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Nina & James Meyer Family Fdtn at a glance

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Nina & James Meyer Family Fdtn

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$260k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$774kHuman Services$165kFood & Nutrition$68kEnvironment$55kAnimals$51kPhilanthropy$33kCivil Rights$25kEducation$23kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NYU LANGONE HEALTH$100,000
CONQUER PARALYSIS NOW$100,000
OUTRUN THE SUN$20,000
FIVE STAR LIFE$15,000
COBURN PLACE$15,000
JOJO'S JUMPSTART FOUNDATION$5,000
OUTRUN THE SUN$5,000
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 (FY19–24, $165k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AUTONATION FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 13%DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS: $3k → 8%COBURN PLACE: $28k → 16%DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS: $3k → 8%COBURN PLACE: $18k → 16%DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS: $3k → 8%COBURN PLACE: $15k → 16%COBURN PLACE: $15k → 16%COBURN PLACE: $15k → 16%COBURN PLACE: $15k → 16%COBURN PLACE: $15k → 16%COBURN PLACE: $10k → 16%COBURN PLACE: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
NV
IN
NJ
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$951k · 17 repeat orgs$299k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
25

Total granted

$951k
$284k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+21%

Still filing today

65%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthYouth DevelopmentAnimalsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEmploymentOther
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

  • CP
    COBURN PLACE SAFEHAVEN II INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $141k · revenue +29%
  • OT
    OUTRUN THE SUN INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $132k · revenue +13%
  • RI
    RESOLVE Incorporated
    5× · 2019–2023 · $73k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • NA
    NORTHER ARIZONA HEALTHCARE
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • CC
    Chicago Cred Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue -1%
  • AF
    AUTONATION FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +66%
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
American Cancer Society Inc

Improve the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support, to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.

Health
2
National Comprehensive Cancer Network

To define and advance quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care and prevention so all people can live better lives.

Health
3
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
4
National Foundation for Cancer Research

To support cancer research and public education relating to prevention, earlier diagnosis, better treatments and ultimately, a cure for cancer.

Health
5
Ceo Roundtable On Cancer Inc

The mission of the ceo roundtable on cancer is to make continual progress toward the elimination of cancer as a personal disease and public health problem through initiatives that reduce the risk of cancer, enable early diagnosis,…

Health
6
Commonwealth Cancer Consortium Inc

Break through cancer is a foundation dedicated to supporting translational research in the most difficult to treat cancers. our partner organizations are among the top cancer research centers and together, represent some of the most…

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7
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
8
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
9
The Children's Cancer Cause Inc

The mission of children's cancer cause is to champion policies and programs that improve the lives of children with cancer and survivors.

Health
10
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
11
Junior Achievement of Chicago

To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy

International
12
Common Impact Inc

Common impact's mission is to strengthen the capacity of social change organizations, enabling them to better run and scale their programs. through its partnership with companies, common impact taps into the business skills and expertise…

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Developmental Pathways Inc; the most unlike its peers is Chicago Cred 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

29 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. 29 of the 45 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
17/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONQUER PARALYSIS NOW: $200,000 · OtherCONQUER PARALYSIS NOWNYU LANGONE HEALTH: $150,000 · OtherNYU LANGONE HEALTHNORTHER ARIZONA HEALTHCARE: $100,000 · OtherNORTHER ARIZONA HEALTHCAREPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $45,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD+23 more: $209,610 · Other+23 moreOUTRUN THE SUN INC: $132,000 · HealthOUTRUN THE SUN INCRESOLVE Incorporated: $72,500 · HealthRESOLVE IncorporatedMAYO CLINIC: $15,000 · HealthMAYO CLINICBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $10,000 · Health+2 more: $10,000 · HealthCOBURN PLACE SAFEHAVEN II INC: $141,000 · Human ServicesCOBURN PLACE S…AUTONATION FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesAUTONATION FOU…DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS INC: $8,500 · Human ServicesGRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY: $55,000 · EnvironmentBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $29,500 · AnimalsPAWS CHICAGO: $15,000 · AnimalsOLD FRIENDS SENIOR DOGS INC: $6,000 · AnimalsFIVE STAR LIFE INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentJOJOS JUMPSTART FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentRole Model Movement Inc (NFP): $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentCHICAGO SURVIVORS INC: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentFeeding America: $32,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$704,610Health$239,500Human Services$164,500Environment$55,000Animals$50,500Youth Development$35,000Food & Nutrition$32,500

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 budgetCOBURN PLACE SAFEHAVEN II INC: $141,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetOUTRUN THE SUN INC: $132,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetRESOLVE Incorporated: $72,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetGRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY: $55,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding America: $32,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $29,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Cred Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN: $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAUTONATION FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIVE STAR LIFE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPAWS CHICAGO: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOJOS JUMPSTART FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetRACING FOR CANCER INC: $11,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope For The Warriors: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFIREBIRD COMMUNITY ARTS: $7,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetOLD FRIENDS SENIOR DOGS INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOMMY STRONG FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetLUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCODE PLATOON NFP: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRole Model Movement Inc (NFP): $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO SURVIVORS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt John's School: $1,000 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.

The Chicago Community…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…AbbVie FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Paypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
The Chicago Community TrustIL13× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Nina & James Meyer Family Fdtn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nina & James Meyer Family Fdtn. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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 · 0–20%
    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 45 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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