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Merrill D and Elizabeth T Freeman Foundation Inc at a glance

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Merrill D and Elizabeth T Freeman Foundation Inc

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$21k
Granted FY2019
39
Grants FY2019
13
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Merrill D and Elizabeth T Freeman Foundation Inc’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Coral Gables Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Merrill D and Elizabeth T Freeman Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 25 organizations, $21k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

8
’17
12
’18
25
’19
0
’20
0
’22

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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 2022.

Philanthropy$364kHealth$29kInternational$4kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kAnimals$2kEnvironment$2kHousing & Shelter$2kArts & Culture$2kOther$0
02FY2019 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
13
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION$6,000
CORAL GABLES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$2,000
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING$1,000
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCH OF MEDICINE$1,000
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES$1,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US$750
WORLD VISION$700
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$500
SALVATION ARMY MIAMI AREA COMMAND$500
NAVAJO RELIEF FUND$500
CARE$500
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$500
HEIFER INTERNATIONAL$300
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION$250
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$250
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 (FY17–19, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%COVENANT HOUSE: $600 → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $250 → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $250 → 17%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

WA
NY
MA
OR
SD
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
AR
DC
GA
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$33k · 21 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2019, 2 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call). Read against FY2019, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
5

Total granted

$33k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+114%

Still filing today

48%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
InternationalHealthAnimalsEnvironmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $2k · revenue +98%
  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $1k · revenue +34%
  • SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $1k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • MP
    MIAMI PROJECT TO CURE PARALYSIS
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2018 · $500
  • ES
    EASTER SEALS
    one grant, 2017 · $500
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
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
3
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
4
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
5
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
6
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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7
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
8
Americares Foundation Inc

Americares mission is to help people and communities around the world access (see schedule o).

International
9
United States Pharmacopeial Convention

Usp's mission is to improve global health through public standards and related programs that help ensure the quality, safety, and benefit of medicines and foods.

Health
10
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
11
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
12
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals

To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Paws for Purple Hearts. 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, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 47 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
24/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CORAL GABLES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $364,296 · PhilanthropyCORAL GABLES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC+1 more: $100 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $12,000 · OtherNATIONAL M…MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · OtherMULTIPLE S…MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING: $4,000 · OtherMEMORIAL S…CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES: $2,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCH OF MEDICINE: $2,000 · Other+24 more: $11,950 · Other+24 moreMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,500 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $700 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $500 · InternationalMercy Corps: $250 · InternationalMercy Ships International: $250 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $250 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $250 · InternationalHumane World for Animals Inc: $750 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF GREATER MIAMI-DADE FOR POCTA AAP: $750 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $500 · AnimalsSOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP INC: $750 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $250 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $250 · HealthCOVENANT HOUSE: $1,100 · Human ServicesSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$364,396Other$37,950International$3,700Animals$2,000Health$1,750Human Services$1,100Arts & Culture$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCORAL GABLES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $364,296 over 4y, 13% of budgetMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMILLUS HOUSE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $100 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Merrill D and Elizabeth T Freeman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Merrill D and Elizabeth T Freeman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Camillus House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 47 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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