· Private foundation
Myers Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $100k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
- $250k+2 grants · $550k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY | $300,000 |
| CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO | $250,000 |
| NEWMAN CATHOLIC CAMPUS MINISTRY | $100,000 |
| ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF SAN DIEGO | $50,000 |
| JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY | $50,000 |
| PASTOR OF SAINT JAMES CATHOLIC PARISH IN SOLANA BE | $30,000 |
| MIRACLE LEAGUE OF SAN DIEGO | $25,000 |
| HELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER | $25,000 |
| ST JOSEPH PARISH LAKE ORION | $10,000 |
| VILLA ANGELA ST JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| SPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC | $5,000 |
| AUTISM RESEARCH INSTITUTE | $5,000 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER | $5,000 |
| MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH | $5,000 |
| NORTH COAST REPERTORY THEATRE A NON PROFIT CORPORA | $5,000 |
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 (FY18–25, $68k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 63% 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.
16 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $148k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
John Carroll University8× · 2018–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +7%- MUMarquette University6× · 2019–2025 · $365k · revenue +46%
- HWHELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER8× · 2017–2025 · $250k · revenue +84%
Funded once
- CCCATHEDRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2024 · $698k
- TFTHE FOUNDATION FOR CATHOLIC SECONDARY EDUCATION OFone grant, 2023 · $450k
- CSCATHOLIC SECONDARY EDUCATION- DIOCESE OF SAN DIEGO INCORPORATEDone grant, 2023 · $399k
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.
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.
As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…
Saint mary's college of california invites you to passionately embrace knowledge, the challenges of scholarship, and the capacity to make lasting change in the world. the foundation for this is our mission. to probe deeply the mystery of…
Stanford university is one of a select group of american universities that have achieved eminence in both undergraduate and graduate education and research - cont'd sch o.
The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)
University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…
Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.
Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education
As a catholic university sponsored by the sisters of divine providence, our lady of the lake university is a community whose members are committed to serve students by: (continued on schedule o).
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 34 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 John Carroll University ↗
- Who funds Marquette University ↗
- Who funds HELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SOLON COMMUNITY LIVING INC ↗
- Who funds THE ORANGE EFFECT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Village at Marymount ↗
- Who funds MIRACLE LEAGUE OF SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds NORTH COAST REPERTORY THEATRE ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC ↗
- Who funds AUTISM RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds PETCO LOVE ↗
- Who funds PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHWEST SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
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: The San Diego Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Myers Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Myers Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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