MEP FOUNDATION

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Plain text MEP FOUNDATION. furp.org, nonprofit organization profile, tax years 2014–2025. https://furp.org/org/mep-foundation-472474770. Retrieved 2026-11-09.

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MLA “MEP FOUNDATION.” furp.org, tax years 2014–2025, https://furp.org/org/mep-foundation-472474770. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

Retrieved 2026-11-09; covers tax years 2014–2025. Data: furp.org (index © the FURP Alliance; the records are public domain).

2025 · Form 990PF · revenue $55K · expenses $77K · assets $1.7M

EIN
47-2474770
Address
101 INTERCHANGE PLZ STE 301, CRANBURY, NJ 08512-3716
NTEE code
T20 Private Grantmaking Foundations (Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations) published (IRS Business Master File)
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
February 2015 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (private foundation) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Private non-operating foundation
Cross-check
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Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 2 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

2 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Matthew Palevsky PRESIDENT2014-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Richard Perl TREASURER2014-2025 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MATTHEW PALEVSKY PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
RICHARD PERL TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
2024 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MATTHEW PALEVSKY PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
RICHARD PERL TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MATTHEW PALEVSKY PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
RICHARD PERL TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MATTHEW PALEVSKY PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
RICHARD PERL TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MATTHEW PALEVSKY PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
RICHARD PERL TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MATTHEW PALEVSKY PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
RICHARD PERL TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
2019 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MATTHEW PALEVSKY PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
RICHARD PERL TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
2018 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Matthew Palevsky President0 $0-$0 $01
Richard Perl Treasurer0 $0-$0 $01
2016 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Matthew Palevsky President1 $0-$0 $01
Richard Perl Treasurer1 $0-$0 $01
2015 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MATTHEW PALEVSKY PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
RICHARD PERL TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
2014 · 2 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MATTHEW PALEVSKY PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
RICHARD PERL TREASURER0 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2025 · 5 grants to organizations · $66K
2024 · 12 grants to organizations · $79K
2023 · 12 grants to organizations · $157K
2022 · 15 grants to organizations · $180K
2021 · 11 grants to organizations · $98K
2020 · 14 grants to organizations · $142K
2019 · 11 grants to organizations · $119K
2018 · 15 grants to organizations · $232K
2016 · 15 grants to organizations · $137K
2015 · 4 grants to organizations · $16K

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributors listed on Schedule B of the Form 990-PF: name, city and state as filed (street addresses are not shown), with total and noncash contributions for the year. A link to an organization's page is tagged Fuzzy with its name-similarity score (0 to 1) when it rests on name and state; Schedule B lists no EIN, so no link here is an exact identifier match.

2014 · 2 contributors · $2.0M
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 MATTHEW PALEVSKY Person MORGANVILLE, NJ $1,750,000$187,283 Form 990PF Sch. B, 2014 · filing
2 JODIE EVANS Person VENICE, CA $265,877- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2014 · filing

Contributors listed here are as reported on the filing. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990PF period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$55,097$76,763 $1,706,191$1,706,191 -- $0--
2024 · Form 990PF period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$33,179$95,139 $1,727,857$1,727,857 -- $0--
2023 · Form 990PF period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$251,248$178,389 $1,789,817$1,789,817 -- $0--
2022 · Form 990PF period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$176,290$199,131 $1,716,958$1,716,958 -- $0--
2021 · Form 990PF period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$164,323$115,814 $1,739,799$1,739,799 -- $0--
2020 · Form 990PF period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
-$8,616$162,427 $1,691,290$1,691,290 -- $0--
2019 · Form 990PF period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$164,949$137,633 $1,862,333$1,862,333 -- $0--
2018 · Form 990PF period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$191,937$256,665 $1,835,017$1,835,017 $0- $0--
2016 · Form 990PF period ending 2016-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$84,835$156,555 $1,975,033$1,975,033 $0- $0--
2015 · Form 990PF period ending 2015-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$40,270$35,091 $2,021,056$2,021,056 -- ---
2014 · Form 990PF period ending 2014-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,015,877$0 $2,015,877$2,015,877 $2,015,877- ---

Funders of this organization

Not reported: no grants to this organization appear in the filings we have (tax years 2010 to 2025).

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Same category: NTEE code and revenue

Ranked without any AI: same NTEE code first, then the same NTEE group; then revenue within 2x, 5x or 10x; then the same state; then similar name and mission text. NTEE: the IRS’s code when it lists one, otherwise FURP’s inferred code. Same state only · More (100)

OrganizationStateNTEELatest revenueLatest expensesTop-paid titleTop payWhy similar
ZTM FOUNDATIONNJT20 $55,639$191,566 Trustee$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state, similar name
AEGIS FOUNDATION INCNJT20 $55,000$53,415 President$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state, similar name
KENDRYX FOUNDATION INCNJT20 $55,914$5,149 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state, similar name
GIANCOLA FAMILY FOUNDATIONNJT20 $53,845$83,869 TRUSTEE$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
GLASGOLD FAMILY FOUNDATIONNJT20 $56,564$809,082 President$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
MILTON SCHAMACH FOUNDATION INCNJT20 $55,327$88,049 SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT/TRUS$2,300 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
MAFFUCCI FAMILY FOUNDATION INCNJT20 $53,177$17,608 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
MARY CURTIS HOROWITZ FOUNDATIONNJT20 $55,154$53,754 PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
CORDOVANO FAMILY FOUNDATION INCNJT20 $53,210$66,541 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
OAK KNOLL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONNJT20 $56,821$71,186 TRUSTEE$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
VIVEK GARIPALLI FAMILY FOUNDATION INCNJT20 $56,496$131,160 PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
ED & GLADYS BAILEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONNJT20 $54,810$130,714 TRUSTEE$10,000 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
ANSELL ZARO GRIMM & AARONFOUNDATIONNJT20 $54,775$58,950 TRUSTEE$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
DOROTHY COLLINS BROWN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONNJT20 $53,945$46,411 TRUSTEE$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
ARNOLD J AND IRENE B KOCUREK FAMILY FOUNDATIONNJT20 $55,569$93,747 TRUSTEE$18,546 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
RENEE AND GERALD SILVERSTEIN FOUNDA TION INCNJT20 $55,675$524,855 OFFICER$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
SUSSEX COUNTY YOUTH ORCHESTRAS AND THE NJ AMBASSADORS OF MUSICNJT20 $56,226$38,481 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, same state
LTR FOUNDATIONINT20 $56,545$87,970 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, similar name
AGK FOUNDATIONOKT20 $53,104$157,872 PRES/TREAS$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, similar name
MCLEOD FOUNDATIONTNT20 $55,420$8,666 Secretary$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, similar name
MCLAIN FOUNDATIONNYT20 $56,749$72,929 TRUSTEE$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, similar name
HARD FOUNDATIONNYT20 $55,000$30,000 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, similar name
VIVA FOUNDATIONCAT20 $54,327$93,112 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, similar name
CHOO FOUNDATIONAZT20 $56,964$58,047 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, similar name
TCMK FOUNDATIONTXT20 $57,015$38,712 CORPORATE TRUSTEE$6,736 Same NTEE code T20, revenue within 2x, similar name

Who funds organizations like this

Grantors that funded the 100 most similar organizations. Ranked by total given to them. Foundations (990-PF) and donor-advised fund sponsors only. Same matching as Funders above (by EIN, or by name for foundations).

GrantorTotal givenGrantsOrganizations fundedTypeYearsWhich ones
ELTON FAMILY FOUNDATION $366,7371 1Private foundation2021–2021 AME FAMILY FOUNDATION
GERALD AND JANET CARRUS FOUNDATION $82,5001 1Private foundation2017–2017 DISRUPTOR FOUNDATION
THE BERKSHIRE TACONIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC $15,0001 1DAF sponsor2020–2020 ACUCARES FOUNDATION
NASH CHARITY FOUNDATION INC $10,0001 1Private foundation2022–2022 ZTM FOUNDATION
BLACKSTONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION $2,5001 1Private foundation2019–2019 DIYALO FOUNDATION INC
BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC $1501 1Private foundation2020–2020 SUSSEX COUNTY YOUTH ORCHESTRAS AND THE NJ AMBASSADORS OF MUSIC

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990PF · $76,763 spent · pay $0 · grants $66,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $66,500 86.6%
Fees: other professional $7,835 10.2%
Fees: accounting $2,330 3.0%
Other expenses $63 0.1%
Taxes $21 0.0%
Printing and publications $14 0.0%
Total$76,763100%

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2024 · Form 990PF · $95,139 spent · pay $0 · grants $79,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $79,000 83.0%
Fees: other professional $7,704 8.1%
Taxes $5,782 6.1%
Fees: accounting $2,420 2.5%
Printing and publications $170 0.2%
Other expenses $63 0.1%
Total$95,139100%

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2023 · Form 990PF · $178,389 spent · pay $0 · grants $157,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $157,000 88.0%
Fees: other professional $11,776 6.6%
Taxes $4,682 2.6%
Other expenses $2,769 1.6%
Fees: accounting $1,850 1.0%
Printing and publications $170 0.1%
Interest $142 0.1%
Total$178,389100%

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2022 · Form 990PF · $199,131 spent · pay $0 · grants $180,200 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $180,200 90.5%
Fees: other professional $14,716 7.4%
Fees: accounting $1,838 0.9%
Taxes $1,820 0.9%
Other expenses $545 0.3%
Interest $12 0.0%
Total$199,131100%

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2021 · Form 990PF · $115,814 spent · pay $0 · grants $98,065 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $98,065 84.7%
Fees: other professional $15,432 13.3%
Fees: accounting $1,750 1.5%
Taxes $500 0.4%
Other expenses $63 0.1%
Interest $4 0.0%
Total$115,814100%

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2020 · Form 990PF · $162,427 spent · pay $0 · grants $142,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $142,500 87.7%
Fees: other professional $18,154 11.2%
Fees: accounting $1,750 1.1%
Other expenses $20 0.0%
Interest $3 0.0%
Total$162,427100%

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2019 · Form 990PF · $137,633 spent · pay $0 · grants $119,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $119,000 86.5%
Fees: other professional $11,948 8.7%
Taxes $3,476 2.5%
Fees: accounting $1,750 1.3%
Interest $1,153 0.8%
Printing and publications $160 0.1%
Other expenses $146 0.1%
Total$137,633100%

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2018 · Form 990PF · $256,665 spent · pay $0 · grants $232,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $232,000 90.4%
Fees: other professional $17,494 6.8%
Taxes $2,235 0.9%
Interest $1,921 0.7%
Fees: accounting $1,750 0.7%
Other expenses $1,105 0.4%
Printing and publications $160 0.1%
Total$256,665100%

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2016 · Form 990PF · $156,555 spent · pay $0 · grants $137,000 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $137,000 87.5%
Fees: other professional $17,070 10.9%
Fees: accounting $1,750 1.1%
Other expenses $568 0.4%
Printing and publications $150 0.1%
Interest $17 0.0%
Total$156,555100%

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2015 · Form 990PF · $35,091 spent · pay $0 · grants $15,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees: other professional $17,613 50.2%
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $15,500 44.2%
Fees: accounting $1,500 4.3%
Interest $193 0.5%
Printing and publications $145 0.4%
Other expenses $140 0.4%
Total$35,091100%

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