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Meinig Family Foundation at a glance

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Meinig Family Foundation

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.

$4.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
39
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$13MHealth$1.3MInternational$1.2MArts & Culture$864kYouth Development$809kPhilanthropy$755kRecreation & Sports$649kHuman Services$606kOther$0
02FY2024 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $337k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $962k
  • $250k+3 grants · $3.0M
$15,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$40M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CORNELL UNIVERSITY$1,525,000
MILLENNIUM SCHOOL$900,000
CREATIVE ACTION$565,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS$220,000
FAMILY LEGACY$137,312
WATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY$120,000
THE STORY CHURCH$110,000
BREAKTHROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS$100,000
TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$100,000
ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL$100,000
AUSTIN TOGETHER FUND$75,000
ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL & SCHOOL$45,000
CHALLENGE SUCCESS$37,000
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$30,000
MINDFUL SCHOOLS$25,000
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 (FY18–24, $558k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PEACE IN SCHOOLS: $10k → 12%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $3k → 8%PEACE IN SCHOOLS: $10k → 12%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $203k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $200k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $105k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $15k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $10k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $3k → 16%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

VT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
TN
NC
DC
OK
TX
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18M · 56 repeat orgs$944k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

56 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

56
42

Total granted

$18M
$833k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+2%

Still filing today

57%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $111k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • Cornell University
    7× · 2018–2024 · $7.1M · revenue +49%
  • CA
    Creative Action
    7× · 2018–2024 · $795k · revenue +5%
  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS
    6× · 2018–2023 · $535k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $120k
  • GE
    Greenhouse E3
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +24%
  • AI
    ATHLETES IN ACTION
    one grant, 2023 · $65k
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 University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
4
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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5
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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7
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
8
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
9
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
10
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
11
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
12
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco; the most unlike its peers is Every Org. 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

67 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. 67 of the 112 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
64/67
Grantees still filing
47/67
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Cornell University: $7,070,335 · EducationCornell UniversityCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $750,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXASBREAKTHROUGH: $360,000 · Education+10 more: $728,667 · Education+10 moreMILLENNIUM SCHOOL: $3,204,151 · OtherMILLENNIUM SCHOOLFamily Legacy Missions International: $1,138,128 · OtherFamily Legacy Missions InternationalMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $735,000 · OtherMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTEREPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL: $305,833 · Other+67 more: $2,362,994 · Other+67 moreCreative Action: $795,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC: $300,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC: $175,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE ASPEN: $60,000 · Arts & CultureASPEN ART MUSEUM: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $60,000 · Arts & CultureTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $700,000 · Philanthropy+7 more: $51,000 · PhilanthropyCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $535,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENTER: $20,000 · Human ServicesPEACE IN SCHOOLS: $20,000 · Human Services+2 more: $13,500 · Human ServicesTHE ALOHA FOUNDATION INC: $365,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $150,000 · HealthTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $70,000 · HealthEisenhower Medical Center: $50,000 · HealthHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Health
Education$8,909,002Other$7,746,106Arts & Culture$1,440,000Philanthropy$751,000Human Services$588,500Recreation & Sports$375,000Health$280,000

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 budgetCornell University: $7,070,335 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Legacy Missions International: $1,138,128 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetCreative Action: $795,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $750,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $700,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $535,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetTHE ALOHA FOUNDATION INC: $365,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH: $360,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetTHE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC: $300,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $276,667 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMINDFUL SCHOOLS: $205,000 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $200,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetMUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC: $175,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetWATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY: $130,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetChallenge Success: $97,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $75,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN TOGETHER FUND: $75,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetTHE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATRE ASPEN: $60,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetGlobal Compassion Coalition: $50,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN ART MUSEUM: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Pachamama Alliance: $45,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHALFTIME INSTITUTE: $35,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHouston Botanic Garden: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHouston Christian Foundation dba National Christian Foundation Houston: $30,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSONGWRITINGWITHINC: $25,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetThe Pencil Box Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSPCA of Texas: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMountain Rescue Aspen Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetPEACE IN SCHOOLS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetKIPP Inc dba Knowledge is Power Program Inc: $15,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROTECT OUR WINTERS: $13,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS: $11,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNorthwestern University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEVERY ORG: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAFE ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $10,000 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.

  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds Family Legacy Missions International ↗
  • Who funds Creative Action ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds THE ALOHA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH ↗
  • Who funds THE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
  • Who funds ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MINDFUL SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC ASSOCIATES OF ASPEN INC ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WATERLOO GREENWAY CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Greenhouse E3 ↗
  • Who funds Challenge Success ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN TOGETHER FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THEATRE ASPEN ↗
  • Who funds Global Compassion Coalition ↗
  • Who funds Eisenhower Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds ASPEN ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds The Pachamama Alliance ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗

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.

Greater Houston Commu…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Moody FoundationNational Philanthropi…Austin Community Foun…Communities Foundatio…Mr and Mrs Nelson Rus…The Webber Family Fou…I a O'Shaughnessy Fou…Shield-Ayres Foundati…Topfer Family Foundat…The Powell Foundation
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX19× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Moody Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Austin Community Foundation Inc · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Mr and Mrs Nelson Rusche Foundation · The Webber Family Foundation · I a O'Shaughnessy Foundation · Shield-Ayres Foundation · Topfer Family Foundation · The Powell 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 Meinig Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Meinig Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Tulsa Community Foundation: 11% of income from government
  • The University of Tulsa: 5% of income from government
  • The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 112 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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