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Stacey & Douglas Meyer Family Foundation Co Stacey Meyer

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.

$76k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2025
16
Organizations funded FY2024
44%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 31
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$773k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 44% of the organizations Stacey & Douglas Meyer Family Foundation Co Stacey Meyer funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving21$76k29%
FY202416$74k44%
FY202316$58k25%
FY202220$51k20%
FY202126$69k42%
FY202023$50k35%
FY201925$41k40%
FY201831$47k58%
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What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$213kCrime & Legal$118kHealth$29kFood & Nutrition$24kInternational$23kHousing & Shelter$21kRecreation & Sports$20kArts & Culture$19kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
OR
IN
PA
NJ
CA
MO
DC
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cradles to Crayons Inc$171,00090%
Casa Lake County Inc$114,68981%
Helpusadoptorg Inc$23,67570%
Northern Illinois Food Bank$23,00090%
Chicago Cubs Charities$20,00020%
Chicago Furniture Bank$12,50030%
Athletes for Justice Inc$10,00011%
Cancer Wellness Center$7,20030%
North Suburban Young Men's Christian Association$4,50040%
Reason To Give$3,0001n/a
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All grantees of Stacey & Douglas Meyer Family Foundation Co Stacey Meyer by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cradles to Crayons Inc$171,00090%
Casa Lake County Inc$114,68981%
Helpusadoptorg Inc$23,67570%
Northern Illinois Food Bank$23,00090%
Chicago Cubs Charities$20,00020%
Chicago Furniture Bank$12,50030%
Athletes for Justice Inc$10,00011%
Cancer Wellness Center$7,20030%
North Suburban Young Men's Christian Association$4,50040%
Reason To Give$3,0001n/a
100 Thousand Foundation$2,50011%
High Jump$2,50060%
Tutoring Chicago$2,50020%
Project Hood Community Development Corporation$2,00020%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan$1,50030%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$1,20030%
Israel Emergency Alliance$1,08740%
Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc$1,01620%
Assistance League of Los Angeles$1,00010%
The American Writers Museum$1,00010%
Refugeeone$1,00010%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago$1,00010%
The Center for Enriched Living Inc$86040%
American Cancer Society Inc$80530%
The Fibrous Dysplasia Foundation$80020%
Keshet$68020%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$51810%
Pedal the Cause$50010%
Defy Ventures Inc$50010%
Children's Cancer Research Fund$50010%
Helping Hands Network Inc$43920%
Autism Speaks Inc$30020%
Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum Inc$3001n/a
Old Town Music Hall Inc$25010%
The Anti-Cruelty Society$25010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$25010%
Northwestern University$20710%
Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy$20010%
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc$18510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($91k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Stacey & Douglas Meyer Family Foundation Co Stacey Meyer supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCradles to Crayons Inc: $171,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCasa Lake County Inc: $114,689 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetHelpusadoptorg Inc: $23,675 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetNorthern Illinois Food Bank: $23,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Cubs Charities: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChicago Furniture Bank: $12,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAthletes for Justice Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCancer Wellness Center: $7,200 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNorth Suburban Young Men's Christian Association: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budget100 Thousand Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHigh Jump: $2,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTutoring Chicago: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetProject Hood Community Development Corporation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Emergency Alliance: $1,087 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBroadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc: $1,016 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAssistance League of Los Angeles: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Writers Museum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRefugeeone: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Chicago: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Enriched Living Inc: $860 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $805 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fibrous Dysplasia Foundation: $800 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKeshet: $680 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $518 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPedal the Cause: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDefy Ventures Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Cancer Research Fund: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHelping Hands Network Inc: $439 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOld Town Music Hall Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $207 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens United for Research in Epilepsy: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc: $185 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 37.

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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 TrustIL16.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Northwestern University · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · The Allstate Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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.

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About Stacey & Douglas Meyer Family Foundation Co Stacey Meyer

How much does Stacey & Douglas Meyer Family Foundation Co Stacey Meyer give?
Stacey & Douglas Meyer Family Foundation Co Stacey Meyer reported 21 grants totaling $75,617 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Stacey & Douglas Meyer Family Foundation Co Stacey Meyer fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (42%), Crime & Legal (23%), Health (6%).
Who are Stacey & Douglas Meyer Family Foundation Co Stacey Meyer's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cradles to Crayons Inc ($171k), Casa Lake County Inc ($115k), Helpusadoptorg Inc ($24k).
Does Stacey & Douglas Meyer Family Foundation Co Stacey Meyer fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Stacey & Douglas Meyer Family Foundation Co Stacey Meyer accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Stacey & Douglas Meyer Family Foundation Co Stacey Meyer?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, American Endowment Foundation, Northwestern University.
Where is Stacey & Douglas Meyer Family Foundation Co Stacey Meyer based?
Stacey & Douglas Meyer Family Foundation Co Stacey Meyer is based in IL.

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 90 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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