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Robert E & Ann R Meredith Foundation at a glance

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Robert E & Ann R Meredith Foundation

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.

$71k
Granted FY2024still arriving
47
Grants FY2024still arriving
16
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$134kArts & Culture$132kHuman Services$127kEnvironment$76kHousing & Shelter$38kFood & Nutrition$38kPhilanthropy$33kPublic Benefit$29kOther$0
02FY2024 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k46 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$500
Median grant
16
States reached
$656k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY$20,000
EASTERSEALS$5,000
FRIENDS IN DEED$5,000
FOSTERING GREAT IDEAS$5,000
FRIENDS IN DEED$5,000
DETROIT RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES$5,000
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS$3,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCATION OF AMERICA$1,000
LITTLE TRAVERSE CONSERVANCY$1,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$500
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCATION OF AMERICA$500
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT$500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%FASTERING GREAT IDEAS: $7k → 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $5k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $5k → 14%FOSTERING GREAT IDEAS: $5k → 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $75 → 14%FOSTERING GREAT IDEAS: $500 → 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $48 → 14%SOS COMMUNITY SERVICES: $500 → 14%PEACE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $500 → 14%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

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
NE
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
SC
DC
LA
GA
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$718k · 57 repeat orgs$78k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

57 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 37 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
16

Total granted

$718k
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+1%

Still filing today

46%
6%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CulturePublic BenefitOther
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

  • FI
    Friends In Deed
    4× · 2021–2024 · $45k · revenue +3%
  • AA
    Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Inc
    4× · 2019–2023 · $30k · revenue +47%
  • UO
    University of Michigan
    5× · 2019–2023 · $30k · revenue +140%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - MUSICAL SOCIETY
    one grant, 2018 · $16k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $7k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $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.

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
Michigan Enviromental Council

Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.

Environment
2
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

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3
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
4
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
5
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
6
Business Leaders for Michigan Foundation

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

Community Improvement
7
Michigan Farmers Market Association

Mifma supports the viability of all community-driven marketplaces so that they can connect all consumers to local farms and businesses.

Food & Nutrition
8
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
9
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
10
Alumni Association of the University of Michigan

The Association is an independent worldwide organization that nurtures lifelong relationships with and among current and future Michigan alumni. As a committed partner of the University the Association offers programs of relevance and…

Education
11
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.

—
12
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

39 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. 39 of the 95 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/39
Grantees still filing
30/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $60,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNIVERSITY MUSICAL: $55,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY MUSICALFriends In Deed: $45,000 · OtherFriends In DeedAnn Arbor Symphony Orchestra Inc: $30,480 · OtherUniversity of Michigan: $30,200 · OtherWCC FOUNDATIONS: $30,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $26,000 · Other+64 more: $351,944 · Other+64 moreECOLOGY CENTER: $19,700 · EnvironmentLEGACY LAND CONSERVANCY: $17,500 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $10,800 · Environment+2 more: $1,770 · EnvironmentAmerican Heart Association Inc: $15,165 · HealthALPHA OMICRON PI FOUNDATION: $9,897 · HealthDetroit Rescue Mission Ministries: $5,500 · HealthMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,500 · Health+4 more: $2,150 · HealthUNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY: $20,000 · Arts & CultureAnn Arbor Summer Festival Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMACKINAC CENTER: $19,500 · Public BenefitFISHER HOUSE MICHIGAN: $10,000 · Public BenefitNeutral Zone: $10,700 · Youth DevelopmentGROWING HOPE INC: $9,150 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS HEART OF MICHIGAN: $5,500 · Youth DevelopmentFOSTERING GREAT IDEAS: $12,500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,123 · Human Services+2 more: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$628,624Environment$49,770Health$35,212Arts & Culture$30,000Public Benefit$29,500Youth Development$25,350Human Services$23,623

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 budgetFriends In Deed: $45,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetAnn Arbor Symphony Orchestra Inc: $30,480 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $30,200 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $26,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetECOLOGY CENTER: $19,700 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMACKINAC CENTER: $19,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLEGACY LAND CONSERVANCY: $17,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $16,650 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD GATHERERS: $15,825 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS INC: $15,650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $15,165 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYPSILANTI MEALS ON WHEELS: $12,894 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFOSTERING GREAT IDEAS: $12,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $10,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNeutral Zone: $10,700 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $10,500 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TIBET: $10,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,123 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAnn Arbor Summer Festival Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFISHER HOUSE MICHIGAN: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetALPHA OMICRON PI FOUNDATION: $9,897 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGROWING HOPE INC: $9,150 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDetroit Rescue Mission Ministries: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS HEART OF MICHIGAN: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $3,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $770 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTER ASSOCIATION OF WASHTENAW COUNTY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeace Neighborhood Center: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrison Dharma Network Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOS COMMUNITY SERVICES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ANN ARBOR: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $150 over 3y, 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.

  • Who funds Friends In Deed ↗
  • Who funds Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Inc ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ECOLOGY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MACKINAC CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LEGACY LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD GATHERERS ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds YPSILANTI MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds FOSTERING GREAT IDEAS ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Neutral Zone ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TIBET ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds Ann Arbor Summer Festival Inc ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds ALPHA OMICRON PI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GROWING HOPE INC ↗

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.

Ann Arbor Area Commun…United Way of Washten…Harry a and Margaret …DTE Energy FoundationJames a and Faith Kni…The Martin Family Fou…Community Foundation …Duffy FoundationCharles Stewart Mott …Vaughan FoundationThe Buhr FoundationComerica Charitable F…
Ann Arbor Area Community FoundationMI34.4× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · United Way of Washtenaw County · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · James a and Faith Knight Foundation · The Martin Family Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Duffy Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Vaughan Foundation · The Buhr Foundation · Comerica Charitable Foundation

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 Robert E & Ann R Meredith Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert E & Ann R Meredith Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to Robert E & Ann R Meredith Foundation 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 95 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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