Michigan · Private foundation
The Meyers Mueller Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $13k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 11
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $115k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The Meyers Mueller Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $13k | 85% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $2k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $900 | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Caballeros Western Museum | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arizona Trail Association | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Boyd Ranch | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Rachel Covey Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Father Dyer United Methodist Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grow Benzie Inc | $800 | 3 | 0% |
| Arise Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Chance for Homeless Pets | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Traverse Bay Humane Society | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Caballeros Western Museum | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arizona Trail Association | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Boyd Ranch | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Rachel Covey Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Father Dyer United Methodist Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grow Benzie Inc | $800 | 3 | 0% |
| Arise Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Chance for Homeless Pets | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Traverse Bay Humane Society | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan Horse Council Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| 5loaves2fishnmi | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Traverse Bay Childrens Advocacy Center | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Back Country Horsemen of Centralarizona | $400 | 1 | n/a |
| Power Book Bags | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Leelanau Christian Neighbors Inc | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Michael's Place | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| American Endurance Ride Conference | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Watershed Management Group Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Safe Harbor of Grand Traverse Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| 1 Cat Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Old Town Playhouse Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($8k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Meyers Mueller Family Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · Oleson Foundation · The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation · Rotary Charities of Traverse City · Robet Foundation Inc · The Broad Family Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Meyers Mueller Family Foundation
- How much does The Meyers Mueller Family Foundation give?
- The Meyers Mueller Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $12,900 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 11 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does The Meyers Mueller Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (26%), Arts & Culture (21%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are The Meyers Mueller Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Desert Caballeros Western Museum ($3k), Arizona Trail Association ($1k), Boyd Ranch ($1k).
- Does The Meyers Mueller Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Meyers Mueller Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Meyers Mueller Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation, Oleson Foundation, The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation.
- Where is The Meyers Mueller Family Foundation based?
- The Meyers Mueller Family Foundation is based in MI.
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