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Brad & Cori Meltzer Charitable Trust at a glance

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Brad & Cori Meltzer Charitable Trust

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.5M
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$1.6MEducation$429kHealth$114kArts & Culture$49kReligion$35kHuman Services$10kCivil Rights$3kHousing & Shelter$2kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,522,489
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRAD & CORI MELTZER CHARITABLE FUND$1,522,489
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–22, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FOOT FORWARD INC: $8k → 15%DEBBIES DREAM FOUNDATION INC: $600 → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
KY
TN
SC
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 14% of Brad & Cori Meltzer Charitable Trust’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 88% of the giving stays in FL; by stated purpose, 82%.

Brad & Cori Meltzer Charitable Trustlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

25%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$524k · 13 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
23

Total granted

$524k
$69k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+18%

Still filing today

54%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthArts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesSocial SciencePhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CITY YEAR INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $318k · revenue +15%
  • SI
    Sharsheret Inc
    4× · 2017–2021 · $96k · revenue +187%
  • NM
    NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2020 · $15k · revenue ×30

Funded once

  • NA
    NATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +16%
  • THE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +63%
  • BI
    BOOK INDUSTRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -73%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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3
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
4
Brightfocus Foundation

Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…

Health
5
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

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6
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
7
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
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Free Press

Free press was created to give people a voice in the crucial decisions that shape our media. we believe that positive social change, racial justice and meaningful engagement in public life require equitable access to technology, diverse…

Arts & Culture
9
Free Press Action Fund

Free press action fund fights for your rights to connect and communicate. we fight to save the free and open internet, curb runaway media consolidation, protect press freedom, and promote digital civil rights. we believe that change…

Civil Rights
10
Florida Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc

Working in partnership with state business leaders to secure florida's future.

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Committee to Protect Journalists Inc

The committee to protect journalists promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal. cpj ensures the free flow of news and commentary by taking action wherever…

Civil Rights
12
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is South Florida Public Media Group Inc; the most unlike its peers is Broward Bulldog Inc Dba Florida Bulldog. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 42 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BRAD & CORI MELTZER CHARITABLE FUND: $1,522,489 · OtherBRAD & CORI MELTZER CHARITABLE FUNDCITY YEAR INC: $318,000 · OtherCITY YEAR INC+20 more: $102,885 · OtherSharsheret Inc: $96,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 · HealthSOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP INC: $4,800 · HealthCHARLEY'S FUND INC: $4,000 · Health+2 more: $4,500 · HealthTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $90,000 · EducationBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · Education+1 more: $2,500 · EducationCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BROWARD INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $24,500 · PhilanthropyBOOK INDUSTRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH COMMUNITY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $2,800 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $14,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CulturePOETS AND WRITERS INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureFOOT FORWARD INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesDEBBIE'S DREAM FOUNDATION: $600 · Human ServicesA COMMITTMENT TO OUR ROOTS INC: $7,500 · Religion
Other$1,943,374Health$114,300Education$107,500Philanthropy$62,300Arts & Culture$30,500Human Services$8,100Religion$7,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCITY YEAR INC: $318,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSharsheret Inc: $96,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $90,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $24,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $14,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL ARCHIVES FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOOK INDUSTRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetA COMMITTMENT TO OUR ROOTS INC: $7,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetFOOT FORWARD INC: $7,500 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOETS AND WRITERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP INC: $4,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLEY'S FUND INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDOLPHINS CYCLING CHALLENGE INC: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH COMMUNITY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $2,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW CLASSROOMS INNOVATION PARTNERS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaptist Health South Florida Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY LITERACY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUMOS FOUNDATION USA INC: $950 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEBBIE'S DREAM FOUNDATION: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBroward Bulldog Inc DBA Florida Bulldog: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL BLACK JUSTICE COALITION INC: $375 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Ayco Charitable F…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA11.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Brad & Cori Meltzer Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Brad & Cori Meltzer Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • National Black Justice Coalition Inc: 17% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
  • Sharsheret Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Brad & Cori Meltzer Charitable Trust?

Find your warmest path to Brad & Cori Meltzer Charitable Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 42 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home