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David & Carol Myers Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5.1M
Granted FY2023
63
Grants FY2023
21
States reached
$503k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

International$2.2MFood & Nutrition$1.7MHuman Services$991kScience & Tech$823kHealth$719kPhilanthropy$630kArts & Culture$626kEducation$445kOther$0
02FY2023 · 63 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 63 grants below total $4,290,742 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $5,100,871 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $810,129 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k19 grants · $70k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $505k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $779k
  • $250k+8 grants · $2.9M
$15,000
Median grant
21
States reached
$66M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Friends of Faraday Institute for Science & Religion$503,000
Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association$500,000
Church World Service$405,000
Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area$400,000
American Association for the Advancement of Science$318,000
American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem$310,000
Alliance to End Hunger$250,000
One Campaign$250,000
Community Action House$226,000
Bread for the World Institute$100,000
Common Cause Education Fund$100,000
Project Ethiopia$90,000
Hearing Loss Association of America$88,333
Feeding America West Michigan$75,000
Friends of PEB, Inc.$50,000
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$6.4M · 52 repeat orgs$2.3M to everyone else

52 repeat relationships — 43 still active in FY2023, 9 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

52
9

Total granted

$6.4M
$153k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+49%

Still filing today

69%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’23
InternationalHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CW
    CHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $1.2M · revenue +278%
  • BF
    Bread for the World Institute
    3× · 2020–2023 · $1.2M · revenue +44%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE
    3× · 2020–2023 · $833k · revenue +177%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of Iowa
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • GE
    Grace Episcopal Church
    one grant, 2020 · $18k
  • GS
    GENERAL SYNOD COUNCIL OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA
    one grant, 2021 · $14k

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

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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2
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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4
Center for American Progress

The center for american progress (cap) is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all americans through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. our aim is…

Civil Rights
5
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
6
Center for Global Development

Reduce global poverty and improve lives through innovative economic research that drives better policy and practice by the world's top decision makers. we focus on the intersection of developing countries and the governments, institutions…

Human Services
7
Common Good Iowa

Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.

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8
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
9
Washington Area Community Investment Fund Inc

The washington area community investment fund (wacif) is a nonprofit community loan fund focused on increasing equity and economic opportunity in the washington, dc area's underserved communities. wacif's mission is driven is driven by…

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10
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
11
Amazon Conservation Association

Amazon conservation unites science, people, and innovation to protect the amazon - the greatest wild forest on earth. as guardians of the most iconic forest on the planet, we bring together the power of the latest science and technology…

Environment
12
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc and the most unlike its peers is St Nicholas Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFood Pantries and AssistanceJewish Community FederationsCommunity FoundationsCommunity Hospital SystemsLgbtqia+ Advocacy and Commu…Environmental Advocacy and …Community Arts CentersImmigrant and Latino Integr…Christian Outreach Ministri…Child Abuse Advocacy Servic…Civil Legal ServicesYouth Development CentersFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr13%8%5–10yr20%21%10–20yr15%21%20–35yr14%28%35–55yr18%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr13%5%5–10yr20%15%10–20yr15%8%20–35yr14%40%35–55yr18%33%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/60
the rest of the field
12%
6,511/53,796

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 54 of the 81 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/54
Grantees still filing
42/54
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE — $833,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION HOUSEFriends of Faraday Institute for Science & Religion — $503,000 · OtherFriends of Faraday Institute for Science & Rel…The ONE Campaign — $250,000 · OtherThe ONE CampaignHearing Loss Association of America — $192,333 · OtherFEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN — $175,000 · OtherAlliance to End Hunger — $250,000 · OtherAlliance to End Hunger+47 more — $1,554,789 · Other+47 moreCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC — $1,215,000 · InternationalCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INCBread for the World Institute — $1,200,000 · InternationalBread for the World InstitutePROJECT ETHIOPIA — $260,000 · InternationalPROJECT ETHIOPIA+3 more — $30,500 · InternationalTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE HOLLAND/ZEELAND AREA INC — $520,000 · PhilanthropyNEWPORT FOOD PANTRY — $50,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF PEB INC — $50,000 · PhilanthropyBAINBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $45,000 · PhilanthropyKITSAP COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $30,000 · Philanthropy+2 more — $24,000 · PhilanthropyBAINBRIDGE ISLAND JAPANESE AMERICAN MEMORIAL — $500,000 · Arts & CultureHOLLAND MUSEUM — $65,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CHRISTIAN CENTURY — $60,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NATIONAL TRUST FOR SCOTLAND FOUNDATION USA INC — $25,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more — $30,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF JERUSALEM INC — $490,000 · Human ServicesHELPLINE HOUSE — $29,000 · Human Services+4 more — $26,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION — $521,777 · Social ScienceAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE — $318,000 · Science & Tech+1 more — $2,000 · Science & Tech
Other$3,758,122International$2,705,500Philanthropy$719,000Arts & Culture$680,000Human Services$545,000Social Science$521,777Science & Tech$320,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCHURCH WORLD SERVICE INC — $1,215,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBread for the World Institute — $1,200,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE — $833,000 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetAMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION — $521,777 over 3y, 22% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE HOLLAND/ZEELAND AREA INC — $520,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetBAINBRIDGE ISLAND JAPANESE AMERICAN MEMORIAL — $500,000 over 1y, 52% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF JERUSALEM INC — $490,000 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE — $318,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPROJECT ETHIOPIA — $260,000 over 3y, 33% of budgetThe ONE Campaign — $250,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAlliance to End Hunger — $250,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA WEST MICHIGAN — $175,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE COLLEGE — $93,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREADY FOR SCHOOL — $75,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetPROJECT HOSPITALITY INC — $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBAINBRIDGE ISLAND LAND TRUST — $75,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHOLLAND MUSEUM — $65,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetTHE CHRISTIAN CENTURY — $60,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HOLLAND — $55,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetNEWPORT FOOD PANTRY — $50,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF PEB INC — $50,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetBAINBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $45,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWHITWORTH UNIVERSITY — $39,557 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKITSAP COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHOMECOR — $30,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetHELPLINE HOUSE — $29,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NATIONAL TRUST FOR SCOTLAND FOUNDATION USA INC — $25,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE — $21,777 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF BULUNGULA INC — $21,500 over 2y, 15% of budgetCRISTOSAL INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSt. Nicholas Center — $20,000 over 2y, 48% of budgetNATIONAL COALITION TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY — $20,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetTHE BIOLOGOS FOUNDATION INC — $17,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGLOBAL PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE — $15,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetPUGET SOUND RESTORATION FUND — $13,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetStep by Step Inc — $12,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetOUT ON THE LAKESHORE — $10,600 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetLutheran Community Services Northwest — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON WILD — $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCULTUREWORKS — $10,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetMARINE MEGAFAUNA FOUNDATION — $8,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSOULFORCE INC — $8,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE RUSTIN FUND FOR GLOBAL EQUALITY — $7,500 over 1y, 46% of budgetFAMILYWORKS — $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSHARED SPACE FOR ALL — $4,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetLATIN AMERICANS UNITED FOR PROGRESS INC — $4,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

The Community Foundat…Larry and Karen Mulde…Fred H & Mary S Dore …Seattle FoundationJim and Ginger Jurrie…Greater Ottawa County…Millerknoll FoundationOne Call for AllBainbridge Community …Grand Haven Area Comm…The Bianchi Family Fo…Howard Miller Foundat…
The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area IncMI29.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Larry and Karen Mulder Foundation · Fred H & Mary S Dore Charitable Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Jim and Ginger Jurries Foundation · Greater Ottawa County United Way · Millerknoll Foundation · One Call for All · Bainbridge Community Foundation · Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · The Bianchi Family Foundation Javier Ordaz Cerity Partners · Howard Miller Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 81 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $5.1M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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