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Milton Meyer Foundation

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.

$25k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$66kCivil Rights$26kEnvironment$15kAnimals$12kScience & Tech$11kHousing & Shelter$10kEducation$8kYouth Development$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$191k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FINE ARTS MUSEUM$2,500
KQED$2,300
ACLU$2,000
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY$1,800
UNCHAINED$1,500
UC BERKELEY$1,500
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$1,250
NATIVE ANIMAL RESCUE SANTA CRUZ$1,000
SCIENCE EDUCATION CENTER$1,000
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$1,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES$1,000
HOUSING MATTERS$1,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY$1,000
SANTA CRUZ TEEN CENTER$1,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$750
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 (FY22–24, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 45% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%RITTER CENTER: $300 → 8%RITTER CENTER: $300 → 8%HOMELESS GARDEN PROJECT: $500 → 13%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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$171k · 38 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

38 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
10

Total granted

$171k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+202%

Still filing today

53%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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
EnvironmentAnimalsArts & CultureHuman ServicesCrime & LegalFood & NutritionOther
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

  • HM
    HOUSING MATTERS
    8× · 2017–2025 · $9k · revenue +592%
  • SP
    SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $8k · revenue +10%
  • CS
    CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND
    6× · 2017–2022 · $7k · revenue +96%

Funded once

  • UB
    UC BERKELEY L S
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • UB
    UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2023 · $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
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
3
San Francisco Zoological Society

To connect all people with wildlife, inspire caring for nature, and advance conservation action.

Animals
4
Conservation Farms & Ranches

Preserving and enhancing the habitat of wildlife, such as sandhill cranes, waterfowl, raptors, which habitat expenses are supported by agricultural activities.

Housing & Shelter
5
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
6
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.

Environment
7
The Trust for Public Land

The trust for public land creates parks and protects land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. in the past year, we helped communities to plan for parks and conservation, fund parks and conservation,…

Environment
8
The California Wildlife Center

The california wildlife center (cwc) takes responsibility for the protection of all native wildlife through rehabilitiation, education and conservation. as the los angeles area's premier wildlife medical care and rehabilitation facility,…

Health
9
Wildearth Guardians

Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.

Unclassified
10
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance

California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.

Environment
11
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
12
Natural Areas Conservancy Inc

The natural areas conservancy champions urban natural areas in new york city and across the nation through innovative research, partnerships, and advocacy. we increase the health and resilience of urban forests and wetlands, catalyze…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wildlife Conservation Network Inc; the most unlike its peers is Native Animal Rescue. 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

25 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. 25 of the 50 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
18/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FINE ARTS MUSEUM: $22,500 · OtherFINE ARTS MUSEUMSCIENCE EDUCATION CENTER: $9,000 · OtherSCIENCE EDUCATION CENTERHOUSING MATTERS: $8,550 · OtherHOUSING MATTERSTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $6,250 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYACLU: $6,000 · OtherACLUUC BERKELEY FOUNDATION LS LEADERSHI: $5,000 · OtherPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY: $5,000 · OtherSANTA CRUZ TEEN CENTER: $4,150 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $4,000 · OtherSPIRIT ROCK FOUNDATION: $3,550 · Other+26 more: $31,000 · Other+26 moreKQED INC: $17,200 · Arts & CultureKQED INCSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $15,900 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYAMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE FOUNDATION: $9,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEA…NATIVE ANIMAL RESCUE: $5,050 · AnimalsPaws Helping People Inc: $3,000 · AnimalsMARIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,100 · AnimalsWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $500 · AnimalsSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $8,100 · Crime & LegalNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $5,650 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $500 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $250 · Environment+1 more: $200 · EnvironmentCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND: $6,500 · Food & NutritionGLIDE FOUNDATION: $3,750 · Religion
Other$105,000Arts & Culture$42,100Animals$10,650Crime & Legal$8,100Environment$6,600Food & Nutrition$6,500Religion$3,750

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 budgetKQED INC: $17,200 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: $15,900 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSING MATTERS: $8,550 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $8,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $6,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $5,650 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE ANIMAL RESCUE: $5,050 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY: $5,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGLIDE FOUNDATION: $3,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWILDCARE: $3,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPaws Helping People Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetSCHOLARMATCH INC: $2,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMARIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHOMELESS GARDEN PROJECT: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF SANTA CRUZ STATE PARKS: $900 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetRITTER CENTER: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPoint Lobos Foundation: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY: $200 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 KQED INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING MATTERS ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIVE ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY ↗
  • Who funds GLIDE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WILDCARE ↗
  • Who funds Paws Helping People Inc ↗
  • Who funds SCHOLARMATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds MARIN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOMELESS GARDEN PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF SANTA CRUZ STATE PARKS ↗
  • Who funds RITTER CENTER ↗

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.

Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA17.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Milton Meyer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Milton Meyer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Milton Meyer Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Milton Meyer Foundation 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 50 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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