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Myer Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Myer Family Charitable 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.

$4.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
41
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$6.0MHealth$3.6MReligion$3.1MHuman Services$2.5MFood & Nutrition$1.3MEducation$1.1MCommunity Improvement$945kInternational$667kOther$0
02FY2025 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $205k
  • $50k–250k21 grants · $1.5M
  • $250k+5 grants · $3.0M
$50,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AUSTIN RIDGE BIBLE CHURCH$1,000,000
MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES$500,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES$500,000
HEART GIFT$500,000
AUSTIN SMILES$500,000
BREAKTHROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS$100,000
MEALS ON WHEELS CENTRAL TEXAS$100,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$100,000
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$100,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS$100,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$100,000
ST JUDE RESEARCH HOSPITAL$100,000
CARITAS OF AUSTIN$75,000
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS$75,000
MIRACLE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION$68,000
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 (FY17–25, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BRIDGE OF HOPE: $50k → 6%DRUG AWARENESS FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $25k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $50k → 16%CIRCLES OF CARE: $10k → 16%KIDS WISH NETWORK: $10k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100k → 14%GOOD SAMARITAN: $25k → 18%GIFT OF ADOPTION FUND: $50k → 14%TEXAS HEALTHY AT HOME: $50k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $50k → 16%KIDS WISH NETWORK: $5k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $25k → 14%GIFT OF ADOPTION FUND: $50k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $10k → 16%KIDS WISH NETWORK: $2k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $25k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $10k → 14%BROOKWOOD IN GEORGETOWN: $5k → 6%COVENANT HOUSE: $15k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $10k → 16%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $50k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE: $10k → 16%PARTNERS AGAINST CHILD TRAFFICKING: $15k → 10%COVENANT HOUSE: $10k → 16%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $50k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE: $5k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE: $5k → 16%AGE OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $25k → 10%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $30k → 14%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $20k → 14%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 14%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $5k → 14%AUSTIN DIAPER BANK: $10k → 10%AUSTIN DIAPER BANK: $10k → 10%AUSTIN DIAPER BANK: $5k → 10%DISCOVERY PROGRAMS: $10k → 10%HELPING HAND CRISIS MINISTRY OF SPICEWOOD: $25k → 10%HELPING HAND CRISIS MINISTRY OF SPICEWOOD: $25k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 10%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 10%TEEN AND FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 10%AUSTIN DIAPER BANK: $10k → 10%AUSTIN DIAPER BANK: $5k → 10%SACRED SHARE: $10k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS: $25k → 10%MEALS ON WHEELS: $15k → 10%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

AK
WA
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
OK
MS
AL
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 82 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

82 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 51 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

82
90

Total granted

$14M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
0%

Still filing today

55%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $291k 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
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyInternationalReligionEducationOther
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

  • HF
    HEARTGIFT FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +282%
  • ML
    MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $660k · revenue +94%
  • AP
    Austin Plastic Surgery Foundation Austin Smiles
    5× · 2018–2025 · $655k · revenue +106% · 41% of their budget

Funded once

  • HH
    HELPING HAND HOME
    one grant, 2023 · $110k
  • MA
    MAKE A WISH AMERICA
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
  • DA
    DRUG AWARENESS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0% · 54% of their budget
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
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
2
Baylor Research Institute

To improve the care and well being of our community, nationally and internationally, through innovative clinically relevant research that is consistent with the mission, vision and values of Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH).

Health
3
National Domestic Violence Hotline

The national domestic violence hotline provides crisis intervention, saftey planning, resources, information, and referrals to those affected by relationship abuse.

Human Services
4
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
5
Cook Children's Health Plan

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health
6
Crisis Text Line Inc

By leveraging innovative technology and research, we are shaping mental health policy and systems to create a world where everyone has access to the support they need anytime, anywhere.

Health
7
HealthTexas Provider Network

To deliver the highest value patient experience through quality, safety, accessibility, and cost-effectiveness, enhanced by medical education and research in collaboration with Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH).

Health
8
Cook Children's Medical Center

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
9
Cook Children's Physician Network

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health
10
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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11
Cook Children's Medical Center - Prosper

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
12
Miracle Flights

Miracle flights is a national charity that provides free commercial airline tickets for u.s. residents in need of distant medical care not available in their own communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Central & South Texas; the most unlike its peers is Spinehope Fka Spinal Deformity Foundation Inc. 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

103 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. 103 of the 184 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
100/103
Grantees still filing
57/103
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESTLAKE BIBLE CHURCH: $2,000,000 · OtherWESTLAKE BIBLE CHURCHRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $1,110,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSEAUSTIN BAPTIST CHURCH: $570,000 · OtherAUSTIN BAPTIST CHURCHUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: $450,000 · OtherCARITAS OF AUSTIN: $345,000 · OtherPHOENIX CENTER: $475,000 · OtherPHOENIX CENTER+108 more: $3,954,935 · Other+108 moreAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $6,100,000 · PhilanthropyAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCRONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC: $600,000 · PhilanthropyRONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF G…+5 more: $203,200 · PhilanthropyHEARTGIFT FOUNDATION: $1,285,400 · HealthHEARTGIFT F…THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $295,000 · HealthTHE SHRINER…TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: $173,000 · HealthTEXAS SCOTT…THE SETTLEMENT CLUB: $75,000 · Health+18 more: $323,000 · Health+18 moreWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $270,000 · Human ServicesBUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $165,000 · Human ServicesGIFT OF ADOPTION FUND INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $55,000 · Human ServicesHelping Hand Crisis Ministry of Spicewood: $50,000 · Human ServicesDRUG AWARENESS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGE OF HOPE INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesTexas Healthy at Home: $50,000 · Human ServicesAUSTIN DIAPER BANK: $40,000 · Human ServicesMEALS ON WHEELS: $40,000 · Human Services+14 more: $199,000 · Human ServicesAustin Plastic Surgery Foundation Austin Smiles: $655,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $210,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $50,000 · InternationalCompassion International Incorporated: $40,200 · International+3 more: $52,000 · InternationalMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $660,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $95,000 · ReligionAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $66,500 · Religion+3 more: $55,000 · ReligionBREAKTHROUGH: $305,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $280,000 · Education+2 more: $25,000 · Education
Other$8,904,935Philanthropy$6,903,200Health$2,151,400Human Services$1,069,000International$1,007,200Religion$876,500Education$610,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $6,100,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetHEARTGIFT FOUNDATION: $1,285,400 over 8y, 9.8% of budgetMOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC: $660,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetAustin Plastic Surgery Foundation Austin Smiles: $655,000 over 5y, 41% of budgetRONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC: $600,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetPHOENIX CENTER: $475,000 over 9y, 8.9% of budgetCARITAS OF AUSTIN: $345,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH: $305,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $295,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $280,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $270,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $210,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $200,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: $173,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $165,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF TRAVIS COUNTY: $155,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGIFT OF ADOPTION FUND INC: $100,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $95,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL & SOUTH TEXAS: $95,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $85,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SETTLEMENT CLUB: $75,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $66,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $65,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAFE ALLIANCE: $65,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE TEXAS: $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHelping Hand Crisis Ministry of Spicewood: $50,000 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetDRUG AWARENESS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 54% of budgetBRIDGE OF HOPE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE MIRACLE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Healthy at Home: $50,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetDOWN SYNDROME ASSN OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTexas One Fund Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF AUSTIN INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $40,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION FINALLY HOME: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAUSTIN DIAPER BANK: $40,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS: $40,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetTHE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity High School Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetOPERATION BLUE SANTA: $35,000 over 3y, 46% of budgetAUSTIN GROUPS FOR THE ELDERLY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE JOSHUA FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAMI National: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARTGIFT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC ↗
  • Who funds Austin Plastic Surgery Foundation Austin Smiles ↗
  • Who funds RONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER NORTH TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds PHOENIX CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CARITAS OF AUSTIN ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH ↗
  • Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Central Texas Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF TRAVIS COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GIFT OF ADOPTION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL & SOUTH TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds SHARE OUR STRENGTH ↗
  • Who funds THE SETTLEMENT CLUB ↗
  • Who funds Miracle Childrens Foundation ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY ↗

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.

Austin Community Foun…Central Texas Communi…Topfer Family Foundat…Carl C Anderson Sr an…Harry E and Eda L Mon…United Way for Greate…Better Business BureauGreater Houston Commu…Shell USA Company Fou…Ecg FoundationA Glimmer of Hope Fou…United Way Worldwide
Austin Community Foundation IncTX40.1× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Central Texas Community Foundation · Topfer Family Foundation · Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation · Harry E and Eda L Montandon Charitable Tr · United Way for Greater Austin · Better Business Bureau · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Ecg Foundation · A Glimmer of Hope Foundation Austin · United Way Worldwide

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 184 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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