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Melinda Lee Meyer Charitable Trust CO Mark Eskander ESQ Trustee

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.

$23k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$106kReligion$68kEducation$41kHuman Services$32kAnimals$20kPublic Benefit$9kInternational$5kArts & Culture$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$395k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHRINERS HOSPITAL$5,000
LOUISVILLE HIGH SCHOOL$5,000
ACCESS BOOKS$4,200
IGBY MINISTRIES$3,000
VOICE OF OC$2,500
LAFD FOUNDATION$2,000
SISTERS OF ST LOUIS$1,300
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–23, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $10k → 9%LA COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $11k → 14%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.
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$198k · 8 repeat orgs$95k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against -35% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
12

Total granted

$198k
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
-35%

Still filing today

63%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesAnimalsPhilanthropyReligionHealthOther
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

  • II
    IGBY INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES
    3× · 2020–2022 · $52k · revenue +140%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE NEWPORT BEACH ANIMAL SHELTER
    2× · 2017–2019 · $15k · revenue +372%
  • VO
    Voice of Orange CountyOrg
    2× · 2017–2025 · $9k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • COUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue -40%
  • IC
    IMMIGRANTS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION DBA LA Community Aid
    one grant, 2022 · $11k · revenue -45%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES HAWAII
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -36%
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
Kauai Spca

To provide a safety net for Kauai's homeless pets that cannot be assisted through existing Island Rescue efforts.

Animals
2
Animal Compassion Team of California

Providing shelter for domestic animals, through rescue, rehabilitation, adoption, and sanctuary and act as an advocate for the humane treatment of animals. to educate the public regarding the responsibilities of pet ownership, as well as…

Animals
3
Barstow Humane Society

Animal Care for Barstow Area

—
4
So Ca Bulldog Rescue Southern California Bulldog Rescue Inc

Southern California Bulldog Rescue, Inc. is a public benefit non-profit corporation organized and operated exclusively for eductional and charitable purposes. Specifically this organization will (a) instruct the public on subjects useful…

Animals
5
Preventing Euthanasia Through Rescue Dba Pet Rescue

The organization's mission is the rescuing, vetting and finding adoptive homes for homeless and abused cats and educating the public regarding euthanasia.

—
6
Animal Health Foundation of Ca

Non-profit entity sponsoring a variety of projects which promote animal well-being and the human-animal bond.

Animals
7
Paw Works Inc

Paw works was organized to keep ventura county and other california counties no-kill for dogs and cats.

Animals
8
Central California Labrador Retriever Rescue

Dog rescue and adoption

Animals
9
Hui Aloha 808

Homeless services and community building. Spreading compassion and aloha.

Human Services
10
Holidays for Lahaina Ohana Foundation

Holidays for Lahaina is a Lahaina based, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization on a mission to provide Thanksgiving meals and curated Christmas gift bags to wildfire victims.

—
11
Leave No Paws Behind Inc

Conduct animal rescues, rehabilitation and rehome senior animals abandoned to the shelter's system.

Animals
12
International Aid for Korean Animals and Korea Animal Protection Society

Prevention of cruelty to animals

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement; the most unlike its peers is Access Books. 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

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 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
6/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $65,900 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSISTERS OF ST LOUIS: $11,300 · OtherSISTERS OF ST LOUISIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherHIGHLAND HALL WALDORF SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherLOUISVILLE HIGH SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherSHRINERS HOSPITAL: $5,000 · OtherOUR LADY OF GRACE CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherIGBY MINISTRIES: $4,521 · Other+5 more: $9,000 · Other+5 moreIGBY INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES: $52,000 · ReligionIGBY INTERNATIONAL M…COUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT: $25,000 · EducationCOUNCIL FOR NAT…Voice of Orange CountyOrg: $8,569 · EducationVoice of Orange…ACCESS BOOKS: $5,400 · EducationACCESS BOOKSCruisin For a Cure: $35,000 · HealthCruisin For a…IMMIGRANTS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION DBA LA Community Aid: $11,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES HAWAII: $10,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE NEWPORT BEACH ANIMAL SHELTER: $15,000 · AnimalsPAWS OF HAWAII: $5,000 · AnimalsI PADRINI DI ANTONELLOS: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Other$115,721Religion$52,000Education$38,969Health$35,000Human Services$21,000Animals$20,000Philanthropy$10,000

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 budgetIGBY INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES: $52,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetCruisin For a Cure: $35,000 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE NEWPORT BEACH ANIMAL SHELTER: $15,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetIMMIGRANTS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION DBA LA Community Aid: $11,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES HAWAII: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVoice of Orange CountyOrg: $8,569 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetACCESS BOOKS: $5,400 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPAWS OF HAWAII: $5,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetALOHA HARVEST: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $2,000 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.

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.

Edwin T & Eleanor L M…William Schampeau Cha…Luise Mandel Charitab…Jack A & Marilyn M Zu…Steffi L Morris Chari…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Edwin T & Eleanor L Meyer Charitable TrCA17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Edwin T & Eleanor L Meyer Charitable Tr · William Schampeau Charitable Trust · Luise Mandel Charitable Trust CO Mark Eskander Esq · Jack A & Marilyn M Zuber Char Trust · Steffi L Morris Charitable Trust co Mark Eskander ESQ · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Melinda Lee Meyer Charitable Trust CO Mark Eskander ESQ Trustee funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Melinda Lee Meyer Charitable Trust CO Mark Eskander ESQ Trustee. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Melinda Lee Meyer Charitable Trust CO Mark Eskander ESQ Trustee through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 23 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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