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William C Meier Foundation Ima at a glance

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William C Meier Foundation Ima

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$145k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$501kReligion$344kHealth$185kPhilanthropy$40kHuman Services$34kArts & Culture$25kYouth Development$9kAnimals$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $103k
$7,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$884k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE PREISTLY FRATERNITY ST PETER OUR$23,000
SAME AS U INC$10,000
LOBULAR BREAST CANCER ALLIANCE$10,000
WESTSIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$10,000
TOUGALOO COLLEGE$10,000
BENEDICTINE SISTERS OF ERIE$10,000
CHESTERTON ACADEMY OF AKRON$10,000
IN STEP WITH HORSES$10,000
LIFE POINT CHURCH$10,000
STEELERS CHARITIES$7,500
ST JUDE'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$7,500
CARMEL CLAY EDUCATION FDN INC$7,329
CAMP - CAREER APPRENTICESHIP AND$7,000
THE GATHERING PLACE$5,000
ST AUGUSTINE HOME GUILD INC$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $69k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 39% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ONE STEP AT A TIME FOUNDATION: $9k → 10%CHILDREN WITH HAIR LOSS INC: $2k → 10%MEN OF MELCHIZEDEK: $10k → 10%BUILDING ESSENTIAL SKILLS TOGETHER: $1k → 5%SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES INC: $500 → 12%IN STEP WITH HORSES: $10k → 6%SAME AS U INC: $10k → 5%WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $2k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $8k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $8k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $5k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $5k → 17%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

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CA
UT
NE
KY
MD
DE
AR
TN
MS
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$906k · 31 repeat orgs$261k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
44

Total granted

$906k
$169k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
0%

Still filing today

45%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthPhilanthropyReligionAnimalsOther
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

  • WC
    WESTSIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $73k · revenue +183%
  • SS
    SAINT SEBASTIAN PARISH FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $32k · revenue +17%
  • TG
    THE GATHERING PLACE
    4× · 2017–2025 · $25k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • J
    JRC
    one grant, 2020 · $18k
  • OL
    OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE SEMINARY
    one grant, 2024 · $17k
  • SP
    ST PETER CATHOLIC CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
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.

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Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
3
Catholic Charities Corporation

Respond to those in need through an integrated system of quality services designed to respect the dignity of every person and build a just and compassionate society.

Human Services
4
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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5
Carlow University

See schedule o.carlow university, rooted in its catholic identity and embodying the heritage and values of the sisters of mercy, offers transformational educational opportunities for a diverse community of learners and empowers them to…

Education
6
Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati children's hospital medical center will be the leader in improving child health. cincinnati children's will provide child health and transform delivery of care through fully integrated, globally recognized research, education,…

Health
7
Catholic Social Services Inc

Motivated by faith, catholic social services helps poor and vulnerable seniors and families reach their potential.

Human Services
8
St Joseph Mercy Chelsea Inc

We, st. joseph mercy chelsea and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. joseph mercy chelsea is a member of trinity health - michigan and…

Health
9
Union Hospital Inc

We exist to serve our patients with compassionate health care of the highest quality.

Health
10
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
11
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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12
Our Lady of Mercy Life Center

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. our lady of mercy life center is a member of st. peter's health…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital; the most unlike its peers is Little Sisters of the Poor. 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

42 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. 42 of the 85 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/42
Grantees still filing
21/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TOUGALOO COLLEGE: $116,000 · OtherTOUGALOO COLLEGEBENEDICTINE SISTERS OF ERIE: $75,500 · OtherBENEDICTINE SISTERS OF ERIEMOUNTAIN MONTESSORI PRESCHOOL: $65,000 · OtherMOUNTAIN MONTESSORI PRESCHOOLMERCY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $65,000 · OtherMERCY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONST ELIZABETH ANN SETON CHURCH: $64,629 · OtherST ELIZABETH ANN SETON CHURCHINDEPENDENCE ACADEMY: $54,123 · OtherINDEPENDENCE ACADEMYCHESTERTON ACADEMY OF AKRON: $32,500 · OtherKIM YIRGA FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP: $31,500 · Other+48 more: $335,447 · Other+48 moreWESTSIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $72,700 · EducationWESTSIDE CHR…COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $15,000 · EducationCOLLEGE NOW …Tougaloo College: $10,000 · EducationTougaloo Col…Walsh University Inc: $10,000 · EducationWalsh Univer…CARMEL CLAY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $7,329 · EducationCARMEL CLAY …CAREER APPRENTICESHIP & MENTORSHIP PROGRAM INC: $7,000 · EducationCAREER APPRE…+2 more: $3,361 · EducationTHE GATHERING PLACE: $25,000 · Human ServicesMEN OF MELCHIZEDEK INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesIN STEP WITH HORSESINC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSAME AS U INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesONE STEP AT A TIME FOUNDATION: $8,500 · Human Services+4 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesCLEVELAND CLINIC MERCY HOSPITAL: $25,000 · HealthLOBULAR BREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 · HealthRECOVERY RESOURCES: $10,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $7,500 · Health+1 more: $250 · HealthSAINT SEBASTIAN PARISH FOUNDATION: $31,800 · PhilanthropySTEELERS CHARITIES: $7,500 · Philanthropy+2 more: $550 · PhilanthropyTHE CLEVELAND MUSIC SCHOOL SETTLEMENT: $20,000 · Arts & CulturePACEM IN TERRIS: $6,000 · ReligionREMNANT FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Religion
Other$839,699Education$125,390Human Services$68,500Health$62,750Philanthropy$39,850Arts & Culture$20,000Religion$11,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWESTSIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $72,700 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetMERCY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetSAINT SEBASTIAN PARISH FOUNDATION: $31,800 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetJ R COLEMAN SENIOR OUTREACH: $27,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE GATHERING PLACE: $25,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCLEVELAND CLINIC MERCY HOSPITAL: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND MUSIC SCHOOL SETTLEMENT: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLOBULAR BREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCOLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEN OF MELCHIZEDEK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTougaloo College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRECOVERY RESOURCES: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWalsh University Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAME AS U INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetONE STEP AT A TIME FOUNDATION: $8,500 over 1y, 15% of budgetSTEELERS CHARITIES: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARMEL CLAY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $7,329 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPACEM IN TERRIS: $6,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIDWEST ACADEMY INC: $5,265 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetREMNANT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSt Augustine Home Guild Inc: $4,100 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetEMERALD DEVELOPMENT & ECONOMIC NETWORK: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAKRON CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPELOTONIA: $2,545 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVISUALLY IMPARIED PRESCHOOL SERVICES INC: $2,015 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLOLIN INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF SARASOTA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHILDREN WITH HAIR LOSS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Greater PA and West Virginia Inc: $1,189 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBuilding Essential Skills Together: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTEACHERS TREASURES INC: $816 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $700 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF JOHNSON COUNTY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $50 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.

  • Who funds WESTSIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds MERCY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAINT SEBASTIAN PARISH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds J R COLEMAN SENIOR OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds THE GATHERING PLACE ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND CLINIC MERCY HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEVELAND MUSIC SCHOOL SETTLEMENT ↗
  • Who funds LOBULAR BREAST CANCER ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC ↗
  • Who funds MEN OF MELCHIZEDEK INC ↗
  • Who funds Tougaloo College ↗
  • Who funds RECOVERY RESOURCES ↗
  • Who funds IN STEP WITH HORSESINC ↗
  • Who funds Walsh University Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAME AS U INC ↗
  • Who funds ONE STEP AT A TIME FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STEELERS CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗

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 Cleveland Foundat…Premier Bank Foundati…Stark Community Found…Lilly Endowment IncUnited Way of Central…E A Mahoney Family Fo…Timken Foundation of …Mightycause Charitabl…American Endowment Fo…Raymond James Charita…Arthur J Gallagher Fo…Duke Energy Foundation
The Cleveland FoundationOH19.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · Premier Bank Foundation · Stark Community Foundation · Lilly Endowment Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · E A Mahoney Family Foundation · Timken Foundation of Canton · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation

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 William C Meier Foundation Ima funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William C Meier Foundation Ima. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 37%
  • One Step at a Time Foundation: 37% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
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How do I get to William C Meier Foundation Ima?

Find your warmest path to William C Meier Foundation Ima 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 85 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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