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Dannenberg-Meyer Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Dannenberg-Meyer Foundation

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.

$24k
Granted FY2021
9
Grants FY2021
6
States reached
$21k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

89% of Dannenberg-Meyer Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Dannenberg-Meyer Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $24k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

11
’17
12
’18
15
’19
4
’20
5
’21
7
’22

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Philanthropy$219kArts & Culture$107kReligion$12kHuman Services$11kEducation$5kInternational$4kCivil Rights$2kHealth$2kOther$0
02FY2021 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k8 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $21k
$150
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS$20,600
Individual grant recipient$2,625
CAMERA$250
PBS$200
BOCA RATON MUSEUM$150
NORTON MUSEUM OF ART$145
HADASSAH$136
AMERICAN LEGION$50
CONSUMER REPORTS$15
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%CAMP KESEM: $3k → 14%Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center: $3k → 11%Levis JCC: $3k → 11%ADOLPH & ROSE LEVIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $2k → 11%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

IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CA
VA
NC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$122k · 17 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2021, 11 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call). Read against FY2021, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
33

Total granted

$122k
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
0%

Still filing today

59%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesInternationalHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • PB
    PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $79k · revenue +92%
  • AR
    ADOLPH & ROSE LEVIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $7k · revenue +15%
  • FA
    FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2018–2022 · $5k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • BR
    BOCA RATON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +13%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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.

1
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
2
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
3
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
4
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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5
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
6
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
7
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
8
The Paley Center for Media

Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…

Arts & Culture
9
National Center for Jewish Filminc

The national center for jewish film is a unique, independent nonprofit motion picture archive, distributor, resource center and exhibitor. ncjf's ongoing mission is the collection, preservation and exhibition of films with artistic and…

Arts & Culture
10
The Newark Museum Association

Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.

Arts & Culture
11
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
12
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Philanthropic Trust; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

29 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. 29 of the 59 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
17/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $206,667 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST+3 more: $12,150 · Philanthropy+3 morePALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC: $79,400 · Arts & CulturePALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INCDELRAY BEACH PLAYHOUSE INC: $4,200 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $4,100 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $4,145 · Arts & CultureBOCA RATON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL: $10,000 · OtherBOCA RATON J…EMANUEL CONGREGATION: $9,415 · OtherEMANUEL CONG…Individual grant recipient: $6,525 · OtherIndividual g…Individual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual g…+31 more: $9,841 · Other+31 moreADOLPH & ROSE LEVIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $7,200 · Human ServicesCamp Kesem National: $3,000 · Human ServicesFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $4,975 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $500 · EducationLYNN UNIVERSITY INC: $250 · Education+1 more: $190 · EducationCOMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC: $2,500 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,000 · InternationalAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $2,050 · Civil Rights
Philanthropy$218,817Arts & Culture$91,845Other$40,781Human Services$10,200Education$5,915International$3,500Civil Rights$2,050

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 budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $206,667 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC: $79,400 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetADOLPH & ROSE LEVIS JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $7,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENSBORO JEWISH FEDERATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $4,975 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDELRAY BEACH PLAYHOUSE INC: $4,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $4,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Kesem National: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $2,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $2,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetART ALLIANCE FOR CONTEMPORARY GLASS: $1,650 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROWARD PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Architecture Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $395 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLYNN UNIVERSITY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $190 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Morikami Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUMBO LIMBO COASTAL STEWARDS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Legion: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSUMER REPORTS INC: $40 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $25 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.

Raymond James Charita…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundFL10.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Dannenberg-Meyer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dannenberg-Meyer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Lynn University Inc: 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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.

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 59 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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