Private foundation (trust)EIN 416334475Est. 1993-03

THE MUSSER FUND

MILWAUKEE, WI 532010634

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$23.3M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$905K

FY 2024

Grants Made

90

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$10K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$500–$35K

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$1.9M

Total Expenses

$1.4M

Qualifying Distributions

$1.2M

Distributable Amount

$1.1M

Min. Investment Return

$1.1M

Undistributed Income

$82K

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

90 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $500 through median $10K to maximum $35K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $1.0M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

363 grants

MA KA HANA KA IKE
$100K
4 grants
PROJECT FINE
$100K
4 grants
ROSHNI
$75K
3 grants
FRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
$70K
3 grants
NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
$60K
2 grants
VOLUNTEERS FOR OUTDOOR COLORADO
$58K
4 grants
SHERIDAN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
$45K
1 grant
PINEY WOODS FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION
$44K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

363 grants

<$10K
250
grants
$10–50K
113
grants
$50–250K
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

11 states

Minnesota
$1.3M
36% of total
Colorado
$797K
22% of total
Hawaii
$566K
16% of total
Wyoming
$409K
11% of total
New York
$274K
8% of total
Texas
$214K
6% of total
California
$27K
1% of total
Idaho
$12K
0% of total
Vermont
$1K
0% of total
District of Columbia
$795
0% of total

+1 more states

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