Funding search · EIN 366117571 · Milwaukee, WI
Messmer Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 71
- grants reported
- $296,200
- total given
- 2021–2025
- filing years
- $3,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. 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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- All Hands Boatworks4 grants · $22,000
- Vmp Foundation3 grants · $20,000
- Church of the Gesu1 grant · $20,000
- Milwaukee Rescue Mission5 grants · $20,000
- First United Methodist Church Wa3 grants · $20,000
- Womens Care Center4 grants · $17,500
- Prevent Blindness Wisconsin2 grants · $15,000
- Veterans Memorial Committee2 grants · $11,000
- Ancient Order of Hibernians4 grants · $10,000
- Vmp Foundations1 grant · $10,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 71 reported grants, largest first.
- $20,000
Church of the Gesu · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Public support
- $10,000
Vmp Foundations · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Public support
- $10,000
First United Methodist Church Wa · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Public support
- $10,000
St Francis De Sales Seminary · Saint Francis, WI · 2024
Public support
- $10,000
All Hands Boatworks · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public support
- $10,000
Aquinas Academy · Menomonee Falls, WI · 2023
Public support
- $10,000
Vmp Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public support
- $10,000
Prevent Blindness Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
- $8,500
Veterans Memorial Committee · Hales Corners, WI · 2025
Public support
- $6,000
Friends of Hales Corners Park Poo · Hales Corners, WI · 2024
Public support
- $6,000
Womens Care Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Public support
- $5,000
First United Methodist Church · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Public support
- $5,000
First United Methodist Church Wa · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Public support
- $5,000
Medical College of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Public support
- $5,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Public support
- $5,000
Morning Glory Ministries · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Public support
- $5,000
Myso · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Public support
- $5,000
The Conservancy for Healing Herit · Franklin, WI · 2025
Public support
- $5,000
Vmp Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Public support
- $5,000
Womens Care Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Public support
- $5,000
All Hands Boatworks · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Public support
- $5,000
Chesterton Academy of Milwaukee · Menomonee Falls, WI · 2024
Public support
- $5,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Public support
- $5,000
Above the Clouds · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public support
- $5,000
First United Methodist Church Wa · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public support
- $5,000
Hope Ministries · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public support
- $5,000
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public support
- $5,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public support
- $5,000
Prevent Blindness Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public support
- $5,000
Womens Care Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public support
- $5,000
Dr Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
- $5,000
First United Methodist Church of We · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
- $5,000
All Hands Boatworks · Milwaukee, WI · 2021
Charity
- $5,000
Vmp Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2021
Charity
- $3,000
Hear Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Public support
- $3,000
Cathedral Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
- $3,000
The Florentine Opera Company · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public support
- $2,500
Ancient Order of Hibernians · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Public support
- $2,500
Artists Working in Education · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Public support
- $2,500
Ancient Order of Hibernians · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Public support
- $2,500
Day of Faith · Elm Grove, WI · 2024
Public support
- $2,500
Ancient Order of Hibernians · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public support
- $2,500
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milw · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public support
- $2,500
Veterans Memorial Committee · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
Program support
- $2,500
Ancient Order of Hibernians · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
- $2,500
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milw · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
- $2,500
Cathedral Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
- $2,500
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
- $2,500
Ronald McDonald House Charities of · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
- $2,500
Cathedral Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2021
Charity
- $2,500
Hibernian Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2021
Charity
- $2,500
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2021
Charity
- $2,000
Ballpark Day of Faith · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Program support
- $2,000
All Hands Boatworks · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
- $2,000
United Performing Arts Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public support
- $2,000
University Notre Dame Development · Notre Dame, IN · 2023
Public support
- $2,000
St Johns Northwestern Academies · Delafield, WI · 2022
Program support
- $1,500
Arise Mke · Sussex, WI · 2025
Public support
- $1,500
Womens Care Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
- $1,200
United Performing Arts Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Public support
- $1,000
First Tee - Southeast Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Public support
- $1,000
Medical College of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Program support
- $1,000
U of Notre Dame- Womens Lacrosse · Notre Dame, IN · 2025
Public support
- $1,000
Crab Lake Conservation Foundation · Presque Isle, WI · 2024
Public support
- $1,000
Ballpark Day of Faith · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public support
- $1,000
Supporters of Opera Singers · Cedarburg, WI · 2023
Public support
- $1,000
Center for Deaf Blind Persons · Milwaukee, WI · 2021
Charity
- $1,000
Milwaukee Catholic Home · Milwaukee, WI · 2021
Charity
- $1,000
Neighborhood House of Milw · Milwaukee, WI · 2021
Charity
- $500
Well Read Mom · Ironton, MN · 2023
Program support
- $500
Brew City Catholic · Saint Francis, WI · 2021
Charity
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