Funding search · EIN 391289123 · Merrill, WI

Our Way

Name: Our Way grants, 2024–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

12
grants reported: $552,000
total given: 2024–2025
filing years: $27,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2024–2025. 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

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.

1 grant matching “geiss” · $10,000

$10,000
Mary Geiss Memorial · Merrill, WI · 2025
Program Assist

Grant history

All 12 reported grants, largest first.

$150,000
Kinship of Tomahawk · Tomahawk, WI · 2025
Building Renovation
$100,000
Bell Tower Residence · Merrill, WI · 2025
Program Assist
$75,000
Mac Home · Merrill, WI · 2025
Program Assist
$60,000
St Vincent De Paul Society · Merrill, WI · 2025
Program Assist
$51,000
St Vincent De Paul Society · Merrill, WI · 2024
Help w/program exp
$30,000
Kinship of Tomahawk · Tomahawk, WI · 2024
Help w/program exp
$25,000
Childrens Service Society of Wi · Merrill, WI · 2025
Program Assist
$20,000
Child Care Coalition of Wi · Merrill, WI · 2025
Program Assist
$11,000
Lincoln County Respite · Merrill, WI · 2024
Help w/program exp
$10,000
Mary Geiss Memorial · Merrill, WI · 2025
Program Assist
$10,000
Parkside Preschool Center · Merrill, WI · 2025
Program Assist
$10,000
Parkside Preschool Center · Merrill, WI · 2024
Help w/program exp

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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.