Funding search · EIN 043371941 · Brooklyn, NY

Messler Family Foundation

Name: Messler Family Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

114
grants reported: $712,000
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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

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.

Maine Coast Heritage Trust3 grants · $108,750
Gamble House4 grants · $40,000
Historic Charleston Foundation4 grants · $40,000
Penobscot Bay Ymca3 grants · $35,000
Maine Farmland Trust4 grants · $35,000
Trekkers4 grants · $32,500
Center for Furniture Craftsmanship4 grants · $30,000
Salvation Army4 grants · $30,000
Finding Our Voices4 grants · $30,000
The Nature Conservancy4 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$208,750

2021

$180,000

2022

$163,000

2023

$160,250

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 114 grants.

$46,250
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2023
unrestricted
$46,250
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2021
unrestricted
$16,250
Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Penobscot Bay Ymca · Rockport, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$10,000
Gamble House · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Historic Charleston Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Homeworthy · Rockport, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Midcoast Habitat for Humanity · Rockport, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Park Slope Childcare Collective · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Penobscot Bay Ymca · Rockport, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Wingspan · Warrenton, VA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Connecticut College Film Studies · New London, CT · 2023
unrestricted
$10,000
Gamble House · Pasadena, CA · 2023
unrestricted
$10,000
Historic Charleston Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2023
unrestricted
$10,000
Maine Farmland Trust · Belfast, ME · 2023
unrestricted
$10,000
Center for Furniture Craftsmanship · Rockport, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$10,000
Finding Our Voices · Camden, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$10,000
Friends of Haystack Mountain · Edgcomb, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$10,000
Gamble House · Pasadena, CA · 2022
unrestricted
$10,000
Historic Charleston Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2022
unrestricted
$10,000
Maine Farmland Trust · Belfast, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$10,000
Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2022
unrestricted
$10,000
The Nature Conservancy · Brunswick, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$10,000
Trekkers · Rockland, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$10,000
Center for Furniture Craftsmanship · Rockport, ME · 2021
unrestricted
$10,000
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens · Boothbay, ME · 2021
unrestricted
$10,000
Finding Our Voices · Camden, ME · 2021
unrestricted
$10,000
Gamble House · Pasadena, CA · 2021
unrestricted
$10,000
Historic Charleston Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2021
unrestricted
$10,000
Maine Farmland Trust · Belfast, ME · 2021
unrestricted
$10,000
Penobscot Bay Ymca · Rockport, ME · 2021
unrestricted
$10,000
Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2021
unrestricted
$10,000
The Nature Conservancy · Brunswick, ME · 2021
unrestricted
$10,000
Trekkers · Rockland, ME · 2021
unrestricted
$7,500
Trekkers · Rockland, ME · 2023
unrestricted
$5,000
Bigelow Laboratories · East Boothbay, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Center for Furniture Craftsmanship · Rockport, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Coastal Family Hospice Volunteers · Rockport, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Finding Our Voices · Camden, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Galapagos Conservancy · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Maine Farmland Trust · Belfast, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Making Community Happen · Rockalnd, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
The Door · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
The Nature Conservancy · Brunswick, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Trekkers · Rockland, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Bigelow Laboratories · East Boothbay, ME · 2023
unrestricted
$5,000
Center for Furniture Craftsmanship · Rockport, ME · 2023
unrestricted
$5,000
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens · Boothbay, ME · 2023
unrestricted
$5,000
Documentary Songwriters · Hope, ME · 2023
unrestricted
$5,000
Finding Our Voices · Camden, ME · 2023
unrestricted
$5,000
Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2023
unrestricted
$5,000
Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2023
unrestricted
$5,000
The Door · New York, NY · 2023
unrestricted
$5,000
The Nature Conservancy · Brunswick, ME · 2023
unrestricted
$5,000
Bigelow Laboratories · East Boothbay, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$5,000
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2022
unrestricted
$5,000
Coastal Family Hospice Volunteers · Rockport, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$5,000
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens · Boothbay, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$5,000
Making Community Happen · Rockland, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$5,000
Natural Resources Council of Maine · Augusta, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$5,000
Park Slope Child Care Collective · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
unrestricted
$5,000
Points North Institute · Camden, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$5,000
Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2022
unrestricted
$5,000
Sanctuary for Independent Media · Troy, NY · 2022
unrestricted
$5,000
Bigelow Laboratories · East Boothbay, ME · 2021
unrestricted
$5,000
Coastal Family Hospice Volunteers · Rockport, ME · 2021
unrestricted
$5,000
Making Community Happen · Rockland, ME · 2021
unrestricted
$5,000
Natural Resources Council of Maine · Augusta, ME · 2021
unrestricted
$5,000
Points North Institute · Camden, ME · 2021
unrestricted
$5,000
Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2021
unrestricted
$2,500
Camba · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Exodus Transitional Community · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Camba · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
unrestricted
$2,500
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2023
unrestricted
$2,500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
unrestricted
$2,500
Exodus Transitional Community · New York, NY · 2023
unrestricted
$2,500
Galapagos Conservancy · Fairfax, VA · 2023
unrestricted
$2,500
Making Community Happen · Rockalnd, ME · 2023
unrestricted
$2,500
Sanctuary for Independent Media · Troy, NY · 2023
unrestricted
$2,500
Camba · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
unrestricted
$2,500
Coastal Opportunities (Coastal Workshop) · Camden, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$2,500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
unrestricted
$2,500
Exodus Transitional Community · New York, NY · 2022
unrestricted
$2,500
Galapagos Conservancy · Fairfax, VA · 2022
unrestricted
$2,500
Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2022
unrestricted
$2,500
Midcoast Habitat for Humanity · Rockport, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$2,500
Out As I Want To Be · Rockland, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$2,500
Paws · Rockport, ME · 2022
unrestricted
$2,500
The Door · New York, NY · 2022
unrestricted
$2,500
Camba · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
unrestricted
$2,500
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2021
unrestricted
$2,500
Coastal Opportunities (Coastal Workshop) · Camden, ME · 2021
unrestricted
$2,500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2021
unrestricted
$2,500
Exodus Transitional Community · New York, NY · 2021
unrestricted
$2,500
Galapagos Conservancy · Fairfax, VA · 2021
unrestricted
$2,500
Land Trust Alliance · Washington, DC · 2021
unrestricted

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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.