Myers L & Marilyn R Girsh
Norwalk, CT · EIN 45-5303068. Reported 119 grants totalling $969,341 to 63 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Myers L & Marilyn R Girsh did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $195. Half of everything it gave fell between $90 and $1,000; the smallest was $35 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childrens Resource Fund Inc | Miami, FL | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mount Sinai Medical Center | Miami Beach, FL | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Miami Jewish Health Systems Foundat | Miami, FL | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Family & Children's Agency Inc | Norwalk, CT | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pine Hill Community Center Ltd | Pine Hill, NY | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Raphael Academy | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Spark Youth Nyc Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Miami, FL | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Unicef USA | New York, NY | $2,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Red Cross | Boone, IA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Albemarle | Elizabeth City, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breakthrough T1D | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Diabetes Research Institute Foundation | Hollywood, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Smile Train - Premier Circle | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Magen David | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Amnesty International | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| ASPCA | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Birdielight | Columbus, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Osteoporosis Foundation | Arlington, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Jacksonville, FL | $700 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Humane Association | Washington, DC | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Covenant House | New York, NY | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jdrf | New York, NY | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | White Plains, NY | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Susan G Komen for the Cure | Dallas, TX | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Food for the Poor Inc | Coconut Creek, FL | $404 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Cancer Society | Oklahoma City, OK | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hillel International | Washington, DC | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| AARP Foundation | Washington, DC | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arthritis Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $300 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Feed the Children | Oklahoma City, OK | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Special Olympics Florida | Clermont, FL | $240 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Als Association | Washington, DC | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Blinded Veterans Association | Washington, DC | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dav - Disabled American Veterans | Cincinnati, OH | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Humane Society of Greater Miami | North Miami Beach, FL | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mercy Corps | Portland, OR | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Miami Project to Cure Paralysis | Miami, FL | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | New York, NY | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Say - the Stuttering Association for the Young | New York, NY | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| USO | Washington, DC | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Wlrn Inc | Miami, FL | $195 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wlrn | Miami, FL | $195 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Miami Rescue Mission | Miami, FL | $191 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Federation of Police & Concerned Citizens | Titusville, FL | $180 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Amfar the Foundation for AIDS Rese | New York, NY | $180 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Project Hope | Millwood, VA | $180 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Federation of the Blind | Baltimore, MD | $166 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Kidney Fund | Rockville, MD | $150 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys Town | Boys Town, NE | $150 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bbb Wise Giving Alliance | Arlington, VA | $140 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| UNCF - United Negro College Fund | Washington, DC | $140 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $120 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mothers Against Drunk Driving | Irving, TX | $110 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Trust for Historic Oric Preservation | Washington, DC | $110 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Labre Indian School | Ashland, MT | $110 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| March of Dimes | White Plains, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ocean Conservancy | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Salvation Army | Alexandria, VA | $100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | New York, NY | $80 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
49 of 63 (78%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 71%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Childrens Resource Fund Inc
CONTRIBUTION TO 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATI - Miami Jewish Health Systems Foundat
SUPPORT FOR NOT FOR PROFIT HOSPITALS - Breakthrough T1D
SUPPORT MEDICAL RESEARCH BY NPO - Smile Train - Premier Circle
CONTRIBUTION TO 501(C)(3) ORGANIZAT - Birthright Israel Foundation
SUPPORT RELIGIOUS ORG CHARITABLE PUR
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 83 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51 | $243,136 | $150 |
| 2022 | 54 | $244,205 | $100 |
| 2023 | 7 | $248,000 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 7 | $234,000 | $3,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 79% of this one's giving went to organizations in Florida. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $195. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Myers L & Marilyn R Girsh's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: C/O 8 Seaside Place, Norwalk, CT, 06855. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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