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Roslyn Milstein Meyer and Jerome Meyer Foundation R&J Meyer Trustees

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.

$243k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$649kPhilanthropy$435kHealth$406kEducation$299kYouth Development$284kHuman Services$202kEnvironment$135kCivil Rights$130kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $85k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$93k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLIMATEHAVEN$50,000
CT VOICES FOR CHILDREN$50,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN$50,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF CT$25,000
ONLINE JOURNALISM PROJECT$25,000
LEGACY THEATRE$20,000
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND IDEAS$15,000
STONY CREEK MUSEUM$7,500
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 (FY20–24, $115k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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.

area typical 10%CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ACTION: $5k → 12%Connecticut Voices for Children: $10k → 12%The Connecticut Hospice: $10k → 12%Youth Continuum Inc: $50k → 12%Youth Continuum Inc: $25k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $15k → 12%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

WI
NY
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 30 repeat orgs$656k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
50

Total granted

$1.8M
$581k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+23%

Still filing today

67%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • NH
    NEW HAVEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND IDEAS INC
    3× · 2017–2025 · $230k · revenue +34%
  • OJ
    Online Journalism Project Incorporated
    6× · 2018–2025 · $100k · revenue +856%
  • UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC
    4× · 2019–2025 · $80k · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • CC
    City Center Of New York
    one grant, 2019 · $75k
  • SF
    Soundview Family YMCA
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • UT
    URU THE RIGHT TO BE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -96%
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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc

Connecticut public broadcasting, inc. will inform, educate and inspire the people of connecticut, connecting and empowering the people of ct through outstanding journalism, storytelling, education and experiences, to make our state a more…

Arts & Culture
3
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy

Ccp organizes, inspires, and equips a community of funders to learn, collaborate, and lead together for sustained impact and social change in connecticut.

Philanthropy
4
Connecticut Humanities Council Inc

Connecticut humanities champions the enduring value of public humanities in our lives and civil society. through grant funding and capacity building, cth strives to ensure the public humanities will continue to inspire storytelling,…

Arts & Culture
5
Cold Spring School Inc

Cold spring school challenges children to become self-reliant, curious and resourceful problem solvers with the academic and social skills to engage constructively and ethically in our diverse, changing world.

Education
6
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
7
The Children's Community Programs of Ct

The children's community programs of connecticut, inc., is a nonprofit, multi-service agency whose mission is to provide diverse and creative support services to children and families throughout connecticut.

Health
8
University of Hartford

Dedicated to learning, personal growth, knowledge creation, and the betterment of society. the university engages students in aquiring the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to thrive in and contribute to a pluralistic, complex world.

Education
9
Universal Health Care Fndtn of Ct Inc

The Universal Health Care Foundation's mission is to be a catalyst that engages people and communities in shaping a democratic health system that provides universal access to quality health care and promotes health in Connecticut. The…

Health
10
Jewish Family Service of Greater New Hav

Jewish family service of greater new haven (jfsgnh) supports and strengthens individual, family, and community life by providing a wide range of social services. we welcome people of all ages, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations,…

Human Services
11
Nuvance Health Medical Practice Ct Inc

Improve the health of every person in our community through the efficient delivery of excellent, innovative and compassionate care.

—
12
Community Health Center Inc

Community health center (chc) is building a world class primary care organization, improving health outcomes and building healthier communities through clinical excellence, research and innovation, and training the next generation. chc is…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven; the most unlike its peers is American Museum of Natural History. 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

52 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. 52 of the 87 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/52
Grantees still filing
36/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SURPRISE LAKE CAMP: $279,025 · OtherSURPRISE LAKE CAMPFOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND TRAUMA INC: $105,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND TRAUMA INCWomen's Health Research At Yale: $100,000 · OtherWomen's Health Research At YaleCT MirrorCT News Project: $100,000 · OtherCT MirrorCT News ProjectCity Center Of New York: $75,000 · OtherCT VOICES FOR CHILDREN: $70,000 · OtherCT News Project Inc: $50,000 · OtherSoundview Family YMCA: $50,000 · OtherYale University - Women's Health Research At Yale: $50,000 · OtherCLIMATEHAVEN INC: $50,000 · Other+45 more: $492,925 · Other+45 moreNEW HAVEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND IDEAS INC: $230,000 · Arts & CultureNEW HAVEN INTER…THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE: $41,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CONNECTICUT…THE LEGACY THEATRE INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LEGACY THEA…MUSIC HAVEN INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC HAVEN INC+4 more: $25,500 · Arts & Culture+4 moreTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER NEW HAVEN: $150,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY …HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING: $100,000 · PhilanthropyHARTFORD FOUND…UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $80,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF …+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyREAD TO GROW INC: $110,000 · EducationURU THE RIGHT TO BE INC: $50,000 · EducationNEW HAVEN READS COMMUNITY BOOK BANK INC: $20,000 · EducationTHE FOOTE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $15,000 · Education+2 more: $7,500 · EducationOnline Journalism Project Incorporated: $100,000 · HealthYALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL: $46,000 · HealthFAIR HAVEN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC INC: $26,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Health+2 more: $1,500 · HealthYOUTH CONTINUUM INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE CONNECTICUT HOSPICE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE CARL SAFINA CENTER INC THE SAFINA CENTER: $45,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentGATHER NEW HAVEN INC (FORMELY NEW HAVEN LAND TRUST INC): $5,000 · Environment
Other$1,421,950Arts & Culture$356,500Philanthropy$340,000Education$202,500Health$183,500Human Services$115,000Environment$60,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSURPRISE LAKE CAMP: $279,025 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetNEW HAVEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND IDEAS INC: $230,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER NEW HAVEN: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetREAD TO GROW INC: $110,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND TRAUMA INC: $105,000 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetOnline Journalism Project Incorporated: $100,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetHARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC: $80,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetYOUTH CONTINUUM INC: $75,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetURU THE RIGHT TO BE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetYALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL: $46,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARL SAFINA CENTER INC THE SAFINA CENTER: $45,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetTHE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE: $41,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE LEGACY THEATRE INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFAIR HAVEN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC INC: $26,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC HAVEN INC: $25,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetINTEGRATED REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SERVICES: $21,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCLIFFORD BEERS COMMUNITY CARE CENTER INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW HAVEN READS COMMUNITY BOOK BANK INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetTHE FOOTE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CONNECTICUT HOSPICE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW HAVEN ECOLOGY PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HAVEN - URBAN RESOURCES INITIATIVE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF EASTERN CONNECTICUT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT VOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF NEW HAVEN INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCIRCLE CAMPS FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetNEW HAVEN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIBERTY COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGATHER NEW HAVEN INC (FORMELY NEW HAVEN LAND TRUST INC): $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEdith B Jackson Child Care Program Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNew Haven Free Public Library Foundation Incorporated: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTAWONGA JEWISH COMMUNITY CORPORATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S PRESCHOOL INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Guilford Volunteer Fire Dept Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.6% 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 SURPRISE LAKE CAMP ↗
  • Who funds NEW HAVEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND IDEAS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER NEW HAVEN ↗
  • Who funds READ TO GROW INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND TRAUMA INC ↗
  • Who funds Online Journalism Project Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH CONTINUUM INC ↗
  • Who funds CLIMATEHAVEN INC ↗
  • Who funds URU THE RIGHT TO BE INC ↗
  • Who funds YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds THE CARL SAFINA CENTER INC THE SAFINA CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS FOUNDATION INC D/B/A LONG WHARF THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds THE LEGACY THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds FAIR HAVEN COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC HAVEN INC ↗
  • Who funds INTEGRATED REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds CLIFFORD BEERS COMMUNITY CARE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW HAVEN READS COMMUNITY BOOK BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE 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.

The Community Foundat…Newalliance Foundatio…Seedlings FoundationYale UniversityEder Family Foundatio…William Caspar Graust…United Way of Greater…The Jane and William …Ethel & Abe Lapides F…Liberty Bank Foundati…MFUND IncThe Sassafras Foundat…
The Community Foundation for Greater New HavenCT57.5× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Newalliance Foundation Inc · Seedlings Foundation · Yale University · Eder Family Foundation Inc · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · United Way of Greater New Haven Inc · The Jane and William Curran Foundation Inc C/O Margaret Andreassi · Ethel & Abe Lapides Foundation Inc · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · MFUND Inc · The Sassafras 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 Roslyn Milstein Meyer and Jerome Meyer Foundation R&J Meyer Trustees funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Roslyn Milstein Meyer and Jerome Meyer Foundation R&J Meyer Trustees. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • New Haven - Urban Resources Initiative Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Liberty Community Services: 78% of income from government
  • Youth Continuum Inc: 76% of income from government
  • Clifford Beers Community Care Center Inc: 75% of income from government
  • United Way of Greater New Haven Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Climatehaven Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services: 37% of income from government
  • Christian Community Action Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Fair Haven Community Health Clinic Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Music Haven Inc: 15% of income from government
  • New Haven Reads Community Book Bank Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Gather New Haven Inc (Formely New Haven Land Trust Inc): 11% of income from government
  • New Haven Ecology Project Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • New Haven Free Public Library Foundation Incorporated: 4% of income from government
  • New Haven Symphony Orchestra Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Children's Preschool Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven: 2% of income from government
  • New Haven International Festival of Arts and Ideas Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Connecticut Players Foundation Inc D/B/a Long Wharf Theatre: 1% of income from government
  • The Legacy Theatre Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Yale New Haven Hospital: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely 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 Roslyn Milstein Meyer and Jerome Meyer Foundation R&J Meyer Trustees 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 87 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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