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Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$14M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
274
Grants FY2024
129
Organizations funded FY2023
21%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$35,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$375,000
Organizations funded a year
129 to 193
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$231M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 21% of the organizations Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationCivil RightsHealthCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementOther
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 arriving133$12M17%
FY2023129$10M21%
FY2022129$9.6M20%
FY2021131$9.0M18%
FY2020162$8.1M19%
FY2019193$7.2Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Community Improvement$10MCivil Rights$10MCrime & Legal$7.7MPhilanthropy$6.8MYouth Development$5.9MPublic Benefit$4.1MHousing & Shelter$3.8MHuman Services$3.7MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Black Swan Academy Inc$1,668,000635%
Dreaming Out Loud Inc$1,243,500513%
Identity Inc$1,089,50063%
Fii - National$1,000,00032%
DC Fiscal Policy Institute Inc$985,000610%
Bread for the City Inc$981,57062%
DC Justice Lab$860,000424%
Organizing Neighborhood Equity$826,500642%
Advocates for Justice and Education$799,000618%
The Commonwealth Institute for$723,50068%
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All grantees of Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Black Swan Academy Inc$1,668,000635%
Dreaming Out Loud Inc$1,243,500513%
Identity Inc$1,089,50063%
Fii - National$1,000,00032%
DC Fiscal Policy Institute Inc$985,000610%
Bread for the City Inc$981,57062%
DC Justice Lab$860,000424%
Organizing Neighborhood Equity$826,500642%
Advocates for Justice and Education$799,000618%
The Commonwealth Institute for$723,50068%
Impact Silver Spring$685,000611%
Casa Inc$645,00061%
Fusion Partnership Inc$633,50062%
Empower DC$597,500611%
Defending Rights and Dissent Inc$595,250614%
Critical Exposure Inc$590,000523%
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium Inc$588,50064%
Legal Aid Justice Center$587,50062%
Centro de Apoyo Familiar$571,000613%
Many Languages One Voice$568,350613%
Public Justice Center Inc$535,00068%
OUT For JUSTICE INC$525,000323%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$519,50050%
Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and$514,00065%
Trabajadores Unidos de Washington DC$514,000641%
Tenants and Workers United$513,000616%
Progressive Maryland Education Fund Inc$480,500617%
Central American Resource Center$473,25066%
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Inc$470,00065%
Young People for Progress Inc$469,500565%
Prince Georges Leadership Action Network Inc$464,000650%
Virginia New Majority Education Fund$460,00062%
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Inc$455,00062%
First Generation College Bound Inc$451,00067%
Human Services Coalition of Prince Georges County$433,000626%
Latino Economic Development Corporation$425,00061%
Action in Montgomery Inc$412,500615%
Harriets Wildest Dreams Inc$400,000211%
Children's Law Center Inc$400,00061%
Everyday Canvassing$399,000478%
Centreville Immigration Forum$396,000623%
First Shift Justice Project$390,000633%
Virginia Coalition For Immigrant Rights$387,950633%
Alliance for Global Justice Corp$386,50051%
Tzedek DC Inc$385,00066%
Destiny Bridge Builders$385,000458%
The Future Foundation Inc$382,500428%
Afrithrive Inc$382,250519%
Edu-Futuro$375,00064%
United Community Ministries Inc$362,50061%
Community Family Life Services$360,00062%
Undocublack Network Inc$360,000316%
Washington Interfaith Network$355,000612%
Organizing Black Inc$350,000234%
Smart Growth America$346,00061%
Montgomery County Renters Alliance$344,500634%
DC Action for Children Today DC Act$336,00053%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$330,00040%
Montgomery Housing Partnership Inc$325,00060%
Voices for Virginia's Children$323,500618%
Maryland Center on Economic Policy Inc$322,500615%
Jews United for Justice Inc$320,00062%
Beloved Community Incubator Inc$316,550315%
National Institute for Peer Support$315,000316%
Racial Justice Now$310,8002n/a
Foster & Adoptive Parent Advocacy Center$305,000412%
Maryland Association of Non-Profit Organizations$300,11152%
Prince George's Child Resource Centerinc$297,80044%
Washington Area Women's Foundation$294,00055%
Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers$291,28542%
Festival Center Inc$281,03039%
International Mayan League$279,500333%
Enterprise Community Partners Inc$270,00030%
Byte Back$270,00043%
Virginia Interfaith Center For Public Policy$261,35065%
Homeless Persons Representation Project Inc$260,00063%
DC Kincare Alliance$256,500628%
Opencollective Foundation$250,00021%
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition$240,00031%
V O I C E$237,5002n/a
Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition Inc$237,500415%
School Justice Project Inc$235,500412%
The Urban Institute$235,05520%
Coalition for DC Representation in Congress Education Fund$230,000511%
Washington Area Community Investment Fund Inc$230,00032%
Virginia Organizing Inc$226,50031%
Miriam's Kitchen$201,70031%
Southeast Ministry$200,0003n/a
Just Neighbors Ministry Inc$200,00044%
The Bridgespan Group Inc$200,00010%
Serve Your City$200,000313%
Bowie State University Foundation Inc$187,50031%
Black Church Food Security Network$185,0001n/a
Ayuda Inc$185,00041%
Bu-Gata$179,500323%
Collective Action for Safe Spaces$171,000321%
The Praxis Project Inc$160,00030%
Fair Chance$153,50033%
The Democracy Collaborative Foundation Inc$150,00023%
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia$150,00031%
American Association of Colleges and Universities$150,00020%
Virginia Civic Engagement Table$147,50045%
Food Research & Action Center$146,00040%
Georgetown University$145,00030%
Montgomery County Collaboration Council$140,00021%
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United Inc$127,50022%
Proinspire$127,50018%
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation$125,00031%
Legal Counsel for the Elderly$120,00031%
DC Alliance of Youth Advocates$120,000226%
Access Inc$120,000310%
Good Projects Inc$120,00034%
Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance$120,000425%
Community Bridges Inc$120,00045%
Advocates for Children & Youth Inc$120,00035%
District of Columbia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc$120,00035%
Smartmeme DBA Center for Story-based Strategy$115,00026%
Restorative Arlington$114,000319%
Housing Initiative Partnership Inc$110,00032%
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments$105,00020%
Higher Achievement Program Inc$105,00031%
Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital$100,00040%
The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth$100,00031%
Capital Area Asset Building Corporation$100,00022%
If a Foundation for Radical Possibility$100,0001n/a
Mothers Outreach Network$98,00019%
Visitors Service Center Inc Voices for a Second Chance$90,00032%
Asian Pacific American Legal$90,00037%
Interfaith Works$80,00020%
Teaching for Change$80,00025%
Endependence Center of Northern Va$80,00022%
Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc$80,00020%
Jubilee Housing Inc$80,00011%
Year Up Inc$75,00020%
Building Bridges Across the River Inc$75,00030%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$75,00010%
Free Fellowship for Race & Equity in Education$75,00032%
Latin American Youth Center$75,00020%
Dream Project Inc$75,00024%
DC Scores$75,00022%
United Way of the National Capital Area$75,00010%
Greater Greater Washington Commons$75,000112%
Sitar Arts Center$72,50013%
Council for Court Excellence$70,00017%
DC Greens Inc$70,00022%
Alliance For Housing Solutions$70,000426%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$66,18060%
Witness for Peace$64,500212%
Nonprofit Montgomery Inc$62,50024%
Classroom 2 Community Inc$60,00024%
La Cocina Va$60,00023%
Youth Professional Development Inc$60,0002n/a
Shaw Community Ministry Inc$60,00033%
The Training Source Inc$60,00026%
Jubilee Jobs Inc$60,00025%
Friends of Anacostia Park$60,00016%
Turnaround for Children Inc$60,00021%
Offender Aid & Restoration Arlington Co OAR Arlington Alexandria Falls Church$52,47022%
Neighborhood Funders Group$50,25061%
Center for Ideas Equity and Transformative Change$50,0001n/a
Peace for DC$50,00012%
Northern Virginia Family Services Inc$50,00010%
Hispanics Against Child Abuse & Neglect$50,000147%
University of DC Foundation Inc$50,00012%
The Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless Inc$50,00020%
Community Youth Advance Incorporated$45,00023%
Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers$45,00024%
Jane Bancroft Robinson Foundation Inc$45,00022%
Cornerstones Inc$45,00020%
Literacy Council of Northern Virginia Inc$45,00023%
Generation Hope$45,00022%
City Year Inc$45,00020%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$41,25060%
Social Art and Culture$40,000170%
Pave Inc Dba Parents Amplifying Voices in Education$40,00012%
Asian American LEAD$40,00015%
If Foundation$40,00021%
Trinity College$40,00040%
The Urban Alliance Foundation Inc$35,00010%
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc$35,00060%
Bright Beginnings Inc$35,00010%
Schooltalk Inc$35,00011%
YWCA National Capital Area$30,00012%
Quality Trust for Individuals With Disabilities Inc$30,00012%
Fairfax Futures$30,000126%
Safe Sisters Circle$30,0001n/a
Care Anacostia$30,0001n/a
Alternative Newsweekly Foundation$30,00011%
Sin Barreras Without Barriers Inc$30,0001n/a
OAR of Fairfax County$30,00012%
Delta Foundation Inc$30,000131%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$28,00060%
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy$27,00060%
The Management Center$26,50010%
Lift Inc$26,00021%
Davis Memorial Goodwill Industries$25,00010%
Grove Collective Foundation$25,00013%
City First Enterprises Inc$25,00014%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and Affiliate$25,00010%
Third Sector New England Inc$25,00050%
Zero to Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families$25,00010%
Some Inc$25,00010%
Heal Trafficking Inc$25,00015%
The Washington Housing Conservancy Inc$25,00011%
Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund$25,00010%
Operation Understanding of the District of Columbia$20,00017%
Women in Film & Video Inc$20,00013%
Life Pieces to Masterpieces$20,0001n/a
N Street Village Inc$20,00010%
Transitional Housing Corporation$20,00010%
Communities in Schools of the Nation's Capital Inc$17,50011%
Pathways to Housing DC$17,50010%
Washington English Center$17,5001n/a
Alliance for Justice$17,50020%
William Wendt Center for Loss and Healing$17,50010%
The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc$16,00060%
Equity in the Center$15,00012%
Calvary Women's Services Inc$15,00011%
Beacon House Community Ministry Inc$15,00012%
Martha's Table Inc$15,0001n/a
Center for Assessment and Policy Development$15,00013%
DC Bar Pro Bono Center$15,0001n/a
Vietnamese Resettlement Association Inc$15,000116%
Friends of Compass Inc$15,00011%
Samaritan Inns Inc$15,00010%
Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Inc$15,00010%
Friendship Place$15,00010%
Carpenter's Shelter Inc$15,00010%
Computer Core Inc$15,00014%
Good Shepherd Housing & Family Services Inc$15,00011%
The Posse Foundation Inc$15,00010%
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop$15,00011%
New Hope Housing Inc$15,00010%
Businesses United in Investing Lending & Development$15,00010%
The Ladies of Hope Ministries Inc$15,00011%
Teach for America Inc$15,00010%
Asian AmericansPacific Islanders in Philanthropy Inc$15,00060%
Legal Services of Northern Virginia Inc$15,00010%
Laurel Advocacy & Referral Services Inc$12,50011%
College Success Foundation - District of Columbia$12,50011%
Spur Local Inc$12,50011%
Mustafa Center Inc$10,00011%
Urban Ed Inc$10,00012%
World Arts Focus$10,00010%
Aspire Afterschool Learning$10,00011%
Headley Carter Cares Foundation Incorporated$10,0001n/a
Latino Student Fund$10,00012%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Virginia Poverty Law Center Inc$10,00010%
For Love of Children$10,00011%
Path Foundation$7,5003n/a
Faith for the City Inc$7,5001n/a
Community Enrichment Project$7,500144%
First Trinity Lutheran Church$7,5001n/a
Independent Sector$7,00010%
Path Partnerships$6,00020%
Dempsey Center for Quality Cancer Care$5,00010%
SMYAL Inc$5,00010%
Prince George's Community College Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Meridian International Center$5,00010%
Youth Policy Institute of Iowa$5,00020%
Race Forward$5,00010%
Weissberg Foundation$5,00010%
Action Youth Media Inc$5,00012%
Funders Together to End Homelessnes$4,00010%
Docs for Tots$2,50010%
United Community and Family Servicesinc$2,50010%
South Dakota Symphony Orchestra$2,50010%
Trevor Project Inc$2,50010%
DC Rape Crisis Center$2,50010%
American Cancer Society Inc$2,50010%
Sun Health Foundation$2,50010%
Technology Association of Grantmakers Inc$1,75640%
Equal Justice Initiative$1,00010%
National Network for Youth Inc$1,00010%
Highlander Research & Education Center Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 23 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Black Swan Academy Inc: $1,668,000 over 6y, 35% of budgetDreaming Out Loud Inc: $1,243,500 over 5y, 13% of budgetIdentity Inc: $1,089,500 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetFii - National: $1,000,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetDC Fiscal Policy Institute Inc: $985,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetBread for the City Inc: $981,570 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetDC Justice Lab: $860,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetOrganizing Neighborhood Equity: $826,500 over 6y, 42% of budgetAdvocates for Justice and Education: $799,000 over 6y, 18% of budgetThe Commonwealth Institute for: $723,500 over 6y, 8.0% of budgetImpact Silver Spring: $685,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetCasa Inc: $645,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetFusion Partnership Inc: $633,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetEmpower DC: $597,500 over 6y, 11% of budgetDefending Rights and Dissent Inc: $595,250 over 6y, 14% of budgetCritical Exposure Inc: $590,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetNational Korean American Service and Education Consortium Inc: $588,500 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetLegal Aid Justice Center: $587,500 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetCentro de Apoyo Familiar: $571,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetMany Languages One Voice: $568,350 over 6y, 13% of budgetPublic Justice Center Inc: $535,000 over 6y, 7.6% of budgetOUT For JUSTICE INC: $525,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetSocial and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc: $519,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCoalition for Nonprofit Housing and: $514,000 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetTrabajadores Unidos de Washington DC: $514,000 over 6y, 41% of budgetTenants and Workers United: $513,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetProgressive Maryland Education Fund Inc: $480,500 over 6y, 17% of budgetCentral American Resource Center: $473,250 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetThe Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Inc: $470,000 over 6y, 4.7% of budgetYoung People for Progress Inc: $469,500 over 5y, 65% of budgetPrince Georges Leadership Action Network Inc: $464,000 over 6y, 50% of budgetVirginia New Majority Education Fund: $460,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetWashington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Inc: $455,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetFirst Generation College Bound Inc: $451,000 over 6y, 7.0% of budgetHuman Services Coalition of Prince Georges County: $433,000 over 6y, 26% of budgetLatino Economic Development Corporation: $425,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetAction in Montgomery Inc: $412,500 over 6y, 15% of budgetHarriets Wildest Dreams Inc: $400,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetChildren's Law Center Inc: $400,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetEveryday Canvassing: $399,000 over 4y, 78% of budgetCentreville Immigration Forum: $396,000 over 6y, 23% of budgetFirst Shift Justice Project: $390,000 over 6y, 33% of budgetVirginia Coalition For Immigrant Rights: $387,950 over 6y, 33% of budgetAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $386,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetTzedek DC Inc: $385,000 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetDestiny Bridge Builders: $385,000 over 4y, 58% of budgetThe Future Foundation Inc: $382,500 over 4y, 28% of budgetAfrithrive Inc: $382,250 over 5y, 19% 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 200.

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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.

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC190× affinity111 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · If Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Weissberg Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Venable Foundation Inc · Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation · World Bank Community Connections Fund · Diane & Norman Bernstein Foundation Inc

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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About Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation

How much does Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation give?
Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation reported 274 grants totaling $13,550,350 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 129 and 193 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (16%), Civil Rights (16%), Crime & Legal (12%).
Who are Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: The Black Swan Academy Inc ($1.7M), Dreaming Out Loud Inc ($1.2M), Identity Inc ($1.1M).
Does Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Greater Washington Community Foundation, United Way of the National Capital Area.
Where is Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation based?
Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation is based in DC.

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 331 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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