· Private foundation
Meca Wisconsin Police Canine Vest Foundation Inc Aka the Meca Foundation
The organization seeks to protect every police dog in the state of wisconsin by providing the dogs with bullet-proof and stab-proof vests.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| MOUNT HOREB POLICE DEPARTMENT | $20,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION | $20,000 |
| NORTH FOND DU LAC POLICE DEPARTMENT | $20,000 |
| COLOMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S K-9 UNIT | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| CUBA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT | $20,000 |
| BOSCOBEL POLICE DEPARTMENT K-9 UNIT | $20,000 |
| OZAUKEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| CALUMET COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 5%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
3 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. 3 of the 27 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.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Meca Wisconsin Police Canine Vest Foundation Inc Aka the Meca Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Meca Wisconsin Police Canine Vest Foundation Inc Aka the Meca Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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