· Private foundation
Messner Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k21 grants · $70k
- $10k–50k15 grants · $272k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $400k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| University of Pennsylvania | $200,000 |
| St Jude's Children's Hospital | $200,000 |
| Covenant House New Jersey Inc | $45,000 |
| St Christopher Hospital for Children | $32,471 |
| Friends of Jean Webster | $25,000 |
| Atlantic City Rescue Mission | $25,000 |
| Community Food Bank of New Jersey | $20,000 |
| St Maximillian Kolbe Parish | $20,000 |
| Sunshine Foundation | $20,000 |
| Samritans Purse | $15,000 |
| The Salvation Army | $10,000 |
| Deborah Hospital Foundation | $10,000 |
| Shore Memorial Hospital Foundation | $10,000 |
| Shriner's Hospitals for Children | $10,000 |
| Our Lady of Angels Parish | $10,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $820k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
50 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ACATLANTIC CITY RESCUE MISSION INC8× · 2017–2024 · $501k · revenue +107%
- CHCOVENANT HOUSE NEW JERSEY INC8× · 2017–2024 · $270k · revenue +37%
- SFSUNSHINE FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2024 · $121k · revenue +17%
Funded once
- CCCalvary Chapel of Ocean Cityone grant, 2022 · $3k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $3k
- GTGreater Tuchahoe Area Merchants Associationone grant, 2020 · $3k
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.
We are committed to providing exceptional quality care which sustains and improves both individual and community health, with a special concern for those who are poor, vulnerable and underserved.
The physicians of virtua medical group (vmg) share a common philosophy in all they do: to create an outstanding experience for patients. in a broad range of specialties, from family medicine to surgery to oncology, vmg's highly-trained…
To provide shelter, meals and case management for homeless families, as well as aiding the families in finding a home , family services and training.
East tennessee children's hospital is a free-standing, independent, not-for-profit pediatric health care system which serves the east tennessee region. children's hospital is certified by the state of tennessee as a comprehensive regional…
Samaritan is the preeminent provider of hospice and palliative (comfort) care, grief support, education, advocacy, and other life-enhancing services. we provide unparalleled services with respect, dignity and compassion for all people…
The mission of princeton healthcare system is to provide exceptional, compassionate care to enhance the health and wellness of our patients, their families, and our community. princeton healthcare system provides inpatient and outpatient…
To provide the highest quality heart, lung and vascular care in a collaborative and welcoming environment, while ensuring access for all.
My Fathers House, Inc. provides assessment, evaluation, intensive outpatient treatment, outpatient treatment, individual counseling, family counseling and aftercare group services. MFHs operation are located in Gloucester City, New Jersey.
The mission of the children's home society of new jersey is to save children's lives and build healthy families. chs provides at-risk children and their families with a range of culturally sensitive social services that strengthen, support…
The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
To be the preeminent provider of specialized healthcare services for infants, children and young adults. the organization provides medically necessary pediatric healthcare services to all children in a non-discriminatory manner regardless…
Concern's mission: concern brings hope, offers opportunity, and inspires change. concern's vision: to encourage growth and promote positive healthy lives.
How this is measured
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 61 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 TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
- Who funds ATLANTIC CITY RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE NEW JERSEY INC ↗
- Who funds SUNSHINE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The Friends of Jean Webster Inc ↗
- Who funds Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc ↗
- Who funds DEBORAH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds South Jersey Christian Academy ↗
- Who funds UPPER TOWNSHIP RESCUE SQUAD INC ↗
- Who funds MIRACLE FLIGHTS ↗
- Who funds HAVEN BEAT THE STREET INC ↗
- Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds FEED THE CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds GILDA'S CLUB SOUTH JERSEY INC ↗
- Who funds Beacon Animal Rescue ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ATLANTI ↗
- Who funds Ranch Hope Inc ↗
- Who funds Sierra House Inc ↗
- Who funds FAMILIES OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN OF TIDEWATER INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ATLANTIC COUNTY INC ↗
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: Oceanfirst Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Wawa Foundation Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Messner Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Messner Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Covenant House New Jersey Inc: 34% of income from government
- Jewish Family Services of Atlantic County Inc: 6% of income from government
- Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
- Sierra House Inc: 0% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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