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The Stephen E Myers Family Foundation at a glance

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The Stephen E Myers Family Foundation

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.

$265k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$100k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$829kAnimals$462kPublic Safety & Disaster$172kHousing & Shelter$170kHuman Services$160kHealth$142kYouth Development$75kPhilanthropy$70kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY$100,000
PALM BEACH ZOO & CONSERVATION SOCIETY$50,000
PALM BEACH POLICE & FIRE FOUNDATION$30,000
BIG DOG RANCH RESCUE FOUNDATION$25,000
ROBIN HOOD$25,000
REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES$10,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY$10,000
RETRAIN TO WALK$10,000
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$5,000
02The need
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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:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $127k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $5k → 13%REFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES: $10k → 10%THIRD OPTION FOUNDATION: $25k → 6%PLACE OF HOPE: $50k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $25k → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $12k → 11%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

NY
MA
IN
PA
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
NC
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 38% of The Stephen E Myers Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 49% of the giving stays in FL; by stated purpose, 22%.

The Stephen E Myers Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 12 repeat orgs$380k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +109% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
26

Total granted

$1.8M
$340k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+109%
+23%

Still filing today

67%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • VU
    VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2021–2024 · $548k · revenue +29%
  • SL
    ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2019–2021 · $275k · revenue +9%
  • TP
    The Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $162k · revenue +132%

Funded once

  • MG
    MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2019 · $103k
  • PB
    PALM BEACH ZOO & CONVERVATION SOCIETY
    one grant, 2019 · $67k
  • TO
    THIRD OPTION FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +623%
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
3
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
4
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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5
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
6
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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7
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
8
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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9
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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10
Tampa Bay Partnership Inc

The tampa bay partnership is a privately funded, ceo-driven regional advocacy organization, committed to creating a unified, competitive and prosperous tampa bay.

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11
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
12
Saint Andrew's School of Boca Raton Inc

Saint andrew's school is an independent school founded in the episcopal tradition. our mission is to build a community of learners, provide excellence in education, and nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Poor Inc; the most unlike its peers is Eric Brown Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

31 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. 31 of the 41 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
20/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $548,000 · EducationVILLANOVA UNIVERSITYST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $275,000 · EducationST LOUIS UNIVERSITY+2 more: $6,000 · EducationPALM BEACH ZOO & CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $360,050 · OtherPALM BEACH ZOO & CONSERVATION SOCIETYBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE FOUNDATION: $170,100 · OtherBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE FOUNDATIONMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $102,500 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALPALM BEACH ZOO & CONVERVATION SOCIETY: $67,000 · OtherPALM BEACH ZOO & CONVERVATION SOCIETYIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · Other+17 more: $135,700 · Other+17 moreThe Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc: $161,724 · Crime & LegalPLACE OF HOPE INC: $87,000 · Human ServicesTHIRD OPTION FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Human ServicesREFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $4,800 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC: $73,432 · Youth Development+1 more: $525 · Youth DevelopmentROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $15,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyPARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS: $5,000 · PhilanthropyASPEN ART MUSEUM: $13,200 · Arts & CultureThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $12,500 · Arts & CultureNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$829,000Other$865,350Crime & Legal$161,724Human Services$126,800Youth Development$73,957Philanthropy$50,000Arts & Culture$38,200

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 budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $548,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $275,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc: $161,724 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetPLACE OF HOPE INC: $87,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC: $73,432 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHIRD OPTION FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetERIC BROWN FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetSeal Legacy Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetASPEN ART MUSEUM: $13,200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetREFUGEE SUPPORT SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER ALLIANCE OF HELP AND HOPE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJAZZ AT ASPEN-SNOWMASS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $4,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LEARNING ALLIANCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNCGA FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S COUNCIL OF THE DALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL GARDEN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKips Bay Boys & Girls Club: $525 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAdopt-A-Family of the Palm Beaches Inc: $400 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.

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Adopt-a-Family of the Palm Beaches Inc: 15% of income from government
  • The Children's Home Society of Florida: 6% of income from government
  • The Learning Alliance Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Place of Hope Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 41 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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