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The Niemeyer Family Foundation at a glance

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The Niemeyer 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.

$137k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

International$407kEnvironment$107kArts & Culture$49kPhilanthropy$8kEducation$5kHuman Services$2kPublic Safety & Disaster$1kCivil Rights$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $80k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$696k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC$80,000
FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN$15,000
FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN$15,000
WOMENS FUND OF MIAMI-DADE INC$5,500
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JAMAICA INC$5,000
MIAMI BEACH GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC$5,000
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC$5,000
FRIENDS OF THE BASS MUSEUM INC$2,436
HATZALAH SOUTH FLORIDA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES$1,000
WE COUNT INC$1,000
CHOPIN FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC$1,000
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC$1,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JAMAICA INC: $5k → 17%MIAMI BEACH GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC: $5k → 15%MIRACLEFEET: $200 → 13%SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $200 → 6%MIAMI BEACH GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC: $5k → 15%MIAMI BEACH GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC: $5k → 15%MIAMI BEACH GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC: $3k → 15%MIAMI CITY BALLET INC: $3k → 15%FRIENDS OF THE BASS MUSEUM INC: $2k → 15%FRIENDS OF THE BASS MUSEUM INC: $2k → 15%MIAMI BEACH GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC: $2k → 15%FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN: $15k → 15%FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN: $15k → 15%FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN: $15k → 15%FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN: $15k → 15%FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN: $15k → 15%FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN: $10k → 15%FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN: $2k → 15%WOMENS FUND OF MIAMI-DADE INC: $6k → 15%WOMENS FUND OF MIAMI-DADE INC: $1k → 15%WOMENS FUND OF MIAMI-DADE INC: $1k → 15%VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC: $12k → 15%VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC: $9k → 15%VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC: $8k → 15%VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC: $5k → 15%STRONG GIRLS INC: $200 → 15%CHOPIN FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC: $1k → 15%WE COUNT INC: $1k → 15%MIAMI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $2k → 15%HATZALAH SOUTH FLORIDA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES: $1k → 15%FRIENDS OF WLRN INC: $5k → 15%FAMILY ACTION NETWORK MOVEMENT INC: $2k → 15%FRIENDS OF WLRN INC: $2k → 15%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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$561k · 7 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
7

Total granted

$561k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+100%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureInternationalEducationHealthEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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

  • FT
    FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $87k · revenue +15%
  • VM
    VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC
    4× · 2019–2024 · $34k · revenue +299%
  • MB
    MIAMI BEACH GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC
    4× · 2020–2025 · $20k · revenue +126%

Funded once

  • MC
    MIAMI CITY BALLET INC
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +19%
  • FI
    FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue +12%
  • MC
    MIAMI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +100%
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
University of Miami
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2
Miami Children's Museum Inc Fka Miami Youth Museum

Miami children's museum is a non-profit educational institution, which meets the needs of all children in our multicultural community. visitors of all ages are encouraged to play together, learn, imagine, and create. the museum offers…

Arts & Culture
3
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc

In 2024, biscayne bay waterkeeper (d/b/a miami waterkeeper) built on our reputation by navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and continuing our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our precious waterways and finding local…

Environment
4
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
5
The Miami Foundation Inc

To create a greater miami where everyone can thrive by accelerating generosity, leadership, and community engagement. the miami foundation serves as a philanthropic and community backbone for greater miami, bringing together donors,…

Philanthropy
6
Miami-Dade Foundation for Educational Innovation Inc

To provide students with a comprehensive international education through the use of technology and language acquisition, so that students will become life-long inquisitive learners and utilize this knowledge across international boundaries.

Education
7
Florida International University Research Foundation Inc

The fiu research foundation provides means by which discoveries, inventions, processes, and work products of faculty, staff and students of the university may be patented, developed, applied and utilized in order that the results of such…

Science & Tech
8
Miami Association of Realtors Inc

The miami association of realtors (miami) was chartered by the national association of realtors in 1920 and is celebrating 105 years of service to realtors, the buying and selling public, and the communities in south florida. comprised of…

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9
Florida Children's Museum Inc

Curating the world for all children to explore

Arts & Culture
10
Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corp Inc

To promote visitation to florida by strengthening florida's share of the global travel market with the goal of maximizing the economic impact of travel and tourism to florida.

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11
The Florida International University Health Care Network Inc

Fiu health care network's mission is to improve and support medical education at the fiu herbert wertheim college of medicine and provide clinical support services to the larger fiu community.

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12
Miami Freedom Project Inc

Miami freedom project is committed to transforming south florida through outreach, movement building, and communication strategies. by the conclusion of 2024, we had coordinated and taken part in 35 events alongside more than 45 partners,…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is South Florida Public Media Group Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc. 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $401,500 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC+1 more: $5,000 · InternationalFAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN INC: $87,000 · EnvironmentFAIRCHILD TROPICAL B…MIAMI BEACH GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentMIAMI BEACH GARDEN C…VIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC: $33,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE BASS MUSEUM INC: $4,872 · Arts & CultureMIAMI CITY BALLET INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureFAMILY ACTION NETWORK MOVEMENT INC: $2,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureWOMEN'S FUND OF MIAMI-DADE INC: $7,500 · OtherWECOUNT: $1,000 · Other+2 more: $400 · OtherSOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP INC: $7,000 · Health+1 more: $200 · HealthFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · EducationMIAMI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $2,000 · EducationHATZALAH SOUTH FLORIDA EMERGENCY MEDCIAL SERVICES INC: $1,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
International$406,500Environment$107,000Arts & Culture$44,372Other$8,900Health$7,200Education$4,500Public Safety & Disaster$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 budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $401,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetFAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN INC: $87,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetVIZCAYA MUSEUM AND GARDENS TRUST INC: $33,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMIAMI BEACH GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetWOMEN'S FUND OF MIAMI-DADE INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Jamaica Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE BASS MUSEUM INC: $4,872 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIAMI CITY BALLET INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIAMI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHOPIN FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIRACLEFEET: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INC OF GREATER MIAMI: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $200 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 Miami Foundation …Mightycause Charitabl…The Shepard Broad Fou…United Way Miami IncThe Ayco Charitable F…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …
The Miami Foundation IncFL20.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Miami Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Shepard Broad Foundation Inc · United Way Miami Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 Niemeyer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Niemeyer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 18 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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