· Private foundation
Meister Family Foundation
Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2018
- Under $10k11 grants · $18k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $68k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $291k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TEMPLE BETH TORAH | $88,228 |
| CASA PACIFICA | $76,550 |
| COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUND | $76,500 |
| MUSEUM OF VENTURA COUNTY | $50,000 |
| RUBICON THEATRE COMPANY | $47,050 |
| INTERFACE | $11,001 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,100 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION | $8,000 |
| CONTRIBUTIONS LESS THAN 250 | $3,904 |
| WEV WIMENS ECONOMIC VENTURES | $2,000 |
| NEW WEST SYMPHONY | $2,000 |
| HIRSHBERG FOUNDATION | $700 |
| READING VILLAGE | $350 |
| OXNARD FILM SOCIETY | $350 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $300 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $104k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2018, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CMCOMMUNITY MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUND2× · 2017–2018 · $129k
- TBTEMPLE BETH TORAH2× · 2017–2018 · $128k
Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families2× · 2017–2018 · $104k · revenue -4%
Funded once
- UWUNITED WAY INCone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue -25%
- CCCSUCI CA STATE UNIV CHANNNEL ISLANDone grant, 2017 · $1k
- FOFocus On The Masters Incgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $850 · revenue +63%
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.
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.
Vista is a K-8 public charter school committed to providing a superior academic program enhanced by training in performing arts and a technologically advanced curriculum.
Our mission is to spark wonder and intellectual curiosity in each child. We achieve this through a purposeful blend of:Engaging academics custom-tailored to each child's abilities, strengths and interests;An unparalleled social-emotional…
Educational instruction
Hollywood Schoolhouse knows, values, and encourages fearless curiosity. Through a blended program of innovative academics and structured learning, our diverse community inspires students to be academically strong, artistically proud,…
enhancing the success and achievements of students.
See schedule 0founded in 1994, opera santa barbara is the signature provider of professional opera on the california central coast. we aspire to be a cultural leader in the santa barbara region, voicing and advancing our community's spirit…
Through academic and experiential learning, we encourage students to integrate critical thinking, creativity, integrity and compassion in order to develop the potential of each individual in our diverse community.
To conduct expeditionary learning through engaged teaching, a project-based curriculum, and a demanding and supportive school culture. Literacy is central and reading and writing are integrated through the curriculum. Character development…
Education
To serve the public through the collection, conservation, exhibition and interpretation of significant works of art from a broad range of cultures and historical periods, and through translation of these collections into meaningful…
The organization advances the arts in Ventura County providing arts education in schools, and opportunities in schools, other creative settings, advocating for local artists, arts organizations,partnerships among artists, supporters,…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 28 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Casa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF VENTURA COUNTY ↗
- Who funds INTERFACE INC ↗
- Who funds NEW WEST SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY INC ↗
- Who funds READING VILLAGE ↗
- Who funds Focus On The Masters Inc ↗
- Who funds VENTURA EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP ↗
- Who funds OXNARD FILM SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds BAY LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT FACULTY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY OF SANTA BARBARA INC ↗
- Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Riverfield Country Day School ↗
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: Ventura County Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Meister Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Meister Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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