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Edward E Meyer Trust at a glance

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Edward E Meyer Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$104k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$104k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$717kHealth$2k
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$104,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT$104,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $1k → 9%COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (SC): $1k → 12%SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $2k → 21%UNIVERSITY OF CONCORDIA: $1k → 6%LIPSCOMB: $1k → 14%DEPAUW UNIVERSITY: $1k → 10%OAKLAND CITY UNIVERSITY: $1k → 10%HANOVER COLLEGE: $1k → 12%VINCENNES UNIVERSITY: $3k → 15%THE SALON PROFESSIONAL ACADMEY: $1k → 15%IUPUI: $1k → 16%INDIANA UNIVERSITY: $1k → 18%ROSE HULMAN: $1k → 19%BALL STATE UNIVERSITY: $4k → 19%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $11k → 19%INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $1k → 19%MIAMI UNIVERSITY: $1k → 12%OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT: $117k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF WEST VIRGINIA: $1k → 19%SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE: $2k → 23%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1k → 19%MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY: $4k → 13%KENTUCKY WESLEYAN: $1k → 13%IVY TECH: $3k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS: $1k → 16%TAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $1k → 19%OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT: $116k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA: $40k → 15%BUTLER UNIVERSITY: $1k → 16%OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT: $110k → 15%OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT: $104k → 15%OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT: $95k → 15%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
WI
IN
OH
CO
MO
KY
WV
MD
TN
SC
HI
GA
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$677k · 13 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
28

Total granted

$677k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+22%

Still filing today

46%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time
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

  • TO
    THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES
    5× · 2021–2025 · $542k · revenue +25%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE
    2× · 2019–2020 · $11k · revenue +9%
  • BU
    Butler University
    2× · 2019–2020 · $3k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • IT
    IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE
    one grant, 2020 · $7k
  • IT
    IVY TECH
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • VU
    VINCENNES UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
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
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
3
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
4
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
5
Otterbein University

Otterbein University is an inclusive community dedicated to educating the whole person in the context of humane values. Our mission is to prepare graduates to think deeply and broadly, to engage locally and globally, and to advance their…

Education
6
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
7
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
8
Walsh University Inc

Walsh university is an independent, coeducational catholic, liberal arts and sciences institution dedicated to educating its students to become leaders in service to others through a values-based education with an international perspective…

Education
9
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
10
Excelsior University

Excelsior University provides educational opportunity to adult learners with an emphasis on those historically underrepresented in higher education. The University meets students where they are - academically and geographically, offering…

Education
11
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
12
Augustana University Association

Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Indianapolis; the most unlike its peers is Southern Illinois University Alumni 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

19 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. 19 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
18/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $542,000 · EducationTHE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES+17 more: $34,000 · Education+17 moreUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA: $64,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN…TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $23,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNI…BALL STATE UNIVERSITY: $8,000 · OtherBALL STATE UNIVERSITYIVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $7,000 · OtherMURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY: $7,000 · OtherWESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · Other+18 more: $28,000 · Other+18 more
Education$576,000Other$142,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $542,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetButler University: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDePauw University: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHanover College: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Indianapolis: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTaylor University: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetToccoa Falls College Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOakland City University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRose-Hulman Institute of Technology: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELLARMINE UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANCHESTER UNIVERSITY INC: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE ↗
  • Who funds Butler University ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DePauw University ↗
  • Who funds Hanover College ↗
  • Who funds University of Indianapolis ↗
  • Who funds Taylor University ↗
  • Who funds CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Toccoa Falls College Inc ↗
  • Who funds Oakland City University ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ↗

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.

Natl Christian Charit…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 Edward E Meyer Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edward E Meyer Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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