Funding search · EIN 391582624 · Brookfield, WI

Merkel Foundation

Name: Merkel Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

121
grants reported: $5.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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.

Global Brigades3 grants · $1.4M
Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers3 grants · $753,705
Archdiocese of Milwaukee Inc (Catholic Stewardship Appeal)1 grant · $401,187
Sheboygan Youth Sailing Club3 grants · $305,111
St Dominic Parish4 grants · $254,898
Holy Apostles Catholic Parish2 grants · $249,822
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Wi3 grants · $151,124
Marquette University3 grants · $150,910
Catholic Memorial High School3 grants · $149,489
Nativity Jesuit Catholic School Academy3 grants · $149,489

Giving over time

$1.5M

2022

$2.0M

2023

$2.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 121 grants.

$471,918
Global Brigades · Fresno, CA · 2022
Charitable
$455,509
Global Brigades · Fresno, CA · 2023
Charitable
$451,381
Global Brigades · Fresno, CA · 2024
General operating support
$401,187
Archdiocese of Milwaukee Inc (Catholic Stewardship Appeal) · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support
$252,768
Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Charitable
$250,726
Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support
$250,211
Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Charitable
$150,000
Holy Apostles Catholic Parish · New Berlin, WI · 2023
Charitable
$110,000
St Dominic Parish · Sheboygan, WI · 2023
Charitable
$104,649
Sheboygan Youth Sailing Club · Sheboygan, WI · 2022
Charitable
$100,998
Sheboygan Youth Sailing Club · Sheboygan, WI · 2023
Charitable
$99,822
Holy Apostles Catholic Parish · New Berlin, WI · 2024
General operating support
$99,464
Sheboygan Youth Sailing Club · Sheboygan, WI · 2024
General operating support
$84,898
St Dominic Parish · Brookfield, WI · 2024
General operating support
$81,357
Archdiocese of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Charitable
$79,716
Archdiocese of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Charitable
$53,610
Community of St Paul · Racine, WI · 2024
General operating support
$51,340
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Charitable
$50,554
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Wi · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Charitable
$50,553
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Charitable
$50,376
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Wi · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Charitable
$50,194
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support
$50,194
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Wi · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support
$50,194
Saint Francis De Sales Seminary (the Salesianum Trust) · St Francis, WI · 2024
Capital campaign
$50,089
Catholic Memorial High School · Waukesha, WI · 2023
Charitable
$50,089
Nativity Jesuit Catholic School Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Community of St Paul · Racine, WI · 2023
Charitable
$49,732
Catholic Memorial High School · Waukesha, WI · 2024
General operating support
$49,732
Nativity Jesuit Catholic School Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support
$49,682
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Charitable
$49,668
Catholic Memorial High School · Waukesha, WI · 2022
Charitable
$49,668
Nativity Jesuit Catholic School Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Charitable
$49,376
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Charitable
$40,155
Saint Francis De Sales Seminary · St Francis, WI · 2024
General operating support
$40,000
Saint Francis De Sales Seminary · St Francis, WI · 2023
Charitable
$30,399
World Craniofacial Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
Charitable
$30,117
Archdiocese of Milwaukee Inc (Combined Collections) · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support
$30,117
World Craniofacial Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024
General operating support
$30,000
Nourish Farms · Sheboygan, WI · 2024
General operating support
$30,000
St Dominic Parish · Sheboygan, WI · 2024
General operating support
$30,000
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
General operating support
$30,000
Nourish Farms · Sheboygan, WI · 2023
Charitable
$30,000
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
Charitable
$30,000
Nourish Farms · Sheboygan, WI · 2022
Charitable
$30,000
St Dominic Parish · Sheboygan, WI · 2022
Charitable
$30,000
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022
Charitable
$30,000
World Craniofacial Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2022
Charitable
$29,947
Notre Dame School of Milwaukee · West Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support
$25,004
Messmer High School · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Dogsinvests · Palmyra, WI · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
The Cathedral of St John the Evangelist · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Dogsinvests · Palmyra, WI · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
The Cathedral of St John the Evangelist · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Charitable
$21,013
Common Hope · St Paul, MN · 2022
Charitable
$20,536
Santa Fe Communications Inc (Heart of the Nation) · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Charitable
$20,131
Common Hope · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating support
$20,078
Santa Fe Communications Inc (Heart of the Nation) · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Family Resource Center of Sheboygan County · Plymouth, WI · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Make a Wish Foundation · Appleton, WI · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Meals On Wheels of Sheboygan County · Sheboygan, WI · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Open Door Cafe (the Cathedral of St John the Evangelist) · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Project Angel Hugs · Plymouth, WI · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Safe Harbor of Sheboygan · Sheboygan, WI · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
The Salvation Army Sheboygan · Sheboygan, WI · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Wisconsin Humane Society · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Family Resource Center of Sheboygan County · Plymouth, WI · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Make a Wish Foundation · Appleton, WI · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Open Door Cafe (the Cathedral of St John the Evangelist) · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Project Angel Hugs · Plymouth, WI · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Safe Harbor of Sheboygan · Sheboygan, WI · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
The Salvation Army Sheboygan · Sheboygan, WI · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Family Resource Center of Sheboygan County · Plymouth, WI · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Make a Wish Foundation · Appleton, WI · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Meals On Wheels of Sheboygan County · Sheboygan, WI · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Open Door Cafe (the Cathedral of St John the Evangelist) · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Project Angel Hugs · Plymouth, WI · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Safe Harbor of Sheboygan · Sheboygan, WI · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Santa Fe Communications Inc (Heart of the Nation) · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
The Salvation Army Sheboygan · Sheboygan, WI · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Wisconsin Humane Society · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Charitable
$19,978
Common Hope · St Paul, MN · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Meals On Wheels of Sheboygan County · Sheboygan, WI · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Disabled American Veterans · Cold Spring, KY · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Focus On the Family · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Food Allergy Research & Education · McLean, VA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Lakeshore Community Health Care · Sheboygan, WI · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Milwaukee Academy of Science · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Sharon S Richardson Community Hospice · Sheboygan Falls, WI · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Sheboygan County Historical Society & Museum · Sheboygan, WI · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Sherman Phoenix Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
St Joan Antida High School · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
St Joseph'S Tool Chest · New Berlin, WI · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
United Community Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Disabled American Veterans · Cold Spring, KY · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Elmbrook Humane Society · Brookfield, WI · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Focus On the Family · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Food Allergy Research & Education · McLean, VA · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Milwaukee Academy of Science · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Sharon S Richardson Community Hospice · Sheboygan Falls, WI · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Sheboygan County Historical Society & Museum · Sheboygan, WI · 2023
Charitable

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