Messmer Foundation Inc
Private foundation · Milwaukee, WI · EIN 36-6117571 · reported 2021–2025
71grants reported
$3,000median award
$2,000lower quartile
$500smallest grant
$296Ktotal paid
4states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 13 of its 71 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $67K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
8741 W National Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53227-1609
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Church of the Gesu PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $20,000 |
| Vmp Foundations Inc PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 |
| Prevent Blindness Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 |
| All Hands Boatworks PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 |
| Aquinas Academy PUBLIC SUPPORT | Menomonee Falls, WI | $10,000 |
| Vmp Foundation Inc PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 |
| St Francis de Sales Seminary PUBLIC SUPPORT | Saint Francis, WI | $10,000 |
| First United Methodist Church WA PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 |
| Veterans Memorial Committee PUBLIC SUPPORT | Hales Corners, WI | $8,500 |
| Friends of Hales Corners Park Poo PUBLIC SUPPORT | Hales Corners, WI | $6,000 |
| Womens Care Center PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $6,000 |
| Myso PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 |
| Vmp Foundation Inc PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 |
| The Conservancy for Healing Herit PUBLIC SUPPORT | Franklin, WI | $5,000 |
| Morning Glory Ministries PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 |
| Medical College of Wisconsin PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 |
| First United Methodist Church WA PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 |
| First United Methodist Church PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 |
| Milwaukee Rescue Mission PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 |
| Womens Care Center PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 |
| All Hands Boatworks | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 |
| Vmp Foundation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 |
| Dr Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 |
| First United Methodist Church of WE | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 |
| First United Methodist Church WA PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 |
| Milwaukee Chamber Theatre PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 |
| Prevent Blindness Wisconsin PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 |
| Womens Care Center PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 |
| Hope Ministries PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 |
| Milwaukee Rescue Mission PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 |
| Above the Clouds Inc PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 |
| Chesterton Academy of Milwaukee PUBLIC SUPPORT | Menomonee Falls, WI | $5,000 |
| All Hands Boatworks PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 |
| Milwaukee Rescue Mission PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 |
| Hear Wisconsin PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $3,000 |
| The Florentine Opera Company PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $3,000 |
| Cathedral Center | Milwaukee, WI | $3,000 |
| Ancient Order of Hibernians PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 |
| Artists Working in Education PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 |
| Hibernian Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 |
| Cathedral Center | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 |
| Milwaukee Rescue Mission | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 |
| Ancient Order of Hibernians | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milw | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 |
| Cathedral Center | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 |
| Milwaukee Rescue Mission | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 |
| Veterans Memorial Committee | Saint Louis, MO | $2,500 |
| Ancient Order of Hibernians PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milw PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 |
| Ancient Order of Hibernians PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 |
| Day of Faith Inc PUBLIC SUPPORT | Elm Grove, WI | $2,500 |
| Ballpark Day of Faith | Milwaukee, WI | $2,000 |
| St Johns Northwestern Academies | Delafield, WI | $2,000 |
| University Notre Dame Development PUBLIC SUPPORT | Notre Dame, IN | $2,000 |
| United Performing Arts Fund PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $2,000 |
| All Hands Boatworks | Milwaukee, WI | $2,000 |
| Arise Mke PUBLIC SUPPORT | Sussex, WI | $1,500 |
| Womens Care Center | Milwaukee, WI | $1,500 |
| United Performing Arts Fund PUBLIC SUPPORT | Milwaukee, WI | $1,200 |
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