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The Lawrence G and Linda E Meyer Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Lawrence G and Linda E Meyer Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$4k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$24kCrime & Legal$4kEducation$4kHealth$3kHuman Services$3kPhilanthropy$2kYouth Development$1kEnvironment$960Other$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
4
States reached
$19k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AVON PRODUCTS FOUNDATION$1,500
GULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE$1,170
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SWFL$500
YOUNG LIFE$500
SW FL KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA$233
ARTISNAPLES$225
HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK$100
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 (FY17–17, $350) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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%THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $350 → 10%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

NY
MA
IN
OH
CO
MD
DC
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.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$26k · 13 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
29

Total granted

$26k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+32%

Still filing today

62%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • AI
    ARTIS-NAPLES INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $9k · revenue +27%
  • GULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $9k · revenue +552%
  • NB
    NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC
    2× · 2017–2019 · $860 · revenue +167%

Funded once

  • CB
    COLORADO BALLET
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +13%
  • TG
    THE GUARDIAN FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +45%
  • AF
    ANA'S FRIENDS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +20%
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
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
2
Canterbury School Inc

Canterbury school is pk3-12, coeducational, college preparatory day school with approximately 650 students. the school is dedicated to academic excellence within a caring and supportive community emphasizing character, leadership and…

Education
3
Naples Zoo Inc

Naples zoo is accredited by the american zoo & aquarium association (aza) and has numerous animal exhibits placed on its 45-acre site. (continued on schedule o)each exhibit is unique and designed to simulate typical conditions for the…

Animals
4
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc

To advance florida gulf coast university and its students by promoting the institution, securing philanthropy to support the needs of the university, managing and administering assets with a long term perspective, and providing resources…

Education
5
University of South Florida Foundation Inc

University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…

Education
6
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
7
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc

Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education. its mission is to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadership roles in business,…

Education
8
The Florida State University Foundation Inc

The florida state university foundation enhances the academic mission and vision of florida state university through its organized fundraising activities and funds management. the fsu foundation accomplishes its mission by fostering…

Education
9
Community School of Naples Inc

The vision of community school of naples is to be a world-class independent school, meeting our mission in memorable ways for the benefit of every student, every day.committed to academic excellence, community school of naples inspires and…

Education
10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
11
Saint Andrew's School of Boca Raton Inc

Saint andrew's school is an independent school founded in the episcopal tradition. our mission is to build a community of learners, provide excellence in education, and nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.

Education
12
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Avon Products Foundation Inc. 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

22 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. 22 of the 45 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARTIS-NAPLES INC: $9,259 · Arts & CultureARTIS-NAPLES INCGULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE INC: $9,218 · Arts & CultureGULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE INCCOLORADO BALLET: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO BALLETTHE GUARDIAN FOUNDATION INC: $2,100 · OtherTHE GUARDIAN FOUNDATION INCANA'S FRIENDS INC: $2,000 · OtherANA'S FRIENDS INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SWFL: $1,700 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SWFLAVON PRODUCTS FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · OtherAVON PRODUCTS FOUNDATION INCCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · OtherCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SWC FL: $650 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF COLLIER CNTY: $600 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $500 · OtherAKRIDGE EDUCATIONAL TRUST: $500 · Other+24 more: $3,416 · Other+24 moreROLLINS COLLEGE: $1,025 · EducationGRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $600 · EducationKAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $446 · EducationLANDON SCHOOL: $345 · EducationNAPLES BRIDGE CENTER INC: $250 · EducationNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $860 · EnvironmentVoice for Children Inc AKA Voices for Children of Florida: $850 · Crime & LegalYOUNG LIFE: $700 · Youth DevelopmentTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $350 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$23,477Other$13,966Education$2,666Environment$860Crime & Legal$850Youth Development$700Human Services$350

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 budgetARTIS-NAPLES INC: $9,259 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE INC: $9,218 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO BALLET: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GUARDIAN FOUNDATION INC: $2,100 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetANA'S FRIENDS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROLLINS COLLEGE: $1,025 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $860 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVoice for Children Inc AKA Voices for Children of Florida: $850 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGRALAND COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $446 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLANDON SCHOOL: $345 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES BRIDGE CENTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS INC: $225 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER CORPORATION: $50 over 1y, 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.

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.

American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH10× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 The Lawrence G and Linda E Meyer Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lawrence G and Linda E Meyer Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Rollins College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.

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 45 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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