Wisconsin · Private foundation
The Mehring Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $680k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $311,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $926k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations The Mehring Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 | 19 | $678k | 37% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $450k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $606k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $772k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $225k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge to Brighter Inc | $960,868 | 4 | 90% |
| Impact Christian Schools Inc | $675,000 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $417,880 | 4 | 0% |
| Global Leadership Network | $269,500 | 3 | n/a |
| OneHope27 Inc | $131,000 | 3 | 37% |
| St Marcus Lutheran Church | $53,080 | 2 | n/a |
| Home 4 the Heart Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Marquette University High School | $26,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Saint Ann School Foundation Inc | $17,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Living Hope International Inc | $17,060 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge to Brighter Inc | $960,868 | 4 | 90% |
| Impact Christian Schools Inc | $675,000 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $417,880 | 4 | 0% |
| Global Leadership Network | $269,500 | 3 | n/a |
| OneHope27 Inc | $131,000 | 3 | 37% |
| St Marcus Lutheran Church | $53,080 | 2 | n/a |
| Home 4 the Heart Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Marquette University High School | $26,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Saint Ann School Foundation Inc | $17,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Living Hope International Inc | $17,060 | 1 | 1% |
| Blackhawk Evangelical Free Church Inc | $9,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Oregon Athletic Booster Club Inc | $6,570 | 1 | 7% |
| Pathways High Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Doxa Church | $4,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $3,576 | 3 | 0% |
| Greywolf Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Clean Lakes Alliance Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| 365 Media Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Cars Curing Kids Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Childrens World Impact Inc | $525 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Northwestern - St Paul | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Gilda's Club Madison Wisconsin Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Taso Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($95k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Mehring Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 The Mehring Family Foundation
- How much does The Mehring Family Foundation give?
- The Mehring Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $680,496 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Mehring Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (44%), Human Services (41%), Community Improvement (10%).
- Who are The Mehring Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Bridge to Brighter Inc ($961k), Impact Christian Schools Inc ($675k), University of Wisconsin Foundation ($418k).
- Does The Mehring Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Mehring Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Mehring Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baird Foundation Inc, Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc.
- Where is The Mehring Family Foundation based?
- The Mehring Family Foundation is based in WI.
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