Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
JOHN S AND ALVINA R MYERS FOUNDATION FOR
JOHN S AND ALVINA R MYERS FOUNDATION FOR (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,711,093 to it, the largest being ALVINA R MYERS TRUST ($1,711,093). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $20M
What John S and Alvina R Myers Foundation For does
Mission
The net income of the foundation will be primarily used to establish a chair of law at the american university washington college of law in honor of john sherman myers, former dean of washington college of law. After funding the chair of law, any income remaining is to be used to provide scholarships for low income students at the american university washington college of law.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Financial support of the establishment of a chair of law at the american university washington college of law in honor of john sherman myers, former dean of washington college of law. Any income remaining provided scholarships for low income students at the american university washington college of law.
$1,038,274 spentof which $1,009,944 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,038,274.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $2.5M to $19M (+663%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of JOHN S AND ALVINA R MYERS FOUNDATION FOR’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of JOHN S AND ALVINA R MYERS FOUNDATION FOR's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
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In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- American Univerity Washington College of Law · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JOHN S AND ALVINA R MYERS FOUNDATION FOR?
- JOHN S AND ALVINA R MYERS FOUNDATION FOR (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,711,093 to it, the largest being ALVINA R MYERS TRUST ($1,711,093). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JOHN S AND ALVINA R MYERS FOUNDATION FOR have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,711,093 in grants to JOHN S AND ALVINA R MYERS FOUNDATION FOR.
- Who is the largest funder of JOHN S AND ALVINA R MYERS FOUNDATION FOR?
- ALVINA R MYERS TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $1,711,093 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JOHN S AND ALVINA R MYERS FOUNDATION FOR find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing