The foundation makes a small number of relatively large, targeted gifts to regional nonprofits that serve youth, education/enrichment and community infrastructure, with occasional support for health research and local journalism. Their giving is concentrated in the New York–Connecticut area and includes repeat, significant backing for a longtime beneficiary (Surprise Lake Camp). Grants signal interest in youth development programs (especially summer/enrichment settings), community institutions, and civic information/health initiatives.
Concentrated portfolio with few, mid-to-large sized grants; repeat multi-year support to select core grantees (notably Surprise Lake Camp) and opportunistic one-off gifts to regional nonprofits across youth, education, health, and civic media.
Notable grantees: Surprise Lake Camp, CT Mirror (CT News Project), Youth Continuum Inc, Women's Health Research at Yale, Horizons - The Foote School Association
Repeat support for Surprise Lake Camp stands out in the Roslyn Milstein Meyer and Jerome Meyer Foundation R&j Meyer Trustees’ recent giving: the camp received $125,000 in both 2024 and 2025. That pattern fits a foundation that favors a small number of targeted grants, often at meaningful sizes, to nonprofits serving youth, education, and community life in the New York–Connecticut corridor. Their recent grants include support for summer and enrichment programming, youth services, civic journalism, health-related work, and local cultural institutions. In New Haven, the foundation has backed organizations such as Horizons at the Foote School, Music Haven, and the New Haven Free Public Library, pointing to interest in education, enrichment, and public access institutions. The giving also reaches beyond youth-focused work into health and civic infrastructure, with grants to Yale-affiliated women’s health research, journalism organizations, and community service providers. The overall picture is of a regional funder making selective, high-intensity gifts to groups that serve children, families, and public-interest needs.
Youth and enrichment programs are a clear thread in the foundation’s recent support. They gave $40,000 to Horizons - the Foote School Association in 2024 and $19,975 to Horizons At The Foote School in 2023, alongside $20,000 to Music Haven and $10,000 to New Haven Reads. The foundation also supports services for young people facing instability, including a $50,000 grant to Youth Continuum Inc in New Haven in 2023. Their grantmaking also reaches civic and community institutions. In 2023, they awarded $75,000 to CT MirrorCT News Project in Hartford and $25,000 to Online Journalism Project in 2024, with another $10,000 to Online Journalism Project in 2025. Public access and community cultural spaces appear as well, through $25,000 to New Haven Free Public Library in 2025 and $10,000 to Shubert Theatre in 2025. Health-related support is present too. The foundation gave $50,000 to Women’s Health Research At Yale in 2023 and $10,000 to Yale - New Haven Hospital in 2024.
Typical grants cluster around mid-sized awards: the 25th percentile is $5,000, the median is $10,000, and the 75th percentile is $18,731. The recent list shows repeated support for some recipients across multiple years, including Surprise Lake Camp, The Safina Center, Online Journalism Project, Foundation for the Arts & Trauma, and New Haven Free Public Library. That repetition suggests a mix of ongoing relationships and one-time grants. The foundation appears to operate as a grantmaking trustee structure rather than an operating charity, and the dataset does not show an open application process or unsolicited grant path.
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Most grants fall between $5K and $19K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$19K
About 19% of grants go to recipients in CT.
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Giving is concentrated in Connecticut and New York, with Connecticut as the top state by grant count and 19% of grants going to recipients in New York, the headquarters state. New Haven appears frequently in the recent grants list, alongside Hartford, Cold Spring, Branford, and Stony Creek. Outside Connecticut, New York recipients include organizations in New York City and Setauket. The recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based, with 58 grants to U.S. organizations.
Recent grants show support for summer and enrichment programs, youth services, health research, journalism, libraries, theaters, and community-based service organizations. Examples in the data include youth continuum services, women’s health research at Yale, civic journalism, and public library support.
Yes. Connecticut is the top state by grant count, and many recent grants go to New Haven organizations. New York is also a major recipient state, with 19% of grants going to recipients there.
The grant-size distribution centers on mid-sized awards: p25 is $5,000, median is $10,000, and p75 is $18,731. Recent grants range from $5,000-level gifts up to $125,000 awards.
Yes. The recent grants list includes repeat support for several recipients across different years, including Surprise Lake Camp, The Safina Center, Online Journalism Project, Foundation for the Arts & Trauma, and New Haven Free Public Library.
No. The foundation does not fund individuals, and the data identifies it as a grantmaker to organizations.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT VOICES FOR CHILDREN | NEW HAVEN, CT | $50,000 | 2026 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN | NEW HAVEN, CT | $50,000 | 2026 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| CLIMATEHAVEN | NEW HAVEN, CT | $50,000 | 2026 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF CT | HARTFORD, CT | $25,000 | 2026 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| ONLINE JOURNALISM PROJECT | NEW HAVEN, CT | $25,000 | 2026 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| LEGACY THEATRE | BRANDFORD, CT | $20,000 | 2026 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND IDEAS | NEW HAVEN, CT | $15,000 | 2026 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| STONY CREEK MUSEUM | STONY CREEK, CT | $7,500 | 2026 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| SURPRISE LAKE CAMP | COLD SPRING, NY | $125,000 | 2025 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| ONLINE JOURNALISM PROJECT | NEW HAVEN, CT | $25,000 | 2025 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| NEW HAVEN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY | NEW HAVEN, CT | $25,000 | 2025 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE | NEW HAVEN, CT | $15,000 | 2025 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| THE SAFINA CENTER | SETAUKET, NY | $15,000 | 2025 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND TRAUMA | NEW HAVEN, CT | $10,000 | 2025 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| SHUBERT THEATRE | NEW HAVEN, CT | $10,000 | 2025 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| IRIS - INTEGRATED REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT SERVICES | NEW HAVEN, CT | $10,000 | 2025 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2025 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| NEW HAVEN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY | NEW HAVEN, CT | $10,000 | 2025 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| NEW HAVEN READS | NEW HAVEN, CT | $10,000 | 2025 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| CIRCLE CAMPS | WATERTOWN, WI | $5,000 | 2025 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| LEGACY THEATRE | BRANDFORD, CT | $5,000 | 2025 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| STONY CREEK MUSEUM | STONY CREEK, CT | $5,000 | 2025 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| YALE REPERTORY THEATRE | NEW HAVEN, CT | $5,000 | 2025 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | ARLINGTON, VA | $5,000 | 2025 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| CMHC FOUNDATION - CT MENTAL HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION | NEW HAVEN, CT | $2,500 | 2025 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| CT MUSEUM OF CULTURE AND HISTORY | HARTFORD, CT | $500 | 2025 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| SURPRISE LAKE CAMP | COLD SPRING, NY | $125,000 | 2024 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| HORIZONS - THE FOOTE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION | NEW HAVEN, CT | $40,000 | 2024 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS & TRAUMA | NEW HAVEN, CT | $25,000 | 2024 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| ONLINE JOURNALISM PROJECT | NEW HAVEN, CT | $25,000 | 2024 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| YALE - NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL | NEW HAVEN, CT | $10,000 | 2024 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| CLIFFORD BEERS COMMUNITY CARE CENTER | NEW HAVEN, CT | $10,000 | 2024 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| STONY CREEK MUSEUM | STONY CREEK, CT | $10,000 | 2024 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW HAVEN | NEW HAVEN, CT | $10,000 | 2024 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| LEGACY THEATRE | BRANFORD, CT | $10,000 | 2024 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2024 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ACTION | NEW HAVEN, CT | $5,000 | 2024 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION | NEW YORK, NY | $5,000 | 2024 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| LIBERTY COMMUNITY SERVICES | NEW HAVEN, CT | $5,000 | 2024 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| CT FOODSHARE | WALLINGFORD, CT | $1,000 | 2024 | IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG. |
| CT MirrorCT News Project | Hartford, CT | $75,000 | 2023 | PUBLIC CHARITIES |
| Women's Health Research At Yale | New Haven, CT | $50,000 | 2023 | PUBLIC CHARITIES |
| Youth Continuum Inc | New Haven, CT | $50,000 | 2023 | PUBLIC CHARITIES |
| Foundation For The Arts & Trauma | New Haven, CT | $25,000 | 2023 | PUBLIC CHARITIES |
| Music Haven | New Haven, CT | $20,000 | 2023 | PUBLIC CHARITIES |
| CT Voices For Children | New Haven, CT | $20,000 | 2023 | PUBLIC CHARITIES |
| Read To Grow | Branford, CT | $20,000 | 2023 | PUBLIC CHARITIES |
| Horizons At The Foote School | New Haven, CT | $19,975 | 2023 | PUBLIC CHARITIES |
| The Safina Center | Setauket, NY | $15,000 | 2023 | PUBLIC CHARITIES |
| New Haven Urban Resouces Initiative | New Haven, CT | $10,000 | 2023 | PUBLIC CHARITIES |
CT VOICES FOR CHILDREN
$50,000IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
CLIMATEHAVEN
$50,000IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF CT
$25,000IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND IDEAS
$15,000IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
STONY CREEK MUSEUM
$7,500IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
NEW HAVEN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
$25,000IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
THE SAFINA CENTER
$15,000IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS AND TRAUMA
$10,000IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
SHUBERT THEATRE
$10,000IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
$10,000IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
NEW HAVEN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
$10,000IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
NEW HAVEN READS
$10,000IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
CIRCLE CAMPS
$5,000IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
STONY CREEK MUSEUM
$5,000IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
YALE REPERTORY THEATRE
$5,000IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
CMHC FOUNDATION - CT MENTAL HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION
$2,500IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
CT MUSEUM OF CULTURE AND HISTORY
$500IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
HORIZONS - THE FOOTE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
$40,000IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS & TRAUMA
$25,000IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
CLIFFORD BEERS COMMUNITY CARE CENTER
$10,000IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
STONY CREEK MUSEUM
$10,000IRC SEC. 501(c)(3) ORG.
CT MirrorCT News Project
$75,000PUBLIC CHARITIES
Youth Continuum Inc
$50,000PUBLIC CHARITIES
Foundation For The Arts & Trauma
$25,000PUBLIC CHARITIES
Music Haven
$20,000PUBLIC CHARITIES
CT Voices For Children
$20,000PUBLIC CHARITIES
Read To Grow
$20,000PUBLIC CHARITIES
Horizons At The Foote School
$19,975PUBLIC CHARITIES
New Haven Urban Resouces Initiative
$10,000PUBLIC CHARITIES