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Harriet & Donald Meltzer Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Harriet & Donald Meltzer Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$32k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$179kYouth Development$117kReligion$59kPhilanthropy$16kFood & Nutrition$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kArts & Culture$2kAnimals$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $17k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$583k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BREAKTHOUGH TID$16,900
CONGREGATION BETH EL$9,722
CROHNS AND COLITIS FDN$2,500
EAGLES AUTISM FOUNDATION$1,000
US HOLOCAUST MUSEUM$1,000
SHILER FAMILY TRUST$500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $150) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOMENS CENTER OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY: $150 → 7%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.
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$352k · 6 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
20

Total granted

$352k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+31%

Still filing today

50%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CAMDEN COUNTY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $117k · revenue +82%
  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1D
    2× · 2024–2025 · $18k · revenue +17%
  • CC
    CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2019–2025 · $12k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • JF
    JEWISH FEDERATION OF SJ
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • Philabundance
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +0%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +27%
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 American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
2
Women Against Abuse Inc

The mission of women against abuse is to provide quality, compassionate, and nonjudgmental services in a manner that fosters self-respect and independence in persons experiencing intimate partner violence and to lead the struggle to end…

Human Services
3
Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services Inc

Cases' mission is to increase public safety through innovative services that reduce crime and incarceration, improve behavioral health, promote recovery and rehabilitation, and create opportunities for success in the community. we believe…

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4
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition

The anti-recidivism coalition (arc) works to end mass incarceration in california. to ensure our communities are safe, healthy, and whole, arc empowers formerly and currently incarcerated people to thrive by providing a support network,…

Crime & Legal
5
Covenant House New Jersey Inc

To provide shelter, food, medical and mental health care, legal services, educational and vocational services and an array of housing options, including transitional and permanent housing opportunities, for youth facing homelessness and…

Human Services
6
The Center for Prevention & Counseling

Our mission, since 1973, has been to promote hope, health and recovery among all people by creating an environment that is safe and free from the effects of substance use and addiction. the center provides substance use prevention,…

Health
7
Urban Affairs Coalition

Driving change from the ground up, the urban affairs coalition (uac) unites government, business, neighborhoods, and individual initiatives to improve the quality of life in the region, build wealth in urban communities, and solve emerging…

—
8
National Health Care for Homeless Council

Grounded in human rights and social justice, the nhchc mission is to build an equitable, high-quality health care system through training, research, and advocacy in the movement to end homelessness.

Human Services
9
Gateway Rehabilitation Center

To help all affected by addictive disease to become healthy in body, mind, and spirit.

Health
10
Womens Resource Center of Newport and Bristol Counties

The women's resource center empowers survivors by providing trauma-informed services with equity and compassion while working collaboratively with the community to eliminate the root causes of interpersonal abuse.

Human Services
11
Ch Pennsylvania Under - 21

Our mission is to serve children and youth facing homelessness and human trafficking, and to protect and safeguard all children. we provide trauma-informed interventions for youth who are in need.covenant house pennsylvania (chpa) remains…

Housing & Shelter
12
New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault Inc

The alliance leads new york citys mission to end sexual violence through education, prevention programming, research, and policy change. until we end sexual violence in all forms, we will be here for all survivors and the organizations…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Philabundance; the most unlike its peers is Cape Atlantic Citizens Altering Stray Cats. 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

15 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. 15 of the 29 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)
15/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JUVENILE DIABETES RF OF SJ: $146,840 · OtherJUVENILE DIABETES RF OF SJCONGREGATION BETH EL: $58,722 · OtherCONGREGATION BETH ELJEWISH FEDERATION OF SJ: $15,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF SJ+13 more: $4,650 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CAMDEN COUNTY INC: $116,571 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CAMDEN COUNTY…+1 more: $125 · Youth DevelopmentBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $17,900 · HealthBREAKTHRO…CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $11,500 · HealthCROHN'S &…+2 more: $2,000 · Health+2 morePhilabundance: $2,500 · Food & NutritionPEOPLES KITCHEN PHILLY: $500 · Food & NutritionAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,500 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CENTER OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY: $150 · Human ServicesATLANTIC CITY RESCUE MISSION INC: $125 · Human ServicesThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,000 · Arts & CultureCAPE ATLANTIC CITIZENS ALTERING STRAY CATS: $500 · Philanthropy
Other$225,212Youth Development$116,696Health$31,400Food & Nutrition$3,000Human Services$2,775Arts & Culture$1,000Philanthropy$500

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 budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CAMDEN COUNTY INC: $116,571 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $17,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $11,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLES AUTISM CHALLENGE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC OF CAMDEN COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTOP THE HEROIN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCAPE ATLANTIC CITIZENS ALTERING STRAY CATS: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ATLANTIC COUNTY INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD BIKE WORKS: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTIC CITY RESCUE MISSION INC: $125 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.

United Way of Greater…The Philadelphia Foun…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New JerseyPA17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Philadelphia Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Harriet & Donald Meltzer Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harriet & Donald Meltzer Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Jewish Family Services of Atlantic County Inc: 6% of income from government
  • The Arc of Camden County Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 29 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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