Wisconsin · Private foundation
Merganser Fund Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $19k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 40
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Merganser Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $700 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $19k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $16k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $25k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $6k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $6k | 17% |
| FY2017 | 40 | $31k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fellow Mortals Inc | $26,907 | 7 | 2% |
| Lake Area Free Clinic Inc | $14,820 | 7 | 0% |
| Malaika Early Learning Center | $13,050 | 5 | 0% |
| Tall Pines Conservancy | $10,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Animal Protection New Mexico | $1,600 | 1 | 0% |
| All Hands Boatworks Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Inc | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| North Lake Sailing School Inc | $550 | 1 | n/a |
| Chenequa Foundation | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| University Lake School Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fellow Mortals Inc | $26,907 | 7 | 2% |
| Lake Area Free Clinic Inc | $14,820 | 7 | 0% |
| Malaika Early Learning Center | $13,050 | 5 | 0% |
| Tall Pines Conservancy | $10,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Animal Protection New Mexico | $1,600 | 1 | 0% |
| All Hands Boatworks Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Inc | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| North Lake Sailing School Inc | $550 | 1 | n/a |
| Chenequa Foundation | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| University Lake School Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Women's Center Inc | $500 | 4 | 0% |
| Waukesha County Christmas Clearing Council Inc | $400 | 3 | 0% |
| Waukesha County Land Conservancy Inc | $400 | 2 | n/a |
| Kettle Moraine Garden Club Inc | $260 | 1 | 0% |
| Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| National Autism Association Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Glide Foundation | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Public Radio Association Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Western Golf Association | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Zachariah's Acres Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| St John's Northwestern Academies | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($39k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Merganser Fund Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
About Merganser Fund Inc
- How much does Merganser Fund Inc give?
- Merganser Fund Inc reported 9 grants totaling $18,810 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Merganser Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (26%), Health (15%), Religion (14%).
- Who are Merganser Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Fellow Mortals Inc ($27k), Lake Area Free Clinic Inc ($15k), Malaika Early Learning Center ($13k).
- Does Merganser Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Merganser Fund Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Merganser Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, A C Kootz Foundation, Arthur C Kootz Foundation.
- Where is Merganser Fund Inc based?
- Merganser Fund Inc is based in WI.
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