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The Meyers Mueller Family Foundation at a glance

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The Meyers Mueller Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$13k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$6kArts & Culture$5kHuman Services$2kAnimals$2kReligion$2kYouth Development$1kEnvironment$1kCommunity Improvement$800Other$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
5
States reached
$115k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYD RANCH$1,000
FATHER DYER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$1,000
BRIDLE UP HOPE$1,000
ARIZONA TRAIL ASSOCIATION$1,000
AERC TRAILS FUND$1,000
INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS$1,000
Individual grant recipient$500
SECOND CHANCE FOR HOMELESS PETS$500
TRAVERSE BAY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER$500
ARISE$500
LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY HUMANE SOCIETY$500
BAY COMMUNITY THEATER$500
WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER$500
SAFE HARBOR SHELTER OF GRAND TRAVERSE$500
GROW BENZIE$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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 69% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%DESERT CABALLEROS WESTERN MUSEUM: $3k → 11%ARIZONA TRAIL ASSOCIATION: $1k → 15%AMERICAN ENDURANCE RIDE CONFERENCE: $250 → 6%BAY COMMUNITY THEATER: $500 → 7%LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY HUMANE SOCIETY: $500 → 9%SAFE HARBOR SHELTER OF GRAND TRAVERSE: $500 → 10%INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $1k → 10%ST LOUIS COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION: $3k → 21%SECOND CHANCE FOR HOMELESS PETS: $500 → 8%BRIDLE UP HOPE: $1k → 8%ARISE: $500 → 9%NATRF: $250 → 10%BOYD RANCH: $1k → 11%ARIZONA TRAIL ASSOCIATION: $100 → 15%AERC TRAILS FUND: $1k → 6%MICHAEL'S PLACE GRIEF SUPPORT: $500 → 7%SAFE HARBOR OF GRAND TRAVERSE: $200 → 10%GROW BENZIE: $500 → 10%FATHER DYER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $1k → 9%WATERSHED MGMT GROUP: $200 → 15%WESTERN STATES TRAIL: $200 → 6%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $500 → 7%1 CAT INC: $100 → 10%GROW BENZIE: $200 → 10%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $200 → 7%THRIVE MEDICAL CLINIC: $500 → 10%GROW BENZIE: $100 → 10%MICHAEL'S PLACE: $200 → 7%HORSE NORTH RESCUE: $500 → 10%MICHAEL'S PLACE: $100 → 7%TRAVERSE BAY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $500 → 10%OLD TOWN PLAYHOUSE: $100 → 7%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $100 → 7%LEELANAU CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS: $200 → 7%LEELANAU CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS: $100 → 7%POWER BOOK BAGS: $200 → 7%POWER BOOK BAGS: $100 → 7%BAY COMMUNITY THEATRE: $100 → 7%5 LOAVES 2 FISH NMI: $500 → 7%5 LOAVES 2 FISH- LELAND METHODIST CHURCH: $100 → 7%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.
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.

16%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4k · 6 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
11

Total granted

$4k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+21%

Still filing today

83%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentHealthArts & CultureAnimalsPublic BenefitHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • AT
    ARIZONA TRAIL ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2023–2025 · $1k · revenue +25%
  • GB
    GROW BENZIE INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $800 · revenue +48%
  • PB
    POWER BOOK BAGS
    2× · 2022–2023 · $300 · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • SL
    ST LOUIS COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • DC
    DESERT CABALLEROS WESTERN MUSEUMgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue +115%
  • N
    NATRF
    one grant, 2023 · $250
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
Humane Society & Animal Rescue of Muskegon County

To shelter and find forever homes for homeless dogs and cats.

Animals
2
Friends of Michigan Animals Rescue

Friends of michigan animals rescue's mission is to protect animals and residents by promoting a safe and healthy environment for all.

Animals
3
Humane Society of South Central Mi

Animal shelter - provide a safe haven for animals without homes.

Animals
4
Northern Michigan Equine Therapy

To harness the healing power of horses to improve lives.

Human Services
5
Humane Society of West Michigan

Our mission is to promote the humane treatment and responsible care of animals in west michigan through education, example, placement and protection.

Animals
6
Lenawee Humane Society

Our mission is to save the lives of animals while enriching the lives of humans.

Animals
7
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
8
Humane Society of Southwestern Michigan

Humane society of southwestern michigan exists to provide shelter and care for sick, homeless and unwanted animals. in addition, the organization provides adoption services for the animals in its care.

Animals
9
Manistee County Humane Society

The mission of Manistee County Humane Society is to provide shelter for homeless pets and place them in a permanent home. The organization seeks to educate the community and work through a school outreach program on the subject of pet care…

Animals
10
Mid-Michigan Cat Rescue

Rescue & find homes for cats; spay, nueter and adopt out as many cats as possible. Provice foster care homes for unadopted. Provide Vet care. Educate the public about over population available programs.

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11
Michigan Animal Rescue League

The mission of the michigan animal rescue league is to provide the highest quality of life to dogs and cats through rescue, medical care, socialization and behavioral support, short- and long-term sanctuary, adoption, and community…

Animals
12
Humane Society of Midland County

Our mission is to provide an adoption-friendly animal shelter that will unify the community toward a common goal of responsible animal treatment and increased animal adoptions to design and incorporate new education and public programs…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Old Town Playhouse Inc; the most unlike its peers is 5LOAVES2FISHNMI. 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

19 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. 19 of the 34 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST LOUIS COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION: $3,000 · OtherST LOUIS COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATIONDESERT CABALLEROS WESTERN MUSEUM: $3,000 · OtherDESERT CABALLEROS WESTERN MUSEUMFATHER DYER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $1,000 · OtherFATHER DYER UNITED METHODIST CHURCHAERC TRAILS FUND: $1,000 · OtherAERC TRAILS FUNDWOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $800 · Other+19 more: $6,700 · Other+19 moreThe Rachel Covey Foundation: $1,000 · HealthMICHAEL'S PLACE: $300 · HealthBOYD RANCH: $1,000 · EnvironmentWatershed Management Group Inc: $200 · EnvironmentARIZONA TRAIL ASSOCIATION: $1,100 · Public BenefitINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $1,000 · Arts & CultureOLD TOWN PLAYHOUSE INC: $100 · Arts & CultureSECOND CHANCE FOR HOMELESS PETS: $500 · AnimalsLITTLE TRAVERSE BAY HUMANE SOCIETY: $500 · AnimalsGROW BENZIE INC: $800 · Community Improvement
Other$15,500Health$1,300Environment$1,200Public Benefit$1,100Arts & Culture$1,100Animals$1,000Community Improvement$800

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 budgetDESERT CABALLEROS WESTERN MUSEUM: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA TRAIL ASSOCIATION: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYD RANCH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGROW BENZIE INC: $800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTRAVERSE BAY CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOWER BOOK BAGS: $300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLEELANAU CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMICHAEL'S PLACE: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ENDURANCE RIDE CONFERENCE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWatershed Management Group Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE HARBOR OF GRAND TRAVERSE INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLD TOWN PLAYHOUSE INC: $100 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.

Grand Traverse Region…Oleson FoundationThe Art and Mary Schm…Rotary Charities of T…Robet Foundation IncThe Broad Family Foun…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Grand Traverse Regional Community FoundationMI21.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · Oleson Foundation · The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation · Rotary Charities of Traverse City · Robet Foundation Inc · The Broad Family Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    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 Meyers Mueller Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Meyers Mueller 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 34 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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