Jacksonville, FL

MENINAK FOUNDATION OF JACKSONVILLE

EIN 59-6120994

Education & Youth Development Youth Mentoring & Leadership Children & youth

Mission

The Meninak Foundation supports and empowers Jacksonville youth by funding scholarships, capital-improvement charity projects, and mentoring partnerships — operating under the club creed of 'bringing help to children when none other is available.'

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About MENINAK FOUNDATION OF JACKSONVILLE

The Meninak Foundation of Jacksonville is the endowed philanthropic arm of the Meninak Club of Jacksonville. Guided by a board of trustees composed of past club presidents, the Foundation manages a corpus used to fund an annual Charity Project, leadership scholarships, and local youth-focused capital improvements. The Foundation focuses on awarding capital-improvement grants to youth-serving nonprofits and on awarding Meninak Leadership Scholarships to graduating seniors who complete the Youth Leadership Jacksonville program. In recent years the Foundation has continued regular grantmaking and scholarship awards to strengthen local services for children and teens.

Notable achievements

Century-plus of community giving

The Meninak organization has given to youth-serving causes for over 100 years and the Foundation has directed a substantial corpus to charitable grants and projects across Jacksonville.

Meninak Leadership Scholarships

Since 1997 the Foundation awards Meninak Leadership Grants—annual scholarships (five recipients per year historically) to graduates of the Youth Leadership Jacksonville program to support higher education.

Annual Charity Project grants

The Foundation funds a marquee annual Charity Project—capital-improvement grants for local youth nonprofits. Recent projects include support for facilities and program upgrades such as pediatric audiology, classroom renovations, accessibility upgrades, and similar capital needs.

At a glance

Total assets: $1.1M
Annual revenue: $251K
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 59-6120994
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Website: www.meninak.org
On Mahalo since: May 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Tax-exempt public charity with a long-established record of filings and public disclosure (recognized as tax-exempt since the 1960s).

Publicly recognized in local and national records for longstanding civic contributions to Jacksonville (including formal commendation in public record forums).

Well-regarded local partner by multiple Jacksonville youth-serving organizations and community programs, with ongoing collaborations on scholarships, mentoring, and capital projects.

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