Texas · Private foundation
The Meyer Levy Charitable Trust
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.
- $162k
- Granted FY2021
- 18
- Grants FY2021
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
53% of The Meyer Levy Charitable Trust’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Dallas Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year The Meyer Levy Charitable Trust named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $162k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $39,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 17
- FY2020 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Total assets, FY2021
- $3.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 24% of the organizations The Meyer Levy Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 17 | $122k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $159k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Caritas of Austin | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools of Central Texas | $71,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas Inc | $55,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Challenge Air for Kids and Friends Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 5% |
| I Live Here I Give Here | $44,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Heartgift Foundation | $37,500 | 3 | 1% |
| TreeFolks Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Lone Star Circle of Care | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Caritas of Austin | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools of Central Texas | $71,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas Inc | $55,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Challenge Air for Kids and Friends Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 5% |
| I Live Here I Give Here | $44,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Heartgift Foundation | $37,500 | 3 | 1% |
| TreeFolks Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Lone Star Circle of Care | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spinehope Fka Spinal Deformity Foundation Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 1% |
| St Mark's School of Texas | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Austin Classical Guitar Society | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for Women and Their Work Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Actors' Fund of America | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Compadres del Rancho Grande | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridges to Life | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($184k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Meyer Levy Charitable Trust 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: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Shield-Ayres Foundation · The Powell Foundation · Better Business Bureau · Topfer Family Foundation · Meadows Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Texas Mutual Insurance Company · Greater Houston Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
About The Meyer Levy Charitable Trust
- How much does The Meyer Levy Charitable Trust give?
- The Meyer Levy Charitable Trust reported 18 grants totaling $161,500 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 17 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2021.
- What does The Meyer Levy Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (41%), Health (16%), Youth Development (12%).
- Who are The Meyer Levy Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County Inc ($90k), Caritas of Austin ($80k), Communities in Schools of Central Texas ($71k).
- Does The Meyer Levy Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Meyer Levy Charitable Trust 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 Levy Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Austin Community Foundation Inc, Shield-Ayres Foundation, The Powell Foundation.
- Where is The Meyer Levy Charitable Trust based?
- The Meyer Levy Charitable Trust is based in TX.
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