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Filing year 2024

RUTH & WILLIAM MERKEY FOUNDATION

Plymouth, Minnesota·EIN 26-2749281·NTEE T20 · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations·501(c)(3)
Total revenue
$217k
Total assets
$2M
Total expenses
$190k
Reported officers
4

Reported officers (all unpaid)

No paid executives reported in 2024. RUTH & WILLIAM MERKEY FOUNDATION reported 4 unpaid officers and board members on its 990-PF.

Director/secretary
Director
Director/president/treas
Director/vice-president

Grants paid

Itemized grants reported on this foundation's 2024 Form 990-PF, Part XV.

Total granted

$184k

Itemized grants

30

Median grant

$5k

RecipientLocationPurposeAmount
SISTERS OF ST FRANCIS OF THE HOLY CROSSGREEN BAY, WICHARITABLE$26k
SECOND HARVEST HEARTLANDBROOKLYN PARK, MNCHARITABLE$14k
NEW COMMUNITY CLINICGREEN BAY, WICHARITABLE$10k
NEW ZOOGREEN BAY, WICHARITABLE$10k
PAULS PANTRYGREEN BAY, WICHARITALBE$10k
FRIENDS OF KOWAKERIE, COCHARITABLE$10k
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICESBALTIMORE, MDCHARITABLE$9k
PROJECT HOPEMILLWOOD, VACHARITALBE$9k
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERSNEW YORK, NYCHARITABLE$7k
SALVATION ARMY OF BROWN COUNTYGREEN BAY, WICHARITABLE$7k
SALVATORIAN MISSION WAREHOUSESALVATORIAN CENTER, WICHARITABLE$7k
HOUSE OF HOPEGREEN BAY, WICHARITABLE$5k
BENEDICTINE MISSION HOUSESCHULER, NECHARITABLE$5k
CROSIER BROTHERS AND FATHERSONAMIA, MNCHARITABLE$5k
SAMARITAN'S PURSEBOONE, NCCHARITABLE$5k
ADOPT-A-NATIVE-ELDERSALT LAKE CITY, UTCHARITABLE$5k
XAVIER SOCIETY FOR THE BLINDNEW YORK, NYCHARITABLE$5k
HSHS ST VINCENTST MARY'S HOSPITALGREEN BAY, WICHARITABLE$5k
SALESIAN MISSIONSNEW ROCHELLE, NYCHARITABLE$5k
RUSHES WILDERNESS FOUNDATIONBAILEYS HARBOR, WICHARITABLE$4k
FRANCISCAN MISSIONSWATERFORD, WICHARITABLE$4k
COMMUNITY BIBLE STUDY INTERNATIONAL N AFRICACOLORADO SPRINGS, COCHARITABLE$3k
LIVING FAITH FOUNDATIONFENTON, MOCHARITABLE$3k
SACRED HEART SOUTHERN MISSIONWALLS, MSCHARITALBE$3k
ST AGNES NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACHGREEN BAY, WICHARITABLE$3k
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Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

RUTH & WILLIAM MERKEY FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$140k
$166k
2023
$217k
$190k
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.

This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($1M - $10M), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.

Sector benchmark

What Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking executives earn in Minnesota

RUTH & WILLIAM MERKEY FOUNDATION reported no executive compensation in its latest filing. For context, the highest-paid executive at a comparable philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organization in Minnesota earns a median of $32,530.

25th percentile
$8k
Median
$32,530
75th percentile
$93k
90th percentile
$243k

These are philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 399 organizations across 399 filings (2021 – 2024).

See full Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking pay data for Minnesota
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What are RUTH & WILLIAM MERKEY FOUNDATION's revenue and expenses?

In 2024, RUTH & WILLIAM MERKEY FOUNDATION reported $217k in total revenue and $190k in total expenses on its IRS Form 990.

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This is a private foundation. Peers are foundations of similar asset size ($1M - $10M), because foundation pay scales with assets under management, not revenue.