Texas · Private foundation
Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation
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.
- $262k
- Granted FY2023
- 6
- Grants FY2023
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Communal Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $262k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $140,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 26
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Total assets, FY2023
- $207k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 6 | $262k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $2.4M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $1.4M | 48% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $1.1M | 47% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $1.2M | 69% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $705k | 56% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $2.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc | $4,975,000 | 6 | 10% |
| Site Santa Fe | $998,028 | 5 | 3% |
| Ethical Culture Fieldston School | $530,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | $500,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Comic Relief Inc Dba Comic Relief US | $265,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $225,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Immigrant Justice Corps Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Hun School of Princeton | $148,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Media Matters for America | $125,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc | $118,750 | 1 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($480k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Marlene Nathan Meyerson 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Morton H Meyerson Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Fjc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Chicago Community Trust · Baird Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
Compare Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation with peer funders
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About Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation
- How much does Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation give?
- Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $262,160 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (53%), Arts & Culture (17%), Education (10%).
- Who are Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc ($5.0M), Site Santa Fe ($998k), Ethical Culture Fieldston School ($530k).
- Does Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation 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 Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morton H Meyerson Family Foundation, Jewish Communal Fund, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation based?
- Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation is based in TX.
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