

    $25,000
  2. Upaya Zen CenterSanta Fe, NM

    General

    $20,000
  3. Jubilee Gift Galaxy IncMiddletown, NY

    General

    $10,000
  4. Art Into AcresFairfax, CA

    General

    $7,000
  5. Nielsen FoundationOldsmar, FL

    General

    $4,500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $14,50067% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $7,00033% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. North Carolina1 grant $25,000
  2. New Mexico1 grant $20,000
  3. New York1 grant $10,000
  4. California1 grant $7,000
  5. Florida1 grant $4,500

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Matthew PalevskyPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Richard PerlTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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