· 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.
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Myers Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Jewish Federation Of Greater Pittsburgh, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Myers Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $668k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2019
- Under $10k2 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $108k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $550k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF PHARMACY | $200,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF PHARMACY | $200,000 |
| THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC | $50,000 |
| JEWISH ASSOCIATION ON AGING | $50,000 |
| JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH | $50,000 |
| AVENTURA TURNBERRY JEWISH CENTER BETH JACOB INC | $47,500 |
| CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM | $25,000 |
| PEACE INITIATIVE INC | $25,000 |
| GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION | $10,000 |
| CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA | $5,000 |
| ALL HANDS ISRAEL INC | $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 (FY18–20, $255k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +7% since the first grant, against -30% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2019, 1 since wound down; 6 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
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TFTHE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC2× · 2018–2019 · $100k · revenue +93%
- CCCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC2× · 2018–2019 · $10k · revenue +15%
- GMGREATER MIAMI HILLEL FOUNDATION INC2× · 2020–2021 · $10k · revenue +7%
Funded once
- GMGREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATIONone grant, 2018 · $10k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $5k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HILLELone grant, 2018 · $5k
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 jewish federation of greater philadelphia mobilizes financial and volunteer resources to create a bright future for jewish people everywhere. the jewish federation cares for those in need, combats antisemitism and global crises, and…
Juf provides critical resources that bring food, refuge, health care, education and emergency assistance to over 500,000 chicagoans of all faiths and millions of jews in israel and around the world, funding a network of 100+ agencies,…
Federation amplifies our collective strength to make the world a better place for everyone. we assist people in need, impact chicagoans of all faiths; support israel and the jewish people worldwide; respond swiftly to crises; cultivate…
The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.
Hillel at Miami University, the center of Jewish life on campus, seeks to engage, connect, and empower students to explore their Jewish identity creating a vibrant Jewish community and inspiring the next generation of Jewish leaders.
The weitzman national museum of american jewish history, on independence mall in philadelphia, presents educational programs and experiences that preserve, explore, and celebrate the history of jews in america. its purpose is to connect…
Philadelphia jewish film and medias mission is to educate and engage diverse philadelphia communities, jewish and non-jewish alike, by presenting world-class film premieres, repertory cinema, and associated programs that are inspired by…
The jewish federation of greater atlanta cares for, connects and strengthens our jewish community throughout greater atlanta, israel and the world.
The jewish federation of greater washington (federation) envisions a connected and vibrant jewish community that cares for each other, fosters jewish learning and journeys, embraces jewish peoplehood and israel, and acts as a force for…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 20 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 JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds JEWISH ASSOCIATION ON AGING ↗
- Who funds THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF PITTSBURGH INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE PEACE INITIATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ALL HANDS ISRAEL INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER MIAMI HILLEL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds V-Day ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN PITTSBURGH SECTION ↗
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: Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
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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