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Mayer Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Mayer Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$45k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$10k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$77kReligion$52kHuman Services$38kHousing & Shelter$20kFood & Nutrition$14kPublic Benefit$14kRecreation & Sports$9kEducation$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$373k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST MARK'S LUTHERAN CHURCH$10,000
FIRST PRIORITY OF METRO ATLANTA$8,000
OPERATION HELO INC$5,000
MUSKEGO SENIOR TAXI SERVICE INC$5,000
PREBORN$5,000
MACCANON BROWN HOMELESS SANCTUARY INC$4,000
KATHY'S HOUSE INC$4,000
DOOR COUNTY SECRET SANTA INC$3,000
SENIOR CITIZENS ACTIVITIES INC$1,000
02The need
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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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $44k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 49% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%NORTHWOOD CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY I: $5k → 15%STILL STRONG FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%VETERANS OUTREACH OF WISCONSIN: $2k → 10%PREBORN: $5k → 16%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%NORTHWOOD CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY I: $3k → 15%VETERANS OUTREACH OF WISCONSIN: $2k → 10%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%VETERANS OUTREACH OF WISCONSIN: $2k → 10%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%FRIENDS INC: $5k → 6%MUSKEGO SENIOR TAXI SERVICE INC: $5k → 5%FULL SHELF FOOD PANTRY INC: $1k → 6%SENIOR CITIZENS ACTIVITIES INC: $1k → 6%SENIOR CITIZENS ACTIVITIES INC: $1k → 6%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

MN
WI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
GA
FL
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$167k · 14 repeat orgs$82k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
22

Total granted

$167k
$67k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+48%

Still filing today

71%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthPublic BenefitAnimalsEducationReligionOther
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

  • TT
    THIS TIME TOMORROW INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $25k · revenue +60%
  • MacCANON BROWN HOMELESS SANCTUARY INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $12k · revenue +25%
  • HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2018–2023 · $9k · revenue +261%

Funded once

  • SF
    ST FRANCES CABRINI CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $7k
  • VF
    Veterans For Child Rescue Incgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +75%
  • FRIENDS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +1%
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
Fisher House Wisconsin Inc

The mission or core purpose of fisher house wisconsin (fhw) is to:1. provide a "home away from home" for families of veterans and service members receiving medical care from any designated veterans administration (va) hospital or medical…

Health
2
First Responders Foundation

First responders foundation's mission is to serve and honor all our first responders and their families, build appreciation and respect for their work, and enhance public safety.

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Hospice of Holland Inc

The mission of hospice of holland is to provide the most compassionate and highest quality end-of-life care through physical, emotional, and spiritual support.

Human Services
4
Uso Wisconsin Inc

To support members of the military and their families

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5
Operation Finally Home

Operation finally home's mission is to provide homes and home modifications to america's military heroes, first responders and their families who have sacrificed so much in services to country and community. we bring together corporate…

Housing & Shelter
6
Hospice of Northwest Ohio

Hospice of northwest ohio provides specialized medical emotional and spiritual care to people of all ages - and their families - living with any end-stage illness in northwest ohio and southeast michigan

—
7
Helping Heroes Inc

Helping Heroes provides support services and resources to homeless and near homeless veterans, in order to transition them to, or maintain self-sufficiency. The goal is reintegration into society as men and women who currently feel…

Human Services
8
Serenity Hospice and Home

Patient care and counseling of the terminally ill and their families.

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9
Hospice by the Sea Inc

The mission of hospice by the sea, inc. (hbts) is to provide families with access to compassionate, expert and professional healthcare services in their time of need, throughout their lifespan. hbts honors life, offers care and comfort…

—
10
Leashes of Valor

Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…

Public Benefit
11
Warrior Health Foundation Inc

The mission of warrior health foundation is to mitigate the effects of "operator syndrome" in post 9/11 veteran operators of the special forces community through the provision of high-quality free or low-cost proactive and preventative…

Health
12
Hospice of Southern Illinois Inc

Care to terminal patients/families

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friends Inc; the most unlike its peers is Door County Secret Santa. 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

28 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. 28 of the 39 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
20/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST MARK'S LUTHERAN CHURCH: $20,000 · OtherST MARK'S LUTHERAN CHURCHSTARS STRIPES HONOR FLIGHT INC: $11,000 · OtherSTARS STRIPES HONOR FLIGHT INCCAMPUS OUTREACH: $8,200 · OtherCAMPUS OUTREACHST BONIFACE FOOD PANTRY: $7,900 · OtherST BONIFACE FOOD PANTRYST FRANCES CABRINI CHURCH: $7,000 · OtherST FRANCES CABRINI CHURCHGRAFTON LITTLE LEAGUE INC: $6,000 · OtherGRAFTON LITTLE LEAGUE INCHUNGER TASK FORCE INC: $5,000 · OtherOPERATION HELO INC: $5,000 · OtherVeterans For Child Rescue Inc: $5,000 · OtherOUR RESCUE: $5,000 · Other+8 more: $18,500 · Other+8 moreTHIS TIME TOMORROW INC: $25,000 · HealthTHIS TIME TOMORROW INCKathy's House Inc: $22,500 · HealthKathy's House IncST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEAR…THE MAST CELL DISEASE SOCIETY INC: $2,000 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesHEALTHNETWORK FOUND…NORTHWOOD CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesNORTHWOOD CHILDREN'…Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin: $6,000 · Human ServicesVeterans Outreach o…Mission Pre-Born Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesMission Pre-Born In…FRIENDS INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS INCMUSKEGO SENIOR TAXI SERVICE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesMUSKEGO SENIOR TAXI…STILL STRONG FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Human ServicesSTILL STRONG FOUNDA…SENIOR CITIZENS ACTIVITIES INC: $2,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,100 · Human ServicesFirst Priority of Metro Atlanta: $21,500 · ReligionFirst Pri…MacCANON BROWN HOMELESS SANCTUARY INC: $12,000 · Public BenefitSPECIAL OPERATORS TRANSITION FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Public BenefitOPERATION HELP A HERO: $2,000 · Public BenefitDOOR COUNTY SECRET SANTA: $8,000 · Housing & ShelterSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $3,100 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Education
Other$98,600Health$55,000Human Services$43,600Religion$21,500Public Benefit$16,500Housing & Shelter$8,000Education$5,100

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHIS TIME TOMORROW INC: $25,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetKathy's House Inc: $22,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetFirst Priority of Metro Atlanta: $21,500 over 5y, 8.8% of budgetMacCANON BROWN HOMELESS SANCTUARY INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDOOR COUNTY SECRET SANTA: $8,000 over 3y, 8.0% of budgetNORTHWOOD CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGRAFTON LITTLE LEAGUE INC: $6,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetVeterans Outreach of Wisconsin: $6,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetOPERATION HELO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVeterans For Child Rescue Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFRIENDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOUR RESCUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUNGER TASK FORCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSKEGO SENIOR TAXI SERVICE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $3,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTILL STRONG FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATORS TRANSITION FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION HELP A HERO: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS ACTIVITIES INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE MAST CELL DISEASE SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFULL SHELF FOOD PANTRY INC: $1,100 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE WASHINGTON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 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.

Baird Foundation IncHerbert H Kohl Charit…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Green Bay Packers Fou…Prescott Family Found…West Bend Community F…The Richard M Schulze…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Blackbaud Giving …Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…
Baird Foundation IncWI18.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baird Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Prescott Family Foundation Inc · West Bend Community Foundation Inc · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Mayer Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mayer Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 39 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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