Funding search · EIN 391713840 · Milwaukee, WI
Archie & Viola Meinerz
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 62
- grants reported
- $1.2M
- 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.
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3 grants matching “vest” · $16,000
- $4,000
Wisconsin Vest-a-Dog · Janesville, WI · 2025
To provide a bullet & stab proof vest and first aid kit for every police dog in wisconsin.
- $6,000
Wisconsin Vest-a-Dog · Janesville, WI · 2024
Public charity
- $6,000
Wisconsin Vest-a-Dog · Janesville, WI · 2023
Public charity
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Pius Xi High School4 grants · $257,000
- Boys Girls Clubs of Greater Milwauk2 grants · $107,000
- Three Holy Women Parish2 grants · $79,000
- St Anne Center for Intergenerationa2 grants · $75,000
- Three Holy Women Parish2 grants · $60,000
- Happy Endings No Kill Cat Shelter2 grants · $60,000
- Marquette University2 grants · $56,000
- Happy Endings No Kill Cat Shelter I2 grants · $54,000
- St Ann Center for Intergenerational Ca2 grants · $50,000
- St Augustine Preparatory Academy1 grant · $50,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 62 reported grants, largest first.
- $87,000
Boys Girls Clubs of Greater Milwauk · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Public charity
- $70,000
Pius Xi High School · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Education
- $67,000
Pius Xi High School · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Education and to provide scholarships for students to attend pius xi high school.
- $60,000
Pius Xi High School · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Education
- $60,000
Pius Xi High School · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Education
- $50,000
St Augustine Preparatory Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Education
- $50,000
St Anne Center for Intergenerationa · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Religious
- $45,000
Three Holy Women Parish · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Religious
- $45,000
Three Holy Women Parish · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Religious
- $34,000
Three Holy Women Parish · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Religious
- $31,000
Happy Endings No Kill Cat Shelter I · Greenfield, WI · 2022
Public Charity
- $30,000
Happy Endings No Kill Cat Shelter · Greenfield, WI · 2025
Finding of permanent homes for unwanted, stray, abused or feral animals.
- $30,000
Happy Endings No Kill Cat Shelter · Greenfield, WI · 2024
Public charity
- $28,000
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
To provide scholarships to allow worthy students to attend marquette university
- $28,000
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Education
- $25,000
St Ann Center for Intergenerational Ca · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
To provide quality, compassionate care to children, elders, and adults of all ages with disabilities
- $25,000
St Ann Center for Intergenerational Ca · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Religious
- $25,000
St Anne Center for Intergenerationa · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Religious
- $23,000
Happy Endings No Kill Cat Shelter I · Greenfield, WI · 2023
Public Charity
- $20,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Public charity
- $20,000
Boys Girls Clubs of Greater Milwauk · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public charity
- $20,000
Hales Corners Lutheran Church Schoo · Hales Corner, WI · 2023
Relgious
- $20,000
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Education
- $20,000
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Education
- $16,000
Milwaukee Diaper Mission · Franklin, WI · 2023
Public charity
- $15,000
Three Holy Women Parish · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Religious
- $15,000
Women'S Support Center of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Public charity
- $10,000
Arcadia Education Foundation · Arcadia, WI · 2025
Education and to provide scholarships for arcadia high school.
- $10,000
Hales Corners Lutheran Church & School · Hales Corner, WI · 2025
Religious and education
- $10,000
Milwaukee School of Engineering · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Education and to provide a scholarship fund for msoe.
- $10,000
Preborn · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
To provide ultrasounds and rescources for mothers and their preborn babies.
- $10,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2025
To help in providing mortgage free homes for gold star and fallen first responder families with young children and by building specially adapted smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans and first responders..
- $10,000
Women'S Support Center of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
To help women and families who find themselves in a place where they need either emotional or material support, especially in the case of unplanned pregnancy.
- $10,000
Arcadia Education Foundation · Arcadia, WI · 2024
Education
- $10,000
Hales Corners Lutheran Church & School · Hales Corner, WI · 2024
Relgious
- $10,000
Milwaukee County War Memorial · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Education
- $10,000
Milwaukee Diaper Mission · Franklin, WI · 2024
Public charity
- $10,000
Milwaukee School of Engineering · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Education
- $10,000
Preborn · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Public charity
- $10,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Public charity
- $10,000
Arcadia Education Foundation · Arcadia, WI · 2023
Education
- $10,000
Milwaukee County War Memorial · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Education
- $10,000
Seton Catholic Schools · St Francis, WI · 2023
Education
- $10,000
Ewtn News · Irondale, AL · 2022
Religious
- $10,000
Medical College of Wisconsin · Wauwatosa, WI · 2022
Medical research
- $10,000
Milwaukee County War Memorial · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Education
- $10,000
Milwaukee School of Engineering · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Education
- $10,000
School District of Arcadia · Arcadia, WI · 2022
Education
- $10,000
Seton Catholic Schools · St Francis, WI · 2022
Education
- $7,000
St Mary Catholic Churh · Hales Corners, WI · 2023
Religious
- $7,000
The Cathedral Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Religious
- $6,000
Wisconsin Vest-a-Dog · Janesville, WI · 2024
Public charity
- $6,000
Wisconsin Vest-a-Dog · Janesville, WI · 2023
Public charity
- $5,000
Headwaters Fisheries · Minocqua, WI · 2025
To unite all muskie fishing interests for the promotion and protection of a high-quality muskellunge sport fishery in the united states and canada by supporting conservation practices and research based on sound scienti… read allTo unite all muskie fishing interests for the promotion and protection of a high-quality muskellunge sport fishery in the united states and canada by supporting conservation practices and research based on sound scientific merit, and carried out by authorized federal or state agencies, appropriate academic institutions, and to work for the abatement of water pollution; maintenance of records for muskies habits, growth, range, and the dissemination of muskie information to everyone. less
- $5,000
Milwaukee Diaper Mission · Franklin, WI · 2025
To provide the needy with a reliable source of free diapers & period supplies.
- $5,000
Nevada Old Time Fiddlers Association · Henderson, NV · 2025
Education and to serve as a rescource on the history, techniques and performance of old time fiddling.
- $5,000
Ladies Auxiliary of Arlington · Arlington, TX · 2024
Public charity
- $5,000
Nevada Old Time Fiddlers Association · Henderson, NV · 2024
Education
- $5,000
St Mary Catholic Churh · Hales Corners, WI · 2024
Religious
- $5,000
Nevada Old Time Fiddlers Associatio · Henderson, NV · 2023
Education
- $4,000
Wisconsin Vest-a-Dog · Janesville, WI · 2025
To provide a bullet & stab proof vest and first aid kit for every police dog in wisconsin.
- $3,000
Breast Cancer Showcase · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Medical Research
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