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MERKEL FOUNDATION INC

· BROOKFIELD, WI · private_foundation · program funder

43recipients FY2016–24
$8Mgiving on file
2024latest grant year
noaccepts unsolicited
LocalLocal funder, 67% of giving in Wisconsin

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A local funder — 67% of its dollars go to WI. It is a candidate for organizations in the 9 states it has funded, whatever their cause: CA, CO, KY, MN, NC, TN, TX, VA, WI.

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UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INCMILWAUKEE, WIprogram funder11
FRANK G & FREIDA K BROTZ FAMILY FOUNDATION INCSHEBOYGAN, WIprogram funder8
EVAN & MARION HELFAER FOUNDATION 32 0393 00 2ELM GROVE, WIprogram funder7
THE SARTORI FOUNDATION INCMILWAUKEE, WIprogram funder7
UNITED WAY OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY INCSHEBOYGAN, WIprogram funder7
WAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCWAUKESHA, WIprogram funder7
CATHOLIC FINANCIAL LIFE FOUNDATION INCMILWAUKEE, WIprogram funder6
F K BEMIS FAMILY FOUNDATIONSHEBOYGAN FLS, WIprogram funder6
HAYSSEN FAMILY FOUNDATION INCELKHART LAKE, WIprogram funder6
LAKESHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCMANITOWOC, WIprogram funder6
SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES FOUNDATION INCMILWAUKEE, WIprogram funder6
TERRY KOHLER FAMILY FOUNDATION INCSHEBOYGAN, WIprogram funder6
ZURN FOUNDATION INCMILWAUKEE, WIprogram funder6
CATHOLIC FINANCIAL LIFE FOUNDATION INCMILWAUKEE, WIprogram funder5
CEDAR STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INCMILWAUKEE, WIprogram funder5
GALAXY FOUNDATION INCHARTLAND, WIprogram funder5
GREATER GREEN BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCGREEN BAY, WIprogram funder5
JOHN M KOHLER FOUNDATION INCMILWAUKEE, WIprogram funder5
LYNDE AND HARRY BRADLEY FOUNDATION INCMILWAUKEE, WIprogram funder5
RALPH EVINRUDE FOUNDATION INCMILWAUKEE, WIprogram funder5
RUTH ST JOHN & JOHN DUNHAM WEST FOUNDATION INCMANITOWOC, WIprogram funder5
THE BURKE FOUNDATION INCMILWAUKEE, WIprogram funder5

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