Illinois · Private foundation
Ken & Susan Meyer Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $30k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $7,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $433k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Ken & Susan Meyer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $30k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $23k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $16k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $29k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $19k | 83% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $23k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Park University | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Washington University | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Belmont University | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Depaul University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Link Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Miami | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Glenkirk | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa Esperanza | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Park University | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Washington University | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Belmont University | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Depaul University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Link Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Miami | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Glenkirk | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa Esperanza | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Schoo | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
| St Xavier High School Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($49k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ken & Susan Meyer Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Ken & Susan Meyer Family Foundation
- How much does Ken & Susan Meyer Family Foundation give?
- Ken & Susan Meyer Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $30,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Ken & Susan Meyer Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (89%), Health (8%), Housing & Shelter (2%).
- Who are Ken & Susan Meyer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: North Park University ($20k), Washington University ($15k), Belmont University ($10k).
- Does Ken & Susan Meyer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ken & Susan Meyer Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ken & Susan Meyer Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Ken & Susan Meyer Family Foundation based?
- Ken & Susan Meyer Family Foundation is based in IL.
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