Funding search · EIN 357343724 · Freeport, IL

Gerald K Meier Charitable Trust

Name: Gerald K Meier Charitable Trust grants, 2023–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

21
grants reported: $826,055
total given: 2023–2025
filing years: $32,878
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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9 grants matching “freeport” · $297,381

$35,347
Freeport Parks Foundation · Freeport, IL · 2025
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$35,347
Freeport Public Library Foundation · Freeport, IL · 2025
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$35,347
Amity Society of Freeport · Freeport, IL · 2025
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$32,878
Freeport Parks Foundation · Freeport, IL · 2024
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$32,878
Freeport Public Library Foundation · Freeport, IL · 2024
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$32,878
Amity Society of Freeport · Freeport, IL · 2024
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$30,902
Freeport Parks Foundation · Freeport, IL · 2023
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$30,902
Freeport Public Library Foundation · Freeport, IL · 2023
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$30,902
Amity Society of Freeport · Freeport, IL · 2023
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Grant history

All 21 reported grants, largest first.

$82,475
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church · Freeport, IL · 2025
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$76,715
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church · Freeport, IL · 2024
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$72,104
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church · Freeport, IL · 2023
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$35,347
Amity Society of Freeport · Freeport, IL · 2025
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$35,347
Fhn Foundation · Freeport, IL · 2025
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$35,347
Freeport Parks Foundation · Freeport, IL · 2025
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$35,347
Freeport Public Library Foundation · Freeport, IL · 2025
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$35,347
Friends Forever Humane Society · Freeport, IL · 2025
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$35,347
Stephenson County Historical Society · Freeport, IL · 2025
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$32,878
Amity Society of Freeport · Freeport, IL · 2024
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$32,878
Fhn Foundation · Freeport, IL · 2024
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$32,878
Freeport Parks Foundation · Freeport, IL · 2024
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$32,878
Freeport Public Library Foundation · Freeport, IL · 2024
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$32,878
Friends Forever Humane Society · Freeport, IL · 2024
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$32,878
Stephensoncounty Historical Society · Freeport, IL · 2024
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$30,902
Amity Society of Freeport · Freeport, IL · 2023
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$30,902
Fhn Foundation · Freeport, IL · 2023
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$30,902
Freeport Parks Foundation · Freeport, IL · 2023
Support payment
$30,902
Freeport Public Library Foundation · Freeport, IL · 2023
Support payment
$30,902
Friends Forever Humane Society · Freeport, IL · 2023
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$30,901
Stephensoncounty Historical Society · Freeport, IL · 2023
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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.