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The Meyer Foundation Inc at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$22k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$182kHuman Services$171kCommunity Improvement$103kEnvironment$80kHousing & Shelter$75kYouth Development$72kHealth$52kReligion$40kOther$0
02FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k25 grants · $79k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $105k
$2,500
Median grant
10
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAN AUGUSTINE LEGACY GROUP$22,000
ST FRANCIS EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL$20,000
GENERATION ONE$15,000
REEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION$14,000
STAR OF HOPE WOMEN'S SHELTER$14,000
YELLOWSTONE ACADEMY$10,000
THE FORGE FOR FAMILIES$10,000
SAN AUGUSTINE COMMUNITY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION$8,500
LIVING HOPE YOUTH RANCH$8,500
CAMP ALLEN THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF TEXAS$7,000
HOPE AND HEALING CENTER & INSTITUTE$6,000
SAN AUGUSTINE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY$5,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DEEP EAST TEXAS$5,000
HOPE MOMMIES$4,000
ST MARTIN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH$3,500
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 (FY20–24, $74k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GENERATION ONE: $20k → 16%PETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%ARCHIBALD PROJECT: $2k → 10%THE SPRINGBOARD CENTER: $3k → 14%ARCHIBALD PROJECT: $2k → 10%GENERATION ONE: $15k → 16%THE SPRINGBOARD CENTER: $2k → 12%THE SPRINGBOARD CENTER: $3k → 14%GENERATION ONE: $15k → 16%GENERATION ONE: $12k → 16%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

WA
MN
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
NC
DC
GA
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$784k · 31 repeat orgs$128k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
29

Total granted

$784k
$75k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+29%

Still filing today

58%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationAnimalsFood & NutritionHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthOther
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

  • GO
    GENERATION ONE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $77k · revenue +60%
  • TF
    THE FORGE FOR FAMILIES
    5× · 2020–2024 · $61k · revenue +0%
  • RE
    REEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $40k · revenue +187%

Funded once

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF EAST TEXAS
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • 1H
    16 HANDS OF LOVE
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
  • OH
    OREGON HORSE RESCUE
    one grant, 2023 · $8k · revenue -9%
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
Winding Branch Ranch

Winding branch ranch's mission is to rescue, revive, and rehome farm animals in need while educating communities about humane, ethical, and sustainable farming practices.

Animals
2
Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas

Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation (TPWF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization thatadvances Texas proud outdoor traditions through meaningful, high-impact programs,partnerships, and a wide range of projects that conserve and enhance our…

Environment
3
Laurels House

Laurel's House strengthens the human animal bond improves public health decreases the number of companion animal euthanasia due to overpopulation and diminishes human impact on native wildlife species by providing unprecedented access to…

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4
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
5
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

—
6
Central Texas Animal Sanctuary

Animal rescue and rehabilitation

Animals
7
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
8
Texas a&M Research Foundation

To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.

Education
9
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
10
Let Love Live

Let love live's mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome animals in need, ensuring they receive the love, care, and respect they deserve.

Animals
11
Rockwall Adoption Center

To work with our community to strengthen the bond between animals and people, enhancing the quality of their lives through compassionate sheltering, responsible adoptions, education, and community outreach.

Animals
12
Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary Inc

We seek to end animal agriculture by rescuing farmed animals, giving them lifelong care and sanctuary, and educating about the harms of animal farming.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Yellowstone Academy Inc Dba Yellowstone Schools; the most unlike its peers is Bamberger Ranch Preserve. 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

44 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. 44 of the 75 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/44
Grantees still filing
27/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAN AUGUSTINE LEGACY GROUP: $102,500 · OtherSAN AUGUSTINE LEGACY GROUPST FRANCIS EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL: $81,500 · OtherST FRANCIS EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOLSTAR OF HOPE WOMEN'S SHELTER: $72,000 · OtherSTAR OF HOPE WOMEN'S SHELTERREEF: $32,500 · OtherREEFBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SAN AUGUSTINE: $30,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILLION HOUSTON INC: $25,000 · OtherCamp Allen Camp & Conference Center: $22,000 · OtherDEAR JOHN MICHAEL FOUNDATION FOR FIGHTING MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: $19,750 · Other+48 more: $180,000 · Other+48 moreGENERATION ONE INC: $77,000 · Human ServicesGENERATION …THE SPRINGBOARD CENTER: $7,000 · Human ServicesTHE SPRINGB…The Archibald Project Inc: $3,500 · Human Services+1 more: $1,250 · Human ServicesYELLOWSTONE ACADEMY INC DBA YELLOWSTONE SCHOOLS: $53,250 · EducationYELLOWSTON…The Kinkaid School Inc: $12,000 · EducationThe Kinkai…TRINITY SCHOOL OF MIDLAND TEXAS: $11,500 · EducationTRINITY SC…FOUNDATIONS KENYA: $6,000 · EducationFOUNDATION…+3 more: $4,250 · EducationTHE FORGE FOR FAMILIES: $61,000 · Crime & LegalHOPE MOMMIES INC: $27,000 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $16,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $2,500 · HealthREEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $39,500 · Recreation & SportsBoys & Girls Clubs of Deep East Texas: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentOREGON HORSE RESCUE: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentCamp For All Foundation: $2,000 · Youth Development
Other$565,250Human Services$88,750Education$87,000Crime & Legal$61,000Health$45,500Recreation & Sports$39,500Youth Development$24,500

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 budgetGENERATION ONE INC: $77,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTHE FORGE FOR FAMILIES: $61,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetYELLOWSTONE ACADEMY INC DBA YELLOWSTONE SCHOOLS: $53,250 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetREEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $39,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHOPE MOMMIES INC: $27,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetCamp Allen Camp & Conference Center: $22,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDEAR JOHN MICHAEL FOUNDATION FOR FIGHTING MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: $19,750 over 5y, 57% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Deep East Texas: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Kinkaid School Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY SCHOOL OF MIDLAND TEXAS: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON HORSE RESCUE: $7,500 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetTHE SPRINGBOARD CENTER: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHope and Healing Center & Institute: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOUNDATIONS KENYA: $6,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetFARM AID INC: $5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WILL ERWIN HEADACHE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Archibald Project Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetVITA LIVING INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fields Edge: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREFLECTION MINISTRIES OF TEXAS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION INC: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWillow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp For All Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESILIENCE: $1,700 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRodale Institute: $1,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPollinator Partnership: $1,700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHealing Hearts Rescue: $1,700 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBo's Place: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATE MIDLAND: $1,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE AMERICAN MONTESSORI SOCIETY INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPETS FOR THE ELDERLY FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBamberger Ranch Preserve: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBYNUM SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WESTON A PRICE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOCEANA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROUND TOP-WARRENTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBROOKE USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds GENERATION ONE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FORGE FOR FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds YELLOWSTONE ACADEMY INC DBA YELLOWSTONE SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds REEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOPE MOMMIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Camp Allen Camp & Conference Center ↗
  • Who funds DEAR JOHN MICHAEL FOUNDATION FOR FIGHTING MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ↗
  • Who funds AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Clubs of Deep East Texas ↗
  • Who funds The Kinkaid School Inc ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY SCHOOL OF MIDLAND TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds OREGON HORSE RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds THE SPRINGBOARD CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Hope and Healing Center & Institute ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATIONS KENYA ↗
  • Who funds FARM AID INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WILL ERWIN HEADACHE RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Archibald Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds VITA LIVING INC ↗

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.

Greater Houston Commu…Vivian L Smith Founda…Warren Charitable Fou…The Henry FoundationAbell-Hanger Foundati…Beal FoundationAlbert & Ethel Herzst…The Brown Foundation …Shell USA Company Fou…Bryant Family Foundat…Willard And Ruth John…Yarborough Foundation
Greater Houston Community FoundationTX19.9× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Meyer Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Meyer Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 100%
  • Farm Aid Inc: 100% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
6report 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.

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 75 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home