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The Barry and Wendy Meyer 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
45
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$255k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Youth Development$1.9MHealth$1.6MInternational$1.4MEducation$1.4MCivil Rights$1.0MArts & Culture$915kHousing & Shelter$701kCrime & Legal$576kOther$0
02FY2024 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $335k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $404k
  • $250k+1 grant · $255k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$9.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VENICE FAMILY CLINIC$255,000
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH$150,000
NATIONAL FOSTER YOUTH INSTITUTE (NFYI)$78,612
ACLU (AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION) FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$70,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$55,000
BRAVE NEW FILMS$50,000
MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES$25,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$25,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$25,000
HOLOCAUST MUSEUM LA$25,000
PBS SOCAL$25,000
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION$25,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$20,000
KCRW FOUNDATION$15,000
HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS$15,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $394k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 12%FOSTER AMERICA: $5k → 16%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $15k → 14%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $5k → 14%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $5k → 14%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $5k → 14%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $5k → 14%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $3k → 14%HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS: $1k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $5k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $3k → 14%MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND: $50k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $2k → 14%MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND: $15k → 14%EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%INNERCITY STRUGGLE: $10k → 14%SHOES THAT FIT: $2k → 14%EVERYCHILD FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%SHOES THAT FIT: $1k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $10k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $6k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $5k → 14%A SENSE OF HOME: $1k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES: $1k → 14%VALLEY FOOD BANK: $20k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $42k → 14%UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $41k → 14%FOSTERING MEDIA CONNECTIONS: $10k → 14%FOSTERING MEDIA CONNECTIONS: $10k → 14%FOSTERING MEDIA CONNECTIONS: $8k → 14%ST JOSEPH CENTER: $25k → 14%THE VILLAGE FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 14%LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

AK
VT
WA
IL
NY
MA
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
DC
OK
AL
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$9.2M · 71 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +64% since the first grant, against +30% for the ones you funded once.

71 repeat relationships — 39 still active in FY2024, 32 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

71
63

Total granted

$9.2M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+30%

Still filing today

79%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthInternationalCrime & LegalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • NF
    NATIONAL FOSTER YOUTH INSTITUTE
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.8M · revenue +119% · 74% of their budget
  • VENICE FAMILY CLINIC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +110%
  • HR
    HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT FOUNDATION UVM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $350k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $350k · revenue +73%
  • DO
    DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES - LOS ANGELES COUNTY
    one grant, 2021 · $51k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall

The organization is a non-partisan, membership based speakers' forum that connects business leaders, community members, and engaged individuals with shared interest in local, national, and global affairs. it provides an open and accessible…

International
2
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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3
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
4
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.

Health
5
Arts for La

Arts for la leads communities, artists and organizations to advocate for an equitable, healthy, and creative los angeles region through the arts.

Arts & Culture
6
South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health
7
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
8
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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9
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
10
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

—
11
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

Chamber's mission: design and advance opportunities and solutions for a thriving regional economy that are inclusive and globally competitive. 1) advocacy - be a bold advocate for business as a driver of a strong economy that enables…

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12
Los Angeles Conservancy

The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles and the most unlike its peers is Grace Resource Center Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyHealth Access Advocacy and …Community FoundationsEnvironmental Conservation …Cancer Support ServicesIndependent K-12 SchoolsPolicy Research and AdvocacyChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Women & Girls Leadership De…Animal Rescue and ShelterJewish Community Organizati…Equine Therapy ProgramsLocal History MuseumsDomestic Violence ServicesSenior Support ServicesChristian Missionary Organi…Community College Foundatio…Community Arts CentersFaith-Based Social ServicesFood Banks and PantriesFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%0%<5yr15%4%5–10yr20%16%10–20yr17%29%20–35yr11%30%35–55yr13%22%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr15%5%5–10yr20%42%10–20yr17%8%20–35yr11%30%35–55yr13%15%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/112
the rest of the field
14%
26,003/186,866

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

111 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 111 of the 143 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
109/111
Grantees still filing
93/111
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ACLU (AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION) FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $520,000 · OtherACLU (AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UN…BRAVE NEW FILMS — $420,000 · OtherBRAVE NEW FILMSTHE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT FOUNDATION UVM FOUNDATION — $350,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT FOUNDAT…UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKLEY — $155,000 · OtherEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC — $135,000 · Other+81 more — $1,698,408 · Other+81 moreNATIONAL FOSTER YOUTH INSTITUTE — $1,816,612 · Youth DevelopmentNATIONAL FOSTER YOU…+2 more — $32,500 · Youth DevelopmentVENICE FAMILY CLINIC — $1,429,000 · HealthVENICE FAMILY CL…+9 more — $134,000 · Health+9 moreHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC — $1,355,760 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS W…+6 more — $96,000 · International+6 moreUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $350,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $317,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF…THE SEED SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY — $300,000 · EducationTHE SEED SCHO…THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES — $83,120 · EducationTHE LIBRARY F…WESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL — $75,000 · EducationWESTSIDE NEIG…Global Glimpse — $70,000 · EducationGlobal Glimps…+9 more — $115,500 · Education+9 moreTHE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES — $600,000 · PhilanthropySOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS — $80,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SUMMIT FOUNDATION — $66,128 · Philanthropy+4 more — $21,750 · PhilanthropySMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — $480,720 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO — $90,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION — $50,000 · Arts & CultureGEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC — $30,000 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — $30,000 · Arts & Culture+10 more — $81,984 · Arts & Culture
Other$3,278,408Youth Development$1,849,112Health$1,563,000International$1,451,760Education$1,310,620Philanthropy$767,878Arts & Culture$762,704

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNATIONAL FOSTER YOUTH INSTITUTE — $1,816,612 over 7y, 74% of budgetVENICE FAMILY CLINIC — $1,429,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC — $1,355,760 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTHE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES — $600,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — $480,720 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $350,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $317,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEED SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY — $300,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC — $135,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKCRW FOUNDATION INC — $105,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO — $90,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES — $83,120 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN — $82,400 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS — $80,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL — $75,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ANTI-RECIDIVISM COALITION — $75,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS — $70,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetGlobal Glimpse — $70,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTHE SUMMIT FOUNDATION — $66,128 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND — $65,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CAMPAIGN FOR THE FAIR SENTENCING OF YOUTH — $53,925 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF CALIFORNIA — $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK — $47,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOLLYWOOD FOOD COALITION — $45,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetThe Everychild Foundation — $40,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetHAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS — $38,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetGrace Resource Center Inc — $35,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES — $31,110 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION — $31,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $31,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGEFFEN PLAYHOUSE INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSADDLE OF LOVE INC — $30,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOSTERING MEDIA CONNECTIONS — $27,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $26,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $26,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetANTELOPE VALLEY PARTNERS FOR HEALTH — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTRACYS KIDS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JOSEPH CENTER — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOLOCAUST MUSEUM LA — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LOS ANGELES FREE CLINIC — $24,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S RIGHTS INC — $23,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUTAH FILM CENTER — $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWATERSHED SCHOOL INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds NATIONAL FOSTER YOUTH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds VENICE FAMILY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds THE SEED SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds KCRW FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO ↗
  • Who funds THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds UNITED FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS ↗
  • Who funds WESTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE ANTI-RECIDIVISM COALITION ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds Global Glimpse ↗
  • Who funds THE SUMMIT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE FAIR SENTENCING OF YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds HOLLYWOOD FOOD COALITION ↗
  • Who funds The Everychild Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS ↗
  • Who funds Grace Resource Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

California Community …The Ralph M Parsons F…Weingart FoundationConrad N Hilton Found…The California Wellne…The Annenberg Foundat…The Rose Hills Founda…The Ahmanson Foundati…Annie E Casey Foundat…Johnny Carson Foundat…Sempra FoundationShelter Partnership I…
California Community FoundationCA37.4× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Johnny Carson Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Shelter Partnership Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Barry and Wendy Meyer Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Tulsa Community Foundation — 11% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
37report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Barry and Wendy Meyer Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Barry and Wendy Meyer 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 143 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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