Meritage Cares Foundation
Meritage Cares is the corporate foundation of Meritage Homes (founded 2014) and is presented on Meritage Homes’ official website as a qualified 501(c)(3) that donates to veterans, children, families and partner charities (e.g., Operation Homefront, No Child Hungry, Arbor Day Foundation). The foundation’s information, impact statements and partnership pages are hosted on the Meritage Homes corporate site.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Nonprofits working on veterans, children and family services, food insecurity, youth development, or community-service programs that can accept general/unrestricted grants and either have an existing corporate partnership or a plausible route for nomination.
Good Fit
- • Programmatic alignment with veterans, children/families, food insecurity, youth development, or community service.
- • Ability to use general and unrestricted operating support.
- • Presence in a state where the foundation has previously given or a national footprint.
- • Existing relationship or nomination by a corporate partner, employee, or prior grantee.
- • Capacity to manage grants in a range from small local gifts up to mid six-figure awards.
Geography
Observed grants span 14 states in 2024 with most dollars going out of state rather than concentrated only in the foundation’s home state, indicating a national rather than purely local footprint.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 62 distinct recipients (and similar multi-year counts), with a majority of grantees being new in 2024, which indicates a broad and diverse recipient set for the foundation’s size.
New Applicants
Direct evidence shows many new grantees in 2024 (41 new recipients), but the foundation explicitly limits funding to preselected partners; therefore new entrants do appear possible but are likely admitted via nomination, partnership or outreach rather than an open public application process.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
