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The Louis Messer and Helen Messer Charitable Foundation C/O M Glasser at a glance

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The Louis Messer and Helen Messer Charitable Foundation C/O M Glasser

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$72k
Granted FY2023
14
Grants FY2023
7
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Health$326kInternational$84kCivil Rights$55kHuman Services$47kEducation$9kAnimals$2kCrime & Legal$2k
02FY2023 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k12 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$10,000
HADASSAH FOUNDATION$10,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$7,000
FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION$7,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$7,000
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$6,000
ACLU FOUNDATION$5,000
UNICEF$4,000
NAT'L IMMIGRATION LAW CTR$4,000
PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION$4,000
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION$3,000
CLARK UNIVERSITY$2,000
ASPCA$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
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 (FY17–21, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY: $6k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY: $3k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY: $3k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY: $3k → 8%SAFE HORIZON: $2k → 17%JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES: $5k → 17%DOROT: $3k → 17%INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT: $4k → 17%INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT: $3k → 17%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

IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
VA
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$464k · 28 repeat orgs$56k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2023, 20 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
9

Total granted

$464k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+48%

Still filing today

61%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsEducationOther
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

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    4× · 2017–2023 · $36k · revenue +98%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    4× · 2017–2023 · $36k · revenue +33%
  • SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN
    4× · 2017–2021 · $29k · revenue +120%

Funded once

  • KK
    KENNEDY KREIGEN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $6k
  • JB
    JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +5%
  • NA
    NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
2
Association of American Medical Colleges

Aamc leads & serves the academic medicine community to improve the health of people everywhere.

Education
3
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
4
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
5
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
6
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
7
American Psychological Association

American psychological association is a national membership organization created to promote the advancement, communication, and application of psychological science and knowledge to benefit society and improve lives. apa fulfills these…

Social Science
8
Brightfocus Foundation

Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…

Health
9
American Psychiatric Association

The american psychiatric association (apa) was incorporated in 2000 as a 501(c)(6) trade association. its 38,000 u.s. and international physician members specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health and disorders, including…

Community Improvement
10
American College of Physicians Inc

The mission of the american college of physicians (acp), www. acponline.org, is to enhance the quality and effectiveness of health care by fostering excellence and professionalism in the practice of medicine. acp was founded in 1915 to…

Health
11
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
12
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 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

27 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. 27 of the 44 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
23/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HADASSAH: $47,000 · OtherHADASSAHPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $47,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $15,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETYMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING: $12,000 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · OtherJOHN HOPKINS HOSPITAL (SIDNEY KIMMEL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER): $12,000 · OtherHADASSAH FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherTHE LAUREL SCHOOL OF PRINCETON: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTALLY ILLNESS: $9,000 · OtherSHELTERING ARMS CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $9,000 · OtherANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $8,000 · Other+11 more: $44,000 · Other+11 moreAmerican Heart Association Inc: $36,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association I…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $29,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILD…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $25,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATE…PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INCAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $14,000 · HealthAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATIONAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $8,000 · HealthAUTISM SPEAKS INC+1 more: $2,000 · HealthMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $36,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRO…HIAS INC: $17,500 · InternationalHIAS INCUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $16,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUN…UERMMMC ALUMNI FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 · InternationalUERMMMC ALUMNI FO…AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $3,000 · InternationalJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $15,000 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesDOROT INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesSAFE HORIZON INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $8,000 · Civil RightsTRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY: $9,000 · EducationAMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$235,000Health$132,000International$81,500Human Services$34,500Civil Rights$26,000Education$9,000Philanthropy$5,000

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 budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $36,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $36,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $29,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF CLARK UNIVERSITY: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTERING ARMS CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUERMMMC ALUMNI FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 3y, 9.1% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOROT INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE HORIZON INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAVODAH THE JEWISH SERVICE CORPS INC: $500 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.

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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 Louis Messer and Helen Messer Charitable Foundation C/O M Glasser funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Louis Messer and Helen Messer Charitable Foundation C/O M Glasser. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Trustees of Clark University: 2% of income from government
  • Jewish Social Service Agency: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.
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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.

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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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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