Funding search · EIN 391710863 · Milwaukee, WI

Barbara Meyer Elsner Foundation

Name: Barbara Meyer Elsner Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

48
grants reported: $245,382
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
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.

What they fund

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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.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Frank Lloyd Wright Burnham Block4 grants · $116,938
Wisconsin Historical Society4 grants · $62,554
Milwaukee Art Museum4 grants · $18,590
Milwaukee Co Historical Society3 grants · $17,530
Matc Foundation3 grants · $6,000
Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy3 grants · $5,320
Museum of Wisconsin Art1 grant · $5,000
Wild Space Dance Co4 grants · $2,400
Education On the Corner1 grant · $2,000
St Johns Communities Foundation2 grants · $1,800

Giving over time

$41,250

2022

$67,022

2023

$71,993

2024

$65,117

2025

Grant history

All 48 reported grants, largest first.

$47,313
Frank Lloyd Wright Burnham Block · Madison, WI · 2024
Burnham block project
$44,625
Frank Lloyd Wright Burnham Block · Madison, WI · 2025
Burnham block project
$25,262
Wisconsin Historical Society · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
$25,000
Wisconsin Historical Society · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
$20,000
Frank Lloyd Wright Burnham Block · Madison, WI · 2023
Burnham block project
$9,430
Milwaukee Co Historical Society · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General support
$8,000
Milwaukee Co Historical Society · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General support
$7,292
Wisconsin Historical Society · Madison, WI · 2025
General support
$6,750
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General support
$5,000
Museum of Wisconsin Art · West Bend, WI · 2025
General support
$5,000
Wisconsin Historical Society · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
$5,000
Frank Lloyd Wright Burnham Block · Madison, WI · 2022
Burnham block project
$4,000
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General support
$3,990
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General support
$3,850
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General support
$3,820
Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$2,000
Matc Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General support
$2,000
Matc Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General support
$2,000
Education On the Corner · Saratoga Springs, UT · 2022
General support
$2,000
Matc Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General support
$1,300
St Johns Communities Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General support
$1,000
Wild Space Dance Co · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General support
$1,000
Rcm Community Fund Rotary · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General support
$1,000
United Way · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General support
$1,000
Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$800
Wild Space Dance Co · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General support
$800
Friends of Villa Terrace · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General support
$500
Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$500
St Johns Communities Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General support
$500
United Way · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General support
$500
Wild Space Dance Co · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General support
$500
Historic Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General support
$400
Pbs · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General support
$400
Cascade Fire Department · Cascade, WI · 2023
General support
$400
Lake Park Friends · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General support
$300
Cascade Fire Department · Cascade, WI · 2024
General support
$300
Pbs · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General support
$250
Glacial Lakes Conservancy · Sheboygan, WI · 2025
General support
$250
Taliesin Preservation · Spring Green, WI · 2024
General support
$250
Glacial Lakes Conservancy · Sheboygan, WI · 2023
General support
$200
Pbs · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General support
$200
Salvation Army · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General support
$200
Pbs · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General support
$100
Glacial Lakes Conservancy · Sheboygan, WI · 2022
General support
$100
Milwaukee Co Historical Society · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General support
$100
Salvation Army · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General support
$100
Taliesen Preservation · Spring Green, WI · 2022
General support
$100
Wild Space Dance Co · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General support

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