· Private foundation
Olga and David Melin Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k13 grants · $31k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $68k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC | $25,000 |
| THE CHOPIN FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED STATES | $20,000 |
| SUN VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL | $13,030 |
| ADRIENNE ARSHT FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| MIAMI SALON GROUP | $7,000 |
| VARIOUS DONATIONS 500 OR LESS | $5,429 |
| MIAMI CITY BALLET | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| COLDWELL BANKER REALTY CARES FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| DRANOFF PIANO FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| ORCHESTRA MIAMI | $2,000 |
| CHORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH | $1,300 |
| FUNDING ARTS NETWORK | $1,200 |
| SOUTH FLORIDA PBS | $1,000 |
| LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE | $500 |
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 (FY20–21, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SVSUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC8× · 2017–2024 · $168k · revenue +7%
- MCMIAMI CITY BALLET INC8× · 2017–2024 · $45k · revenue +46%
- MSMIAMI SALON GROUP INC8× · 2017–2024 · $35k · revenue +24%
Funded once
- 1A140 ADDITIONAL CHARITABLEone grant, 2018 · $23k
- VDVARIOUS DONATIONS LESS THAN 500one grant, 2022 · $12k
- 1A100 ADDITIONAL CHARITABLEone grant, 2017 · $11k
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 orchestra is dedicated to bringing orchestral music of the highest caliber to south florida. its mission is to delight, inspire and educate the communities we serve through music.
Please refer to schedule o for the organization's complete mission statement.
Community orchestra
The mission of greater miami opera is to enrich people's lives through an awareness and deeper appreciation of opera. by expanding its reach to diverse communities throughout miami and fort lauderdale and wider audiences abroad creating a…
To enrich people's lives through an awareness and deeper appreciation of opera in broward county.
Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…
Present the world's greatest musical artists in chamber music concerts of classical and alternative genres for diverse audiences. offer music education to concert attendees, students, and aspiring young musicians.
Renowned for its artistic excellence, innovative programming and commitment to community engagement, the miami symphony orchestra, celebrating its 35th season, stands as miami cultural cornestone and a premier orchestral institution in…
Present classical music concerts and educational and community outreach activities.
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
How this is measured
23 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. 23 of the 55 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 SUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA GRAND OPERA INC ↗
- Who funds MIAMI CITY BALLET INC ↗
- Who funds MIAMI SALON GROUP INC ↗
- Who funds CHOPIN FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEIT ISSIE SHAPIRO INC ↗
- Who funds NEW WORLD SYMPHONY INC ↗
- Who funds MIAMI MUSIC FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds MIAMI MUSIC PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds MYRIAD USA INC ↗
- Who funds ORCHESTRA MIAMI INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC ↗
- Who funds BARRY UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds INTER-AMERICAN CHOREOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF POLISH CULTURE INC ↗
- Who funds MASTER CHORALE OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
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 Miami Foundation Inc · Louis Leibowitz Memorial Charitable Trust · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · John S and James L Knight Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Olga and David Melin Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Olga and David Melin Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Miami Music Project Inc: 2% of income from government
- Barry University Inc: 1% of income from government
- New World Symphony Inc: 0% of income from government
- Master Chorale of South Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
- Sanctuary of the Arts Inc: 0% of income from government
- South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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