· 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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $75k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM | $30,000 |
| 1ST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH LEXINGTON | $25,000 |
| ILLINOIS STATE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| THE BABY FOLD | $5,000 |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE CLINIC | $5,000 |
| TIMBER POINTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| JOSHUA TREE MINISTRIES | $2,000 |
| LEXINGTON EDUCATION ASSOC FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| MCLEAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| LEXINGTON AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| LEXINGTON COMMUNITY CENTER | $1,000 |
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 (FY20–25, $130k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TBTHE BABY FOLD6× · 2020–2025 · $130k · revenue +34%
- TOTOWN OF NORMAL CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM FOUNDATION6× · 2020–2025 · $74k · revenue +132%
University of Illinois Foundation6× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +74%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $40k
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 illinois state museum society, established in 1952, is a charitable organization recognized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. it plays a crucial role in supporting the illinois state museum by providing financial resources and advocating for…
The operation of a children's museum.
The primary purpose of the dent county museum is to promote the history of dent county, missouri and urge the preservation of its heritage through the operation of a house museum. furnishings and relics pertinent to preservation of the…
Founded in 1965, the glenview history center's mission is to preserve the cultural heritage of glenview by preserving the historic 1864 farmhouse as a museum and operating the history library with its impressive collection of historical…
To support the mission of osf healthcare system, a catholic integrated health care delivery system, through the provision of quality health care services related to comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care for children.
History museum of mchenry county, illinois.
Chicago childrens museum is a place where families and caregivers with infants and children are encouraged to create, explore, and discover together through play. the museum features three vibrant floors of exhibits and activities that…
To provide for the people of grundy county, illinois a museum building, collection, and preservation of historical data, records, and artifacts of its people.
To fund, create and maintain a museum and welcome center in Litchfield, Illinois, in order to educate the public on the city's rich history on Route 66 and provide space to house historical documents.
The primary exempt purpose of the Glencoe Historical Society is to provide historical information regarding the development, people, businesses, culture, and events of Glencoe, IL
Family medical centers community foundation, inc.'s specific purposes shall be to operate exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes of cumberland family medical center, inc.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 14 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 THE BABY FOLD ↗
- Who funds TOWN OF NORMAL CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE CLINIC ↗
- Who funds THE TIMBER POINTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MCLEAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds LEXINGTON COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds JOSHUA TREE MINISTRIES ↗
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: Parker Kemp Foundation · Illinois Prairie Community Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Snyder Family Foundation Nfp · The Growmark Foundation · 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.
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