· Private foundation
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.
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 $10k18 grants · $68k
- $10k–50k21 grants · $335k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $404k
- $250k+1 grant · $255k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| HOLOCAUST MUSEUM LA | $25,000 |
| ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION | $25,000 |
| SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION | $25,000 |
| PBS SOCAL | $25,000 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | $25,000 |
| MAYOR'S FUND FOR LOS ANGELES | $25,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $20,000 |
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO (LAIST) | $15,000 |
| KCRW FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
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 (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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
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 +64% since the first grant, against +30% for those 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
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; $40k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NFNATIONAL FOSTER YOUTH INSTITUTE7× · 2017–2024 · $1.8M · revenue +119% · 74% of their budget
VENICE FAMILY CLINIC6× · 2017–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +110%
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION7× · 2017–2024 · $481k · revenue +31%
Funded once
- TUTHE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT FOUNDATION UVM FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $350k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $350k · revenue +73%
- DODEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES - LOS ANGELES COUNTYone grant, 2021 · $51k
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 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…
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…
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.
Arts for la leads communities, artists and organizations to advocate for an equitable, healthy, and creative los angeles region through the arts.
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.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
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…
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.
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.
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…
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.
How this is measured
111 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. 111 of the 143 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 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 CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION ↗
- 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 American Heart Association 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.
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
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Barry and Wendy Meyer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Barry and Wendy Meyer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- 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
How this is measured
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