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The Meigs Family Foundation at a glance

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The Meigs Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$89k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$60k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$122kInternational$23kCommunity Improvement$13kArts & Culture$9kYouth Development$8kHealth$6kScience & Tech$5kReligion$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$314k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIVITY PREP ACADEMY OF SAN DIEGO$59,700
ROTARY CLUB OF CARLSBAD$5,500
SCIENCE SPARK$5,000
A STEP BEYOND$3,365
OVATION THEATREHUMAN DIGNITY FOUNDATION$2,800
ADVANCING STUDENTS FORWARD$2,060
CRISTO REY SAN DIEGO$2,060
FEEDING SAN DIEGO$1,495
CARLSBAD COMMUNITY THEATRE$1,000
AGUA HEDIONDA LAGOON FOUNDATION$1,000
HOSPICE OF THE NORTH COAST$1,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$1,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$700
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN$700
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$700
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HOSPICE OF THE NORTH COAST: $1k → 11%MITCHELL THORP FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%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
CA
MD
KS
TN
NC
TX
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$152k · 9 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
8

Total granted

$152k
$28k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
0%

Still filing today

89%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • NP
    NATIVITY PREP ACADEMY OF SAN DIEGO INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $106k · revenue +93%
  • SS
    SCIENCE SPARK
    3× · 2023–2025 · $11k · revenue +181%
  • AS
    ADVANCING STUDENTS FORWARD
    2× · 2024–2025 · $3k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • SI
    Smiles International Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $14k
  • OT
    Ovation TheatreHuman Dignity Founda
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • SF
    SD Festival of Science Engineering
    one grant, 2022 · $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
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

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2
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
3
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

Stanford university is one of a select group of american universities that have achieved eminence in both undergraduate and graduate education and research - cont'd sch o.

Education
4
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
5
Scripps Health

Founded in 1924 by philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps, Scripps Health is a $4.9 billion, private not-for-profit integrated health system in San Diego, Ca. (see Sch O)

Health
6
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
7
Global Down Syndrome Foundation

To significantly improve the lives of people with down syndrome through research, medical care, education and advocacy. an important part of this mission is to support the global affiliate organizations that we helped establish and…

Health
8
The Graduate School of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research

The graduate school of the stowers institute for medical research ("gssimr") exempt purpose is to provide graduate education that will prepare scholars for scientific research in the biological sciences.

Education
9
The Heart Foundation

The heart foundation (thf) was created to save lives from heart disease by increasing awareness, educating the public, and supporting innovative research at smidt heart institute at cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles, california.…

Philanthropy
10
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
11
Connect Foundation

Connect is an innovation instigator established to cultivate san diego's life science and tech communities. a trusted partner for more than 30 years, we propel our region's entrepreneurs as they create and scale their companies from…

Education
12
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feeding San Diego; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

18 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. 18 of the 27 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIVITY PREP ACADEMY OF SAN DIEGO INC: $106,074 · EducationNATIVITY PREP ACADEMY OF SAN DIEGO INCSCIENCE SPARK: $11,000 · EducationSCIENCE SPARK+3 more: $4,820 · EducationSmiles International Foundation: $13,925 · OtherSmiles International FoundationRotary Club of Carlsbad: $13,388 · OtherRotary Club of CarlsbadHands of Peace: $7,690 · OtherHands of PeaceOvation TheatreHuman Dignity Founda: $5,276 · OtherOvation TheatreHuman Dignity Fou…SD Festival of Science Engineering: $5,000 · OtherSD Festival of Science Engineeri…OVATION THEATREHUMAN DIGNITY FOUNDATION: $2,800 · OtherCRISTO REY SAN DIEGO: $2,060 · OtherAGUA HEDIONDA LAGOON FOUNDATION: $2,025 · Other+5 more: $2,730 · OtherA Step Beyond: $6,470 · Arts & CultureCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $2,050 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,100 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $700 · HealthHOSPICE OF THE NORTH COAST: $1,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $700 · Human ServicesMitchell Thorp Foundation: $500 · Human ServicesFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $1,495 · Food & NutritionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,000 · Religion
Education$121,894Other$54,894Arts & Culture$6,470Health$3,850Human Services$2,200Food & Nutrition$1,495Religion$1,000

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 budgetNATIVITY PREP ACADEMY OF SAN DIEGO INC: $106,074 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetRotary Club of Carlsbad: $13,388 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetSCIENCE SPARK: $11,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetA Step Beyond: $6,470 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetADVANCING STUDENTS FORWARD: $3,090 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $2,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAGUA HEDIONDA LAGOON FOUNDATION: $2,025 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $1,495 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCRISTO REY SAN DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL INC: $1,030 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE NORTH COAST: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMitchell Thorp Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $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.

The San Diego Foundat…Rancho Santa Fe Found…Sempra FoundationAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The San Diego FoundationCA19.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Sempra Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Meigs Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Meigs Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • 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
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Meigs Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Meigs Family 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 27 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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