Meridian Institute is a nonprofit consultancy working on issues related to the environment and health care.
Financial Statistics
Total Assets
Total Revenue
Total Expenses Year Total Assets Total Revenue Total Expenses Filing 2024 $20,714,015 $38,072,483 $38,681,914 View 2023 $27,047,116 $33,068,410 $31,567,240 View 2022 $23,373,531 $24,055,496 $25,208,758 View 2021 $18,119,345 $21,383,160 $19,327,769 View 2020 $14,827,158 $13,792,069 $12,580,701 View
Prior year filings: 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011
Revenue Detail
Expenses Detail Employee Compensation Highest Earning Employees Employee Title Total Compensation John Ehrmann-Retired Jan 2023 SR MEDIATOR & PROGRAM DIRECTOR $379,803 Todd Barker CEO $337,928 Molly Mayo Wood SENIOR PARTNER $280,147 Kauthar Rahman COO $256,204 Heather Lair PARTNER $245,457 Jacqueline Manguso CFO $234,136 Jennifer Pratt Miles PARTNER $229,300 Laurie Ristino SR MEDIATOR & GENERAL COUNSEL $200,310 Jennifer Brassanini HR MANAGER $193,847 Bradford Spangler SR MEDIATOR & PROGRAM DIRECTOR $190,785 Robyn Paulekas SR DIRECTOR & PROGRAM DIRECTOR $156,803 Vanessa Kulick Price SR DIRECTOR & PROGRAM MANAGER $153,480 Alesia Blum ACCOUNTANT & PAYROLL MANAGER $142,207
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All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:
Total Grant Value: $140,051,211 Number of Grants: 450 Number of Funders: 117 Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:
Amount Year Funder Subject $3,265,740 2022 The Rockefeller Foundation Grant toward the costs of defining and accelerating regenerative agriculture across global food systems $2,750,000 2023 Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc. GENERAL $1,500,000 2022 TIDES FOUNDATION HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES $1,400,000 2024 Windward Fund AGRICULTURE, FOOD, NUTRITION $1,300,000 2021 Walton Family Foundation To increase adoption of conservation practices to improve water quality through recognition of the risk reducing benefits of conservation within USDA programs. $1,250,000 2024 Walton Family Foundation To support the AGree initiative. $1,250,000 2023 Walton Family Foundation To support the AGree initiative. $1,200,000 2022 McKnight Foundation to support core capacity for a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations $1,200,000 2022 Walton Family Foundation To increase adoption of conservation practices to improve water quality through recognition of the risk reducing benefits of conservation within USDA programs. $1,150,000 2024 The Chicago Community Trust General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes $1,086,250 2023 Robertson Foundation ENABLING MECHANISM THAT ACCELERATE ACTION ON FOOD SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION $1,000,000 2024 Builders Vision Foundation to support a research and education project focused on building a national soil data repository $1,000,000 2023 The Patrick J Mcgovern Foundation Inc TO SUPPORT THE AI SAFETY FUND IN ADVANCING RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF FRONTIER MODELS $1,000,000 2021 The Rockefeller Foundation Grant for use by its project the Lacuna Fund, in support of developing labeled infrastructure datasets to fuel research that can improve energy planning in Africa and Asia $908,422 2024 The Rockefeller Foundation TOWARD THE COSTS OF DEFINING AND ACCELERATING REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE ACROSS GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEMS $883,162 2020 Walton Family Foundation AGree: Transforming Food and Agriculture Policy $800,000 2023 McKnight Foundation to support the Regen10 initiative $786,310 2023 National Philanthropic Trust PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT $759,643 2024 National Philanthropic Trust RELIGION $700,000 2024 The Rockefeller Foundation SCALING REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE TO BENEFIT UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN EAST AFRICA, INDIA, BRAZIL, AND MIDWEST USA. $678,000 2021 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation To support the development of two-to-four datasets that address inequities in health care outcomes. $650,000 2024 Freedom Together Foundation THE RESILIENT POWER PROJECT: ACCELERATING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND ENERGY JUSTICE $650,000 2023 Freedom Together Foundation THE RESILIENT POWER PROJECT: ACCELERATING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND ENERGY JUSTICE $650,000 2022 The Chicago Community Trust To further aquaculture dialogues by leading multisectoral engagement and coordination in the U.S. aquaculture space to foster productive cross-sectoral interactions. Support for the Global Alliance for the Future of Food. $650,000 2022 Freedom Together Foundation THE RESILIENT POWER PROJECT: ACCELERATING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND ENERGY JUSTICE
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