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Filing year 2024

MERITER FOUNDATION INC

Madison, Wisconsin·EIN 23-7098688·NTEE T30 · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations·3
Total revenue
$6.6M
Total assets
$29.5M
Total expenses
$2.1M
Reported officers
26
Mission

MERITER FOUNDATION EXISTS TO RAISE AND MANAGE GIFTS IN SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ADVANCE THE MISSION OF MERITER HOSPITAL, INC.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 9 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

President, Foundation
$295k
$317k
Base
$214k
Bonus
$37k
Other
$317
Benefits
$34k
Sr Director Development
$138k
$148k
Dir Philanthropy - Grants & Programs
highest compensated employee
$118k
$127k
Board Member & Market President/ceo
board member
$92k
$99k
Board Member & Market Cno
board member
$64k
$68k
Board Member
board member
$55k
$59k
$53k
$57k
Board Member & Market CMO
board member
$38k
$41k
Former CEO Uph Meriter
former officer/director/trustee
$12k
$13k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Midwest region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 17 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking

Up 3%
from 2023

From $287k in 2023 to $295k in 2024.

$287k
2023
$295k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Roughly flat in real terms$317k to $317k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Midwest region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

MERITER FOUNDATION INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.5M
$3.2M
2023
$6.6M
$2.1M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking executives earn in Wisconsin

Comparable philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations in Wisconsin pay their highest-earning executive a median of $14,776.

25th percentile
$7k
Median
$14,776
75th percentile
$39k
90th percentile
$93k

These are philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 311 organizations across 311 filings (2022 – 2023).

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