Texas · Private foundation
The Meyer 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.
- $184k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2024
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $22,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 31
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations The Meyer Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k 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 | 32 | $184k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $166k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $162k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $215k | 34% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $186k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Augustine Legacy Group | $102,500 | 5 | n/a |
| St Francis Episcopal Day School | $81,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Generation One Inc | $77,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Forge for Families | $61,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Yellowstone Academy Inc Dba Yellowstone Schools | $53,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Reef Environmental Education Foundation | $39,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Hope Mommies Inc | $27,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Camp Allen Camp & Conference Center | $22,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Dear John Michael Foundation for Fighting Muscular Dystrophy | $19,750 | 5 | 57% |
| Christ Episcopal Church | $17,500 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 57 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($218k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Meyer Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Vivian L Smith Foundation · Warren Charitable Foundation · The Henry Foundation · Abell-Hanger Foundation · Beal Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Bryant Family Foundation · Willard And Ruth Johnson Charitable Foundation · Yarborough Foundation
How this is measured
About The Meyer Foundation Inc
- How much does The Meyer Foundation Inc give?
- The Meyer Foundation Inc reported 32 grants totaling $184,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 31 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Meyer Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (20%), Human Services (19%), Community Improvement (11%).
- Who are The Meyer Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: San Augustine Legacy Group ($103k), St Francis Episcopal Day School ($82k), Generation One Inc ($77k).
- Does The Meyer Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Meyer Foundation Inc 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 Meyer Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Houston Community Foundation, Vivian L Smith Foundation, Warren Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Meyer Foundation Inc based?
- The Meyer Foundation Inc is based in TX.
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