Funding search · EIN 208762273 · Waukesha, WI

Meier Family Foundation

Name: Meier Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

128
grants reported: $2.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

book comic community historic hospice kathy outreach preservation

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

5 grants matching “historic preservation” · $90,000

$10,000
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Sara jane elk fund for historic preservation
$20,000
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Sara jane elk fund for historic preservation
$20,000
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Sara jane elk fund for historic preservation
$20,000
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Historic preservation
$20,000
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Historic preservation

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Horizon Home Care and Hospice5 grants · $140,000
No Kid Hungry By Share Our Strength5 grants · $125,000
American Cancer Society5 grants · $120,000
Hunger Task Force4 grants · $100,000
Exchange Club of Culver City Charitable Foundation5 grants · $100,000
Mental Health America of Wisconsin5 grants · $100,000
Milwaukee Public Museum2 grants · $100,000
Covenant House4 grants · $100,000
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site5 grants · $90,000
The Women'S Center4 grants · $80,000

Giving over time

$900,000

2022

$346,000

2023

$386,000

2024

$360,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 128 grants.

$50,000
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Expansion project
$50,000
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Expansion project
$40,000
Horizon Home Care and Hospice · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Kathy hospice
$40,000
Horizon Home Care and Hospice · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Kathy hospice
$30,000
American Cancer Society · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Support maintenance at gerdin hope lodge
$25,000
Covenant House · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General
$25,000
Hunger Task Force · West Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General
$25,000
No Kid Hungry By Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2025
General
$25,000
American Cancer Society · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General
$25,000
Covenant House · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General
$25,000
Hunger Task Force · West Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General
$25,000
No Kid Hungry By Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2024
General
$25,000
American Cancer Society · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General
$25,000
Covenant House · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General
$25,000
No Kid Hungry By Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$25,000
Covenant House · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$25,000
Hunger Task Force · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General
$25,000
Hunger Task Force · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General
$25,000
No Kid Hungry By Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$25,000
No Kid Hungry By Share Our Strength · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$20,000
Discovery World Ltd · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General
$20,000
Exchange Club of Culver City Charitable Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2025
Support pulpfiction comic book store
$20,000
Horizon Home Care and Hospice · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Kathy hospice
$20,000
Mental Health America of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General
$20,000
Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2025
Wisconsin floods
$20,000
The Women'S Center · Waukesha, WI · 2025
General
$20,000
Women and Girls Fund of Waukesha County · Waukesha, WI · 2025
General
$20,000
Discovery World Ltd · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General
$20,000
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Sara jane elk fund for historic preservation
$20,000
Exchange Club of Culver City Charitable Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2024
Support pulpfiction comic book store
$20,000
Horizon Home Care and Hospice · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Kathy hospice
$20,000
Mental Health America of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General
$20,000
Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024
Hurricane helene relief efforts
$20,000
The Women'S Center · Waukesha, WI · 2024
General
$20,000
Women and Girls Fund of Waukesha County · Waukesha, WI · 2024
General
$20,000
Discovery World Ltd · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General
$20,000
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Sara jane elk fund for historic preservation
$20,000
Exchange Club of Culver City Charitable Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2023
Support pulpfiction comic book store
$20,000
Horizon Home Care and Hospice · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Kathy hospice
$20,000
Mental Health America of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General
$20,000
The Women'S Center · Waukesha, WI · 2023
General
$20,000
Women and Girls Fund of Waukesha County · Waukesha, WI · 2023
General
$20,000
American Cancer Society · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General
$20,000
American Cancer Society · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General
$20,000
Discovery World · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General
$20,000
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Historic preservation
$20,000
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Historic preservation
$20,000
Exchange Club of Culver City Charitable Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2022
Support from pulpfiction comic book store
$20,000
Exchange Club of Culver City Charitable Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2022
Support from pulpfiction comic book store
$20,000
Mental Health America of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General
$20,000
Mental Health America of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General
$20,000
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$20,000
The Women'S Center · Waukesha, WI · 2022
General
$20,000
United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Helping kids succeed initiative
$15,000
Maui Strong Fund · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General
$15,000
Oconomowoc Food Pantry · Oconomowoc, WI · 2022
General
$15,000
Oconomowoc Food Pantry · Oconomowoc, WI · 2022
General
$15,000
Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2022
General
$10,000
4th Dimension Society · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General
$10,000
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2025
La wildfire response
$10,000
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Sara jane elk fund for historic preservation
$10,000
Food Pantry of Waukesha County · Waukesha, WI · 2025
General
$10,000
Jdrf Wisconsin Chapter · Menasha, WI · 2025
General
$10,000
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Community outreach programming
$10,000
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General
$10,000
United Performing Arts Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General
$10,000
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General
$10,000
Waukesha County Community Foundation · Waukesha, WI · 2025
General
$10,000
World Vision · Federal Way, WA · 2025
General
$10,000
4th Dimension Society · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General
$10,000
Artworks for Greater Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General
$10,000
Food Pantry of Waukesha County · Waukesha, WI · 2024
General
$10,000
Jdrf Wisconsin Chapter · Menasha, WI · 2024
General
$10,000
Lee Memorial Health System · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
General
$10,000
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Community outreach programming
$10,000
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General
$10,000
Oconomowoc Food Pantry · Oconomowoc, WI · 2024
General
$10,000
United Performing Arts Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General
$10,000
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General
$10,000
Waukesha County Community Foundation · Waukesha, WI · 2024
General
$10,000
World Vision · Federal Way, WA · 2024
General
$10,000
4th Dimension Society · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General
$10,000
Artworks for Greater Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General
$10,000
Food Pantry of Waukesha County · Waukesha, WI · 2023
General
$10,000
Jdrf Wisconsin Chapter · Menasha, WI · 2023
General
$10,000
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Community outreach programming
$10,000
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General
$10,000
Oconomowoc Food Pantry · Oconomowoc, WI · 2023
General
$10,000
United Performing Arts Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General
$10,000
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General
$10,000
Waukesha County Community Foundation · Waukesha, WI · 2023
General
$10,000
World Vision · Federal Way, WA · 2023
General
$10,000
4th Dimension Society · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General
$10,000
American Lung Association · Brookfield, WI · 2022
General
$10,000
Americares Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2022
Ukraine crisis
$10,000
Americares Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2022
Ukraine crisis
$10,000
Artworks for Greater Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General
$10,000
Artworks for Greater Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General
$10,000
Children'S Miracle Network Hospitals · Wauwatosa, WI · 2022
General
$10,000
Children'S Miracle Network Hospitals · Wauwatosa, WI · 2022
General

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.