Michigan · Private foundation
The Lisa and Brian Meer 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.
- $334k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2024
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 30 to 50
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations The Lisa and Brian Meer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 36 | $324k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $325k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $451k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $38k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $46k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 44 | $54k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 41 | $49k | 22% |
| FY2017 | 50 | $48k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $760,850 | 8 | 1% |
| Bais Refoel Foundation | $92,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Oakland University | $40,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Yad Ezra | $30,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Gesher Human Services | $28,000 | 2 | 0% |
| James Madison Education Fund Inc | $24,000 | 1 | 3% |
| St Johns Armenian Church | $15,900 | 8 | n/a |
| The Village Club Foundation | $14,780 | 8 | 1% |
| The Detroit Institute of Arts | $14,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Jarc | $11,300 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($245k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lisa and Brian Meer Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Edward C and Linda Dresner Levy Foundation · The Kresge Foundation · Marjorie and Maxwell Jospey Foundation · George M and Jo Elyn Nyman Charitable Trust · The Eugene Applebaum Family Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · Donald R and Esther Simon Foundation · Marvin and Betty Danto Family Foundation · Deroy Testamentary Foundation · Phillip and Elizabeth Filmer Memorial
How this is measured
Compare The Lisa and Brian Meer Foundation with peer funders
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About The Lisa and Brian Meer Foundation
- How much does The Lisa and Brian Meer Foundation give?
- The Lisa and Brian Meer Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $333,705 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 50 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Lisa and Brian Meer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (60%), Human Services (9%), Education (7%).
- Who are The Lisa and Brian Meer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc ($761k), Bais Refoel Foundation ($92k), Oakland University ($40k).
- Does The Lisa and Brian Meer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lisa and Brian Meer Foundation 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 The Lisa and Brian Meer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Edward C and Linda Dresner Levy Foundation, The Kresge Foundation.
- Where is The Lisa and Brian Meer Foundation based?
- The Lisa and Brian Meer Foundation is based in MI.
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