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Zan & Evelyn Myers Foundation at a glance

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Zan & Evelyn Myers 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.

$110k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$204kHuman Services$98kHealth$83kInternational$82kAnimals$73kEducation$25kHousing & Shelter$21kYouth Development$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
City Mission Hope for the Homeless$5,000
Calvary Chapel of Murietta$5,000
Make-A-Wish Fndn of Greater Pennsyl$5,000
Pittsburgh Youth Philharmonic Orche$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ALSACSt Jude Children's Research Ho$5,000
Council for Native Hawaiian Advance$5,000
UPMC Children's Hospital Foundation$5,000
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food B$5,000
Light of Life Rescue Mission$5,000
Doctors Without Borders$5,000
Washington Area Humane Society of W$5,000
Brother's Brother Foundation$5,000
Pirates Charities$5,000
Gary Sinise Foundation$5,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Boy's Town: $500 → 12%Guiding Eyes For The Blind: $1k → 9%Boy's Town: $100 → 12%American Red Cross: $1k → 14%American Red Cross: $1k → 14%Light of Life Rescue Mission: $5k → 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

IL
NY
OH
PA
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
HI
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$718k · 39 repeat orgs$61k to everyone else

39 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
16

Total granted

$718k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+57%

Still filing today

59%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 ServicesHealthPhilanthropyInternationalAnimalsYouth 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

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    3× · 2018–2020 · $34k · revenue +131%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $28k · revenue +98%
  • GP
    GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
    5× · 2021–2025 · $25k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • MF
    Make-A-Wish Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
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
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
2
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
3
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
4
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
5
Texas Children's Hospital

Texas children's hospital, headquartered in houston, texas, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and…

Health
6
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
7
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
8
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
9
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…

Health
10
East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc

East tennessee children's hospital is a free-standing, independent, not-for-profit pediatric health care system which serves the east tennessee region. children's hospital is certified by the state of tennessee as a comprehensive regional…

Health
11
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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12
Children's National

Children's national coordinates the overall policy and activities of the affiliated organizations. see schedule o.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc; the most unlike its peers is Reading Ready Pittsburgh. 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

35 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. 35 of the 62 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
23/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Calvary Chapel of Murietta: $197,000 · OtherCalvary Chapel of MuriettaTHE SALVATION ARMY: $41,200 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYHOLY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherHOLY FAMILY FOUNDATIONGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $25,000 · OtherGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK+34 more: $173,200 · Other+34 moreGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE…MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyMARIO LEMIE…Best of the Batch Foundation: $20,000 · PhilanthropyBest of the…HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMM…HOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND: $5,000 · PhilanthropyHOMELESS CH…BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION: $30,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $27,600 · International+1 more: $1,170 · InternationalCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $20,000 · HealthPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $5,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $4,100 · Health+2 more: $2,000 · HealthWASHINGTON AREA HUMANE SOCIETY: $25,000 · AnimalsORPHAN KITTEN CLUB INC: $25,000 · Animals+1 more: $500 · AnimalsWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 · Human Services+2 more: $1,600 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $33,500 · Religion
Other$461,400Philanthropy$80,000International$58,770Health$56,100Animals$50,500Human Services$48,600Religion$33,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $33,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $27,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON AREA HUMANE SOCIETY: $25,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHOLY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetORPHAN KITTEN CLUB INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBest of the Batch Foundation: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPIRATES CHARITIES: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS PITTSBURGH: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC: $11,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetReading Ready Pittsburgh: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDOUBLE H HOLE IN THE WOODS RANCH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $4,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRancho De Sus Ninos Inc: $1,170 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN STUDIES CENTER: $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.

  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON AREA HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOLY FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ORPHAN KITTEN CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Best of the Batch Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PIRATES CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds DRESS FOR SUCCESS PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds SAN DIEGO RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Reading Ready Pittsburgh ↗
  • Who funds LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds DOUBLE H HOLE IN THE WOODS RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗

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 United Way of Sou…Eqt FoundationThe Pittsburgh Founda…Centimark FoundationRichard King Mellon F…Verizon FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for Good
The United Way of Southwestern PennsylvaniaPA17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Eqt Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Centimark Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good

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 Zan & Evelyn Myers Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Zan & Evelyn Myers 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report 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 62 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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