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Mutschler Family Foundation Inc

Milwaukee, WI · EIN 20-8032067. Reported 183 grants totalling $331,588 to 100 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$331,588granted, 2021-2024
100organizations funded
50%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,757,278assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Mutschler Family Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $2,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $27,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
69 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
100 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
7 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
5 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
2 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
University of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN$41,000542024
Clcf Fox Hill Nature PreserveWest Bend, WI$37,500322024
Cedar Lakes Conservation FoundationWest Bend, WI$36,250522022
First Unitarian Society of MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI$13,000532023
Lake Park FriendsMilwaukee, WI$13,000842024
University School of MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI$12,500432023
Riveredge Nature CenterSaukville, WI$10,000442024
A Safe Place IncNantucket, MA$9,000442024
Usm Soccer EndowmentMilwaukee, WI$7,500112024
Big Sur Land TrustMonterey, CA$6,500222022
Kids Matter IncMilwaukee, WI$6,500222024
Univ School of Milw Soccer FundMilwaukee, WI$5,000112022
Clean WisconsinMadison, WI$4,500112024
Eastside Senior ServicesMilwaukee, WI$4,250442024
Mayo ClinicRochester, MN$4,000442024
Milton AcademyMilton, MA$4,000442024
Five Rivers Conservation TrustConcord, NH$3,500222024
MearthCarmel, CA$3,500222023
Nantucket Boys & Girls ClubNantucket, MA$3,500222024
Wisconsin Public RadioMadison, WI$3,500332024
Wisconsin Youth Soccer AssnWest Allis, WI$3,500112023
Boys & Girls Club of Greater MkeMilwaukee, WI$3,000112024
Carleton CollegeNorthfield, MN$3,000222023
Gathering WatersMadison, WI$3,000222023
Top Soccer (us Youth Soccer)Frisco, TX$3,000112024
Urban Ecology CenterMilwaukee, WI$3,000542024
America Scores MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI$2,500332023
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI$2,500112022
Carleton College Parents FundNorthfield, MN$2,500112022
Clean Air Task ForceBoston, MA$2,500112023
Coal River Mountain WatchNaoma, WV$2,500112022
Franciscan Workers of Junipero SerraSalinas, CA$2,500112022
Museum of Wisconsin ArtWest Bend, WI$2,500322022
Museum of Wisconsin Art (mowa)West Bend, WI$2,500112024
Nols FundLander, WY$2,500112021
Top SoccerFrisco, TX$2,500112021
Wisconsin Youth Soccer AssociationWest Allis, WI$2,500112022
Animal Friends Rescue ProjectPacific Grove, CA$2,000222023
Arts Large - Hands in HarmonyMilwaukee, WI$2,000112022
Boys & Girls Club of Washington CountyWest Bend, WI$2,000112023
Girls on the Run of Se WisconsinMilwaukee, WI$2,000222024
Mississippi Valley ConservancyLacrosse, WI$2,000332024
Nantucket Island Safe Harbor for AnimalsNantuckett, MA$2,000222024
Nantucket Unitarian UniversalistsNantucket, MA$2,000112024
Unitarian Universalist Church of ConcordConcord, NH$2,000222024
Ozaukee Washington Land TrustWest Bend, WI$1,750442024
Tall Pines ConservancyNashotah, WI$1,750442024
University of St Andrews American FoundationSt Andrews$1,538332023
Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey CountySeaside, CA$1,500112022
Milwaukee Art MuseumMilwaukee, WI$1,500112021
Southeast Land TrustEpping, NH$1,500112024
Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA$1,250222024
Nantucket Conservation FoundationNantucket, MA$1,250332024
Animal Friends RescuePacific Grove, CA$1,000112024
First Unitarian SocietyMilwaukee, WI$1,000112024
Five Rivers Conservation Trust (nh Gives)Concord, NH$1,000112024
Friends of Shorewood LibraryShorewood, WI$1,000112024
Girls on the RunMilwaukee, WI$1,000112021
Girls on the Run Se WisconsinMilwaukee, WI$1,000112023
Ice Age Trail AllianceCross Plains, WI$1,000222023
M EarthCarmel, CA$1,000112024
MowaWest Bend, WI$1,000112023
Motley Mutts RescueManchester, NH$1,000112024
Mottey Mutts RescueManchester, NH$1,000112023
Nantucket Boys and Girls ClubNantucket, MA$1,000112023
Nantucket Community SailingNantucket, MA$1,000442024
Nantucket Safe Harbor for AnimalsNantucket, MA$1,000112023
Pathfinders MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI$1,000112023
PathfindersMilwaukee, WI$1,000112024
Presidents & Fellows of Harvard CollegeCambridge, MA$1,000112021
Schlitz Audobon CenterMilwaukee, WI$1,000112021
Univ School of Milw Asset Management FundMilwaukee, WI$1,000112022
Badger Boys State IncPortage, WI$750222024
The Park SchoolBrookline, MA$750332024
Changing Lives GhCarpinteria, CA$500112024
Ice Age TrailCross Plains, WI$500112024
Milwaukee College Preparatory SchoolMilwaukee, WI$500212021
Nantucket Conservation FdnNantucket, MA$500112023
Nantucket Land & Water CouncilNantucket, MA$500112024
Nantucket Land Council FoundationNantucket, MA$500112022
Nantucket Land and Water CouncilNantucket, MA$500112023
Rides & ReinsSlinger, WI$500112024
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA$500222024
University of St Andrews American FundSt Andrews$500222024
Up With BooksShirley, MA$500112024
Roots and BranchesWest Bend, WI$300112022
ClcfWest Bend, WI$250112023
Friends of Nutre HogarFox Point, WI$250112021
Hungar Task ForceMilwaukee, WI$250112021
Nantucket Land CouncilNantucket, MA$250112021
President and Fellows College - HarvardCambridge, MA$250112023
The Cathedral CenterMilwaukee, WI$250112021
The Park School Alumni Annual FundBrookline, MA$250112022
Trustee of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA$250112023
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton FundPhiladelphia, PA$250112022
Friends of the Shorewood Public LibraryShorewood, WI$100112023
Harvard Club of WisconsinCambridge, MA$100112022
Harvard Club of WisconsinBrookfield, WI$100112021
Notre Dame MagazineNotre Dame, IN$100112021
Wisconsin Wetland AssnMadison, WI$100112023

38 of 100 (38%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 50%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 99 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Environment
37 grants
Education
18 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
9 grants
Arts & Culture
8 grants
Youth Development
8 grants
Human Services
7 grants
Recreation & Sports
6 grants
Animal Welfare
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202147$60,730$1,000
202243$96,900$1,000
202346$76,208$1,000
202447$97,750$1,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 62% of this one's giving went to organizations in Wisconsin. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Wisconsin
$205K
Indiana
$41K
Massachusetts
$34K
California
$18K
New Hampshire
$10K
Minnesota
$10K
Texas
$6K
West Virginia
$2K

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Funders that support the same organizations

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Wisconsin.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Mutschler Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 3432 N Lake Drive, Milwaukee, WI, 53211. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 20-8032067 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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