· Private foundation
Archie & Viola Meinerz Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $158k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $117k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PIUS XI HIGH SCHOOL | $67,000 |
| ST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY | $50,000 |
| HAPPY ENDINGS NO KILL CAT SHELTER INC | $30,000 |
| MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY | $28,000 |
| ST ANN CENTER FOR INTERGENERATIONAL CA | $25,000 |
| THREE HOLY WOMEN PARISH | $15,000 |
| MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING | $10,000 |
| HALES CORNERS LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| PREBORN | $10,000 |
| WOMEN'S SUPPORT CENTER OF MILWAUKEE | $10,000 |
| ARCADIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| NEVADA OLD TIME FIDDLERS ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| HEADWATERS FISHERIES INC | $5,000 |
| MILWAUKEE DIAPER MISSION | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $136k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.
30 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MUMarquette University9× · 2017–2025 · $192k · revenue +46%
- HEHappy Endings No-Kill Cat Shelter6× · 2020–2025 · $180k · revenue +14%
- TMTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC6× · 2017–2022 · $120k · revenue +54%
Funded once
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INCone grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue 0%- HCHALES CORNERS LUTHERAN CHURCH SCHOOone grant, 2023 · $20k
MALAIKA EARLY LEARNING CENTERgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +94%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Milwaukee women inc is an organization of executives determined to change the quality and composition of corporate boards to maximize the performance of public and private companies with a focus on women and women of color.
The mission of the milwaukee bar association is to be an inclusive, equitable and diverse organization that serves the interests of the lawyers, judges and the people of milwaukee county by working to promote the professional interests of…
We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.
The mission of burnett medical center is to provide compassionate, comprehensive, community healthcare that exceeds our customer's expectations. our mission, as well as our vision and values, serves as a guideline for daily decision making…
To reach a new generation of radio listeners on air, online and in the community with a compelling selection of music and public affairs programming. the corporation celebrates milwaukee music, arts, heritage, and culture by supporting and…
The milwaukee institute of art and design's mission is to ignite curious minds through art, design and service. we value courage to seek our own path, integrity to pursue our lives and work with meaning, kindness to thoughtfully engage…
Defend the right to life of all citizens of our state, whether born or preborn, young, old, disabled, or terminally ill. we affirm that the right to life exists at the moment of fertilization and extends until natural death.
University school of milwaukee cultivates excellence in learning, leadership, and citizenship for prekindergarten through 12th grade students. students are engaged, known, and valued within our passionate independent school community…
Marian university is a catholic applied liberal arts community that welcomes diverse spiritual traditions sponsored by the congregation of sisters of st agnes. marian university engages students in the education of the whole person. we…
To promote interests and effectiveness of the nonprofit sector through strengthening organizational capacity, expanding volunteerism and encouraging collaboration.
The mission of the uwm foundation, inc. is to support the educational, literary, and scientific endeavors of the university of wisconsin-milwaukee by receiving, managing, and distributing gifts to benefit the university's students,…
The mission of the organization is to provide a high quality education for all students with choices after graduation that will provide financial stability, inspire personal freedom to builda legacy.
How this is measured
25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 45 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Marquette University ↗
- Who funds Happy Endings No-Kill Cat Shelter ↗
- Who funds THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING ↗
- Who funds ARCADIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL INC ↗
- Who funds ST ANN CENTER FOR INTERGENERATIONAL CARE ↗
- Who funds ST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE DIAPER MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds Oakland Leaf Foundation ↗
- Who funds WOMENS SUPPORT CENTERS OF MILWAUKEE INC ↗
- Who funds Mission Pre-Born Inc ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds EWTN NEWS INC ↗
- Who funds WISCONSIN VEST-A-DOG INC ↗
- Who funds MALAIKA EARLY LEARNING CENTER ↗
- Who funds SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB - WORLD AFFAIRS OF CALIFORNIA ↗
- Who funds UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC ↗
- Who funds CATHEDRAL CENTER INC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Youth Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Community Foundation Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · James & Leigh Peterson Family Foundation · Charles D Ortgiesen Foundation Inc · Francie Luke Silverman Foundation Under the F Silverman Charitable Tr · Anon Charitable Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Archie & Viola Meinerz Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Archie & Viola Meinerz Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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