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 20222025. 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

$345,000
2022
$284,000
2023
$324,000
2024
$294,000
2025

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 all
  • $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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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.