Mead Family Foundation C/O Intentional Philanthropy

About Mead Family Foundation C/O Intentional Philanthropy

Mead Family Foundation C/o Intentional Philanthropy LLC makes a small number of large, strategic grants, and its recent awards show a repeated emphasis on capital support, operating support, and multi-year commitments. The biggest recent grants include $700,000 to Inter-faith Food Shuttle for the President's Fund to Advance Innovation and $600,000 to Trosa for the T-West expansion capital project and general operating support for 2024 through 2026. Those awards sit alongside substantial gifts to community-based nonprofits serving children, families, and people in recovery. The foundation's giving is shaped by community infrastructure as much as by direct service delivery. In North Carolina, it has backed Durham Children's Initiative with $650,000 in general operating support and Stepup Ministry with $600,000 for general operating and capital funding. Other large grants support health education, family stability, and neighborhood-level youth services, including the Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education and North Carolina Arts in Action. The foundation also funds organizations in Maryland, Florida, Virginia, and North Carolina, with a mix of human services, education, food systems, and community health work.

What Mead Family Foundation C/O Intentional Philanthropy Funds

Food security is a clear thread in the foundation's grantmaking. In 2025, it gave $700,000 to Inter-faith Food Shuttle in Raleigh for the President's Fund to Advance Innovation, and $60,000 to Montgomery County Food Council for general operating support. It also supported Red Wiggler Community Farm with $60,000 for general operating support. Youth development appears through arts, recreation, and child-focused programming. North Carolina Arts in Action received $200,000 in 2025 for engaging more children through dance and live music, following a $200,000 grant in 2024 for the same purpose. Corral Riding Academy received $70,000 for Join the Herd and $50,000 for The Riding Academy (RA). The foundation also backs family resilience and trauma-informed services. Identity received $50,000 for Youth Encuentros: A Peer-Led Model of Emotional Support, while Everymind received $40,000 for general operating support. Montgomery County Children's Opportunity Alliance received $100,000 for a community organizer, a pre-K pilot project, and grantmaking.

How Mead Family Foundation C/O Intentional Philanthropy Gives