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Mercatus Center Inc

Arlington, VAEIN: 54-1436224

Data sourced from IRS 990-PF public filings

Funds research and education grants, particularly in economics and public policy, with a focus on institutions like George Mason University and the Kyiv School of Economics.

Operating_grantmaker Foundation

Grants (Last Year)

$0

Total Grants on File

176

Recipients Funded

88

Giving History

YearTotal GrantedGrants MadeAvg Grant
2023$3,468,19650$69,364
2022$6,740,74168$99,129
2021$8,183,89558$141,102

Top Grant Recipients

Unknown recipient
$4,195,000 (2021)
$1,100,000 (2023)
ESSENTIAL IMPACT INC

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

$1,000,000 (2022)
$1,000,000 (2022)
Unknown recipient
$764,235 (2022)
Unknown recipient
$683,483 (2021)
$500,000 (2022)
Unknown recipient
$437,945 (2023)
Yale University

New Haven, CT

$400,000 (2021)
Unknown recipient
$343,000 (2022)

Showing top 10 of 176 grants on file.

Officers & Trustees

From 2023 IRS 990-PF filing (data available for 3 filing years)

T

Tyler Cowen

Chairman

OfficerTrustee/Director
R

Richard Fink

Director

Trustee/Director
V

Vernon Smith

Director

Trustee/Director
B

Brian Hooks

Director

Trustee/Director
E

Emily Chamlee-Wright

Director

Trustee/Director
E

Edwin Meese

Director

Trustee/Director
M

Manuel Johnson

Director

Trustee/Director
D

Donald Boudreaux

Director

Trustee/Director
S

Salen Churi

Director

Trustee/Director
S

Samuel Bowman

Director

Trustee/Director

Showing 10 of 21 officers and trustees.

IRS Filing History

Mercatus Center Inc has IRS 990-PF filings on record for 3 years, spanning 2021 to 2023.

202320222021

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