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Edward & Sandra Meyer Foundation Inc

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.

$20k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
2
Grants FY2024
1
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 26
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$66M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Edward & Sandra Meyer Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’23
InternationalEducationEnvironmentHealthCivil RightsHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving2$20k50%
FY20231$10k100%
FY20211$25k0%
FY20204$61k25%
FY201910$15M50%
FY201821$1.8M48%
FY201726$15Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$16MEducation$15MCivil Rights$526kHousing & Shelter$95kInternational$95kArts & Culture$53kReligion$38kPhilanthropy$30kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WI
NY
MA
PA
VA
TN
DC
AL
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cornell University$15,145,00010%
American Jewish Committee$525,00011%
The Lord's Place Inc$95,00040%
Women for Women International$75,00030%
Central Synagogue$37,4004n/a
Peconic Land Trust Inc$25,00010%
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$20,00020%
New York Historical Society$18,60020%
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc$18,42020%
Kakenya Center for Excellence$15,00020%
Show all 38 grantees
All grantees of Edward & Sandra Meyer Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cornell University$15,145,00010%
American Jewish Committee$525,00011%
The Lord's Place Inc$95,00040%
Women for Women International$75,00030%
Central Synagogue$37,4004n/a
Peconic Land Trust Inc$25,00010%
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$20,00020%
New York Historical Society$18,60020%
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc$18,42020%
Kakenya Center for Excellence$15,00020%
Morselife Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Project Sunshine Inc$10,00010%
Atlantic Golf Club Educational Fund Inc$10,0001n/a
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$10,00010%
Student Advocacy Inc$10,00021%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$10,00010%
The Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater$5,72420%
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc$5,40020%
Nashville Community Bail Fund$5,00014%
Hope for Depression Research Foundation$5,00010%
American Museum of the Moving Image$4,50010%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$4,40020%
The Actors' Fund of America$2,50010%
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation$2,50010%
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression$2,00030%
American Heart Association Inc$2,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,00020%
Palm Beach Civic Association Inc$2,00010%
One to World Inc$1,60010%
Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons Inc$1,10010%
Fountain House Inc$1,00010%
Birthright Israel Foundation$1,00010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,00010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$50010%
Smile Train Inc$35020%
Museum at Eldridge Street$10810%
Fresh Air Fund$10010%
United Negro College Fund Inc$10010%

Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($16M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Edward & Sandra Meyer Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCornell University: $15,145,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $525,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Lord's Place Inc: $95,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWomen for Women International: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPeconic Land Trust Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNational Center for Family Philanthropy Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $18,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetManhattan Theatre Club Inc: $18,420 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKakenya Center for Excellence: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMorselife Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProject Sunshine Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStudent Advocacy Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater: $5,724 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $5,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNashville Community Bail Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetHope for Depression Research Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Museum of the Moving Image: $4,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $4,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Actors' Fund of America: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Beach Civic Association Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOne to World Inc: $1,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnimal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons Inc: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFountain House Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum at Eldridge Street: $108 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFresh Air Fund: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Negro College Fund Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 36.

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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.

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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.

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Find your warmest path to Edward & Sandra Meyer Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Edward & Sandra Meyer Foundation Inc

How much does Edward & Sandra Meyer Foundation Inc give?
Edward & Sandra Meyer Foundation Inc reported 2 grants totaling $20,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Edward & Sandra Meyer Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (50%), Education (47%), Civil Rights (2%).
Who are Edward & Sandra Meyer Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Cornell University ($15M), American Jewish Committee ($525k), The Lord's Place Inc ($95k).
Does Edward & Sandra Meyer Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Edward & Sandra Meyer Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Edward & Sandra Meyer Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
Where is Edward & Sandra Meyer Foundation Inc based?
Edward & Sandra Meyer Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 44 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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