Florida · Private foundation
The William a Meyer 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.
- $538k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2024
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,800
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $325,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 29
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations The William a Meyer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 31 | $422k | 16% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $297k | 26% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $266k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $276k | 4% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $307k | 28% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $304k | 35% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $189k | 19% |
| FY2017 | 27 | $165k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Inc | $1,390,719 | 8 | 1% |
| Washington Institute for Near East Policy | $80,458 | 7 | 0% |
| Temple Judea | $68,175 | 6 | n/a |
| The Fund for West Palm Beach Police Inc | $41,567 | 3 | 4% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $35,200 | 7 | 0% |
| Palm Beach Civic Association Inc | $32,500 | 8 | 0% |
| The Scripps Research Institute | $28,567 | 8 | 0% |
| Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc | $27,672 | 8 | 0% |
| Palm Beach Fellowship of Christians and Jews Inc | $18,750 | 8 | 6% |
| Junior Achievement of the Palm Beaches & Treasure Coast Inc | $15,334 | 7 | 1% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($362k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The William a Meyer Foundation 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: Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Quantum Foundation Inc · The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · United Way of Palm Beach County Inc · Mestal Foundation · Jm Rubin Foundation Inc · Children's Healthcare Charity Inc · Eric Friedheim Foundation Inc · The Chamber of Nonprofit Health and Human Agencies in Palm Beach County Inc · The Liman Foundation · The Mirasol Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The William a Meyer Foundation
- How much does The William a Meyer Foundation give?
- The William a Meyer Foundation reported 33 grants totaling $538,051 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The William a Meyer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (47%), Philanthropy (35%), Civil Rights (4%).
- Who are The William a Meyer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Raymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Inc ($1.4M), Washington Institute for Near East Policy ($80k), Temple Judea ($68k).
- Does The William a Meyer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The William a Meyer Foundation 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 William a Meyer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc, Quantum Foundation Inc, The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation.
- Where is The William a Meyer Foundation based?
- The William a Meyer Foundation is based in FL.
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