Funding search · EIN 262749281 · Plymouth, MN

Ruth & William Merkey Foundation

Name: Ruth & William Merkey 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.

90
grants reported: $518,847
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
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.

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.

Sisters of St Francis of the Holy Cross3 grants · $76,453
Second Harvest Heartland3 grants · $33,636
Pauls Pantry3 grants · $29,636
New Community Clinic3 grants · $29,336
New Zoo3 grants · $29,236
Friends of Kowak3 grants · $28,950
Catholic Relief Services3 grants · $20,000
Salvatorian Mission Warehouse3 grants · $19,800
Salvation Army of Brown County3 grants · $19,800
Doctors Without Borders3 grants · $17,550

Giving over time

$174,819

2022

$160,503

2023

$183,525

2024

Grant history

All 90 reported grants, largest first.

$26,679
Sisters of St Francis of the Holy Cross · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Charitable
$25,663
Sisters of St Francis of the Holy Cross · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Charitable
$24,111
Sisters of St Francis of the Holy Cross · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Charitable
$13,808
Second Harvest Heartland · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2024
Charitable
$10,250
Friends of Kowak · Erie, CO · 2022
Charitable
$10,250
New Community Clinic · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Charitable
$10,180
New Zoo · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Charitable
$10,180
Pauls Pantry · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Charitalbe
$10,180
Second Harvest Heartland · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2022
Charitable
$9,838
New Community Clinic · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Charitable
$9,808
New Zoo · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Charitable
$9,808
Pauls Pantry · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Charitalbe
$9,648
Pauls Pantry · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Charitalbe
$9,648
Second Harvest Heartland · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2023
Charitable
$9,500
Friends of Kowak · Erie, CO · 2024
Charitable
$9,248
New Community Clinic · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Charitable
$9,248
New Zoo · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Charitable
$9,200
Catholic Relief Services · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Charitable
$9,200
Friends of Kowak · Erie, CO · 2023
Charitable
$9,000
Project Hope · Millwood, VA · 2024
Charitalbe
$7,200
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$7,000
Salvation Army of Brown County · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Charitable
$7,000
Salvatorian Mission Warehouse · Salvatorian Center, WI · 2022
Charitable
$6,500
Salvation Army of Brown County · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Charitable
$6,500
Salvatorian Mission Warehouse · Salvatorian Center, WI · 2024
Charitable
$6,300
Salvation Army of Brown County · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Charitable
$6,300
Salvatorian Mission Warehouse · Salvatorian Center, WI · 2023
Charitable
$5,700
Benedictine Mission House · Schuler, NE · 2022
Charitable
$5,700
Catholic Relief Services · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Charitable
$5,700
Crosier Brothers and Fathers · Onamia, MN · 2022
Charitable
$5,500
Xavier Society for the Blind · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$5,300
House of Hope · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Charitable
$5,250
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$5,250
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2022
Charitable
$5,200
Benedictine Mission House · Schuler, NE · 2024
Charitable
$5,200
Crosier Brothers and Fathers · Onamia, MN · 2024
Charitable
$5,200
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Charitable
$5,100
Benedictine Mission House · Schuler, NE · 2023
Charitable
$5,100
Catholic Relief Services · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Charitable
$5,100
Crosier Brothers and Fathers · Onamia, MN · 2023
Charitable
$5,100
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$5,100
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Adopt-a-Native-Elder · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Xavier Society for the Blind · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Xavier Society for the Blind · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Adopt-a-Native-Elder · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Hshs St Vincentst Mary'S Hospital · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Salesian Missions · New Rochelle, NY · 2022
Charitable
$4,600
Hshs St Vincentst Mary'S Hospital · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Charitable
$4,600
Salesian Missions · New Rochelle, NY · 2024
Charitable
$4,500
Adopt-a-Native-Elder · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Charitable
$4,500
Hshs St Vincentst Mary'S Hospital · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Charitable
$4,500
Salesian Missions · New Rochelle, NY · 2023
Charitable
$4,000
Rushes Wilderness Foundation · Baileys Harbor, WI · 2024
Charitable
$4,000
Rushes Wilderness Foundation · Baileys Harbor, WI · 2023
Charitable
$4,000
Rushes Wilderness Foundation · Baileys Harbor, WI · 2022
Charitable
$3,850
Franciscan Missions · Waterford, WI · 2022
Charitable
$3,600
Franciscan Missions · Waterford, WI · 2024
Charitable
$3,600
Project Hope · Millwood, VA · 2023
Charitalbe
$3,600
House of Hope · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Charitable
$3,600
Project Hope · Millwood, VA · 2022
Charitalbe
$3,500
Franciscan Missions · Waterford, WI · 2023
Charitable
$3,500
Community Bible Study International N Africa · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Charitable
$3,300
Community Bible Study International N Africa · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Charitable
$3,200
House of Hope · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Charitable
$3,200
Sacred Heart Southern Mission · Walls, MS · 2022
Charitalbe
$3,150
Community Bible Study International N Africa · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Charitable
$3,100
Living Faith Foundation · Fenton, MO · 2022
Charitable
$3,000
Living Faith Foundation · Fenton, MO · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Sacred Heart Southern Mission · Walls, MS · 2024
Charitalbe
$3,000
St Agnes Neighborhood Outreach · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
St Agnes Neighborhood Outreach · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
St Agnes Neighborhood Outreach · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Charitable
$2,900
Sacred Heart Southern Mission · Walls, MS · 2023
Charitalbe
$2,800
Living Faith Foundation · Fenton, MO · 2023
Charitable
$2,700
Catholic Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Charitable
$2,400
Catholic Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Charitable
$2,400
Catholic Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Charitable
$1,800
American Bird Conservancy · The Plalins, VA · 2022
Charitable
$1,650
American Bird Conservancy · The Plalins, VA · 2024
Charitable
$1,600
American Bird Conservancy · The Plalins, VA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Ewtn · Irondale, AL · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Holy Cross Family Ministries · North Easton, MA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Ewtn · Irondale, AL · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Holy Cross Family Ministries · North Easton, MA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Ewtn · Irondale, AL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Holy Cross Family Ministries · North Easton, MA · 2022
Charitable
$650
Unbound · Kansas City, KS · 2024
Charitable
$650
Unbound · Kansas City, KS · 2023
Charitable
$650
Unbound · Kansas City, KS · 2022
Charitable

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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.