Public Charity

Meridian Institute

Based in DILLON, CO, Meridian Institute operates as a Public Charity. Imperigo tracks 129 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $25.7M.

EIN: 841435420 DILLON, CO Latest filing: 2025
Grant Records129
Funding Total$25.7M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF MERIDIAN INSTITUTE IS TO PROVIDE NEUTRAL, MEETING FACILITATION AND EDUCATION SERVICE OF HELPING PEOPLE TO SOLVE COMPLEX AND CONTROVERSIAL ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL EQUITY ISSUES INHERENT IN ACHIEVING THE SOCIETAL GOAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.

Where $100 goes at Meridian Institute

How Meridian Institute divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$90 Programs the work itself
$10 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $90 for programs

$90
The purpose of Meridian Institute is help our partners and clients develop and implement actionable solutions to complicated, often controversial problems-big and small, global and local
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
AGRICULTURE, FOOD, NUTRITION
$1,400,000
2024
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
$949,564
2024
CHESAPEAKE BAY CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT
$843,132
2024
General Nonprofit Support
$300,000
2024
TO SUPPORT THE TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM ($250,000); TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF FORESTED AND OTHER LANDSCAPES TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE ($50,000)
$300,000

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Officers & Directors

SENIOR DIRECTOR Anna Lappe
SENIOR DIRECTOR Brad Spangler
VICE CHAIR Christie Todd Whitman
MEMBER OF NOMINATIONS COMM Franklin Moore
SENIOR PARTNER Heather Lair
MEMBER-AT-LARGE Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$11,738,569 64 grants
Food Assistance & Nutrition
$5,971,930 21 grants
Health & Medicine
$3,076,000 5 grants
Environment & Conservation
$2,146,544 16 grants
Religion & Spirituality
$759,643 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 — — —
2024 $38.1M $38.7M $20.7M
2023 $33.1M $31.6M $27.0M
2022 $24.1M $25.2M $23.4M
2021 $21.4M $19.3M $18.1M

Between 2021 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $21.4M to $38.1M (+78%).

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