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Myers Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Myers Family Foundation Inc

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.

$70k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$75kHealth$40kYouth Development$28kHuman Services$27kPublic Benefit$20kCrime & Legal$13kHousing & Shelter$10kFood & Nutrition$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $32k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$388k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STANFORD HEALTHCARE - SPECIAL PATIENT SERVICES$12,000
INSIGHT HOUSING (FKA BERKELEY FOOD AND HOUSING PROJECT)$10,000
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR STRESS AND RESILIENCE$10,000
SUSIES PLACE$5,000
BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES$5,000
INDIANA TRIO$5,000
KNOT TODAY$5,000
PARK TUDORFOUNDATION INC$2,500
UCSF FOUNDATION$2,500
IPS FOUNDATION$2,500
VOTEORG$2,000
100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS$2,000
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS$1,500
GIRL TALK INCORPORATED$1,000
WE NEED US FOUNDATION INC$1,000
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 (FY19–25, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%INSIGHT HOUSING (FKA BERKELEY FOOD AND HOUSING PROJECT): $10k → 10%STRUGGLE MADE US INC: $1k → 5%INDIANA CHAPTER OF NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE INC: $3k → 13%AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH SERVICE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $3k → 15%THE JULIAN CENTER INC: $3k → 16%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $2k → 16%100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS: $2k → 16%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $5k → 16%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $3k → 16%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.

39%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$90k · 8 repeat orgs$140k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
9

Total granted

$90k
$74k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+27%

Still filing today

100%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’19’20’21’22’23’25
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalPublic BenefitFood & 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

  • SH
    STANFORD HEALTH CARE
    3× · 2020–2023 · $15k · revenue +61%
  • Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis
    3× · 2021–2025 · $10k · revenue +26%
  • CF
    COLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION
    2× · 2019–2020 · $8k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • BO
    BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY DBA STANFORD UNIV
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • CF
    CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -50%
  • UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -29%
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
Enroll Indy Inc

Enroll indy helps families choose schools that meet their children's needs by providing a one-stop enrollment process, school information that is relevant and easy to understand, and data to inform school improvement in indianapolis,…

Education
2
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
3
University of Indianapolis

The University of Indianapolis champions lifelong learning through relevant and innovative education that fosters experiential learning, diverse perspectives, service for impact, and a global mindset.

Education
4
Indiana Center for Prevention of Youth Abuse and Suicide

Child advocacy organization that focuses on the prevention of child sexual abuse and youth suicide.

Youth Development
5
Indiana Institute of Technology Inc

Indiana tech is a private, independent, and non-denominational university. students are prepared for active participation in the complex, global society of the 21st century and are motivated toward a life of significance and worth. about…

Education
6
Indiana University Alumni Association Inc

The indiana university alumni association activates and supports the global alumni network- encouraging alumni to grow a lifelong connection with indiana university, and inspiring their ongoing generosity toward each other and the…

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7
Leadership Indianapolis Inc

Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.

Public Benefit
8
Kipp Indianapolis Inc

KIPP Indy is a network of tuition-free, open-enrollment, college preparatory, public charter schools. KIPP Indy's mission is to create a network of schools that provides educationally underserved children with a rigorous education that…

Education
9
Indiana Youth Institute Inc

Our mission is to improve the lives of all indiana children by strengthening and connecting the people, organizations, and communities focused on kids and youth.

Human Services
10
Independent Colleges of Indiana Inc

The Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) advances and strengthens the competitive standing of its 29 member independent, nonprofit, regionally accredited, degree granting colleges and universities. ICI works to ensure opportunity, access,…

Education
11
Cincinnati Youth Collaborative

Cincinnati Youth Collaborative ("CYC") empowers young people to overcome barriers and excel in education, career, and life.

Education
12
The Indianapolis Foundation Inc

To mobilize people, ideas, and investments to make this a community where all individuals have equitable opportunity to reach their full potential - no matter place, race or identity.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis; the most unlike its peers is Ymca Foundation of Greater Indianapolis. 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 33 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
13/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY DBA STANFORD UNIV: $25,000 · OtherBOARD OF TRUSTEES OF LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR…STANFORD HEALTHCARE - SPECIAL PATIENT SERVICES: $12,000 · OtherSTANFORD HEALTHCARE - SPECIAL PATIENT SERVI…CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR STRESS AND RESILIENCE: $10,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR STRESS AND RESILIE…COLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION: $7,500 · OtherCOLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATIONYMCA Foundation of Greater Indianapolis: $5,375 · OtherYMCA Foundation of Greater IndianapolisBETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $5,000 · OtherBETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICESThe Hendricks County Child Advocacy Center Inc: $5,000 · OtherThe Hendricks County Child Advocacy Center …SECOND HELPINGS INC: $5,500 · OtherSECOND HELPINGS INCIndianapolis Private Industry Council: $3,250 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY OF INDIANAPOLIS: $3,000 · Other+5 more: $6,500 · Other+5 moreBLACK GIRLS CODE INC: $24,750 · EducationBLACK GIRLS CODE INCBRIGHTLANE LEARNING CORP: $5,500 · EducationBRIGHTLANE LEARNING CO…UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $5,000 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE F…INDIANA TRIO INC: $5,000 · EducationINDIANA TRIO INCUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $2,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORN…PARK TUDOR FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · EducationPARK TUDOR FOUNDATION …Insight Housing FKA Berkeley Food and Housing Project: $10,000 · Human ServicesInsight Housing…Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis: $9,500 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Chr…Affecting Our Community Through Service: $3,250 · Human ServicesAffecting Our C…INDIANA CHAPTER OF NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesINDIANA CHAPTER…THE JULIAN CENTER INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesTHE JULIAN CENT…100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $2,000 · Human Services100 BLACK MEN O…+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INC: $25,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR L…VOTEORG: $17,000 · Civil RightsSTANFORD HEALTH CARE: $15,125 · HealthKNOT TODAY INC: $5,000 · Crime & LegalMARION COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $3,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$88,125Education$45,250Human Services$31,750Public Benefit$25,000Civil Rights$17,000Health$15,125Crime & Legal$8,000

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 budgetCENTER FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBLACK GIRLS CODE INC: $24,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVOTEORG: $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSTANFORD HEALTH CARE: $15,125 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInsight Housing FKA Berkeley Food and Housing Project: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis: $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBRIGHTLANE LEARNING CORP: $5,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSECOND HELPINGS INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA Foundation of Greater Indianapolis: $5,375 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANA TRIO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetIndianapolis Private Industry Council: $3,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANA CHAPTER OF NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF INDIANAPOLIS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JULIAN CENTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARION COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $3,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARK TUDOR FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 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.

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.

Lilly Endowment IncThe Indianapolis Foun…Griffith Family Found…Indiana Youth Institu…Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…Lumina Foundation for…Salesforce FoundationPacers Foundation IncNina Mason Pulliam Ch…United Way of Central…Central Indiana Commu…Arthur Dean Family Fo…
Lilly Endowment IncIN20.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Griffith Family Foundation Inc · Indiana Youth Institute Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Salesforce Foundation · Pacers Foundation Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Arthur Dean Family Foundation Inc

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 Myers Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Myers Family Foundation Inc. 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Myers Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Myers Family Foundation Inc 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 33 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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