Funding search · EIN 383481595 · Byron Center, MI

Robert a and Renda L Zielke Found

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

67
grants reported
$373,100
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
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.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • Diocese of Knoxville4 grants · $41,500
  • Archdiocese of Miami4 grants · $40,000
  • Companions of the Cross4 grants · $35,000
  • Catholic Diocese of Northern Alaska4 grants · $25,000
  • Sisters of St Benedict4 grants · $25,000
  • Diocese of Orlando2 grants · $23,000
  • Pime Missionaries4 grants · $20,000
  • St John Neumann Catholic School2 grants · $20,000
  • Solanus Casey Center4 grants · $20,000
  • Salesian Missions4 grants · $16,000

Giving over time

$82,100
2022
$96,000
2023
$96,000
2024
$99,000
2025

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

  • $18,000

    Diocese of Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2024

    Annual appeal

  • $12,000

    Diocese of Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2025

    Annual appeal

  • $12,000

    Diocese of Orlando · Orlando, FL · 2023

    Our catholic appeal, shepherds fund

  • $11,000

    Diocese of Orlando · Orlando, FL · 2022

    Our catholic appeal, shepherds fund

  • $10,000

    Archdiocese of Miami · Miami, FL · 2025

    Abcd

  • $10,000

    Companions of the Cross · Houston, TX · 2025

    Operations

  • $10,000

    Eternal Word Television Network · Irondale, AL · 2025

    Operations

  • $10,000

    Sisters of St Benedict · Ferdinand, IN · 2025

    Operations

  • $10,000

    St John'S Neumann Catholic School · Miami, FL · 2025

    Operations

  • $10,000

    Archdiocese of Miami · Miami, FL · 2024

    Abcd

  • $10,000

    Companions of the Cross · Houston, TX · 2024

    Operations

  • $10,000

    Archdiocese of Miami · Miami Shores, FL · 2023

    Abcd

  • $10,000

    Companions of the Cross · Houston, TX · 2023

    Operations

  • $10,000

    St John Neumann Catholic School · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Operations

  • $10,000

    Archdiocese of Miami · Miami Shores, FL · 2022

    Abcd

  • $10,000

    St John Neumann Catholic School · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Operations

  • $8,000

    Catholic Diocese of Northern Alaska · Fairbanks, AK · 2024

    Seminarians

  • $6,000

    Catholic Diocese of Northern Alaska · Fairbanks, AK · 2025

    Seminarians

  • $6,000

    Catholic Diocese of Northern Alaska · Fairbanks, AK · 2023

    Seminarians

  • $6,000

    Diocese of Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2023

    Annual appeal

  • $6,000

    St Stephens Indian Mission Foundati · Stephens, WY · 2023

    Operations

  • $5,500

    Diocese of Knoxville · Knoxville, TN · 2022

    Annual appeal

  • $5,000

    Missionaries of the Precious Blood · Dayton, OH · 2025

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Pime Missionaries · Farmington Hills, MI · 2025

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Solanus Casey Center · Detroit, MI · 2025

    Operations

  • $5,000

    St Stephens Indian Mission Fdtn · Stephens, WY · 2025

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Eternal Word Television Network · Irondale, AL · 2024

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Missionaries of the Precious Blood · Dayton, OH · 2024

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Pime Missionaries · Farmington Hills, MI · 2024

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Salesian Missions · New Rochelle, NY · 2024

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Sisters of St Benedict · Ferdinand, IN · 2024

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Solanus Casey Center · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Operations

  • $5,000

    St Stephens Indian Mission Fdtn · Stephens, WY · 2024

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Trinity Missions · Silver Spring, MD · 2024

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Pime Missionaries · Detroit, MI · 2023

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Salesian Missions · New Rochelle, NY · 2023

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Sisters of St Benedict · Ferdinand, IN · 2023

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Solanus Casey Center · Detroit, MI · 2023

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Trinity Missions · Silver Spring, MD · 2023

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Catholic Diocese of Northern Alaska · Fairbanks, AK · 2022

    Seminarians

  • $5,000

    Companions of the Cross · Houston, TX · 2022

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Missionaries of the Precious Blood · Dayton, OH · 2022

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Pime Missionaries · Detroit, MI · 2022

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Sisters of St Benedict · Ferdinand, IN · 2022

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Solanus Casey Center · Detroit, MI · 2022

    Operations

  • $3,000

    Franciscan Missions · Waterford, WI · 2025

    Operations

  • $3,000

    Salesian Missions · New Rochelle, NY · 2025

    Operations

  • $3,000

    Trinity Missions · Silver Spring, MD · 2025

    Operations

  • $3,000

    Franciscan Missions · Waterford, WI · 2024

    Operations

  • $3,000

    Pontificial North American College · Washington, DC · 2024

    Operations

  • $3,000

    Franciscan Missions · Waterford, WI · 2023

    Operations

  • $3,000

    Pontificial North American College · Washington, DC · 2023

    Operations

  • $3,000

    Franciscan Missions · Waterford, WI · 2022

    Operations

  • $3,000

    Heart of the Nation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    Operations

  • $3,000

    Pontificial North American College · Washington, DC · 2022

    Operations

  • $3,000

    Salesian Missions · New Rochelle, NY · 2022

    Operations

  • $3,000

    St Stephens Indian Mission Foundati · Stephens, WY · 2022

    Operations

  • $2,000

    Heart of the Nation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Operations

  • $2,000

    McC Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    Operations

  • $2,000

    Heart of the Nation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    Operations

  • $1,000

    Heart of the Nation · Milwaukee, WI · 2025

    Operations

  • $1,000

    Melbourne Central Catholic High Sch · Melbourne, FL · 2025

    Operations

  • $1,000

    Immaculate Conception · Melbourne, FL · 2023

    Operations

  • $1,000

    McC Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    Operations

  • $1,000

    Missionary Association of Mary Imma · San Antonio, TX · 2023

    Operations

  • $500

    McC Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    Operations

  • $100

    Sacred Heart · Farfield, CT · 2022

    Operations

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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.