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Meyerhoff Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Waterloo, Iowa · EIN 426554728

Meyerhoff Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Waterloo, Iowa. In tax year 2025 it gave $47,400 in 14 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $16,200. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $53,200 the year before.

31% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$50,40016$1.2 million
2024$53,20014$1.4 million
2025$47,40014$1.6 million

How to apply

ContactSuperintendent's Office Meyerhoff S
Waterloo Community School District, 1516 Washington St, Waterloo, IA 50702
Phone or email(319) 433-1874
What to submitAppklication form and attachments
DeadlinesMarch 1, of each year
RestrictionsNo restrictions other than scholarship

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Meyerhoff Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Iowa.

StateGrantsAmount
Iowa11$45,000
Minnesota2$1,700
Illinois1$700

Grants paid in 2025

All 14 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
Scholarships$16,200
University of Northern Ia
Cedar Falls, IA
Scholarships$9,200
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Scholarship$6,400
Wartburg College
Waverly, IA
Scholarships$6,400
Allen College
Waterloo, IA
Scholarships$1,700
Hawkeye Comm College
Waterloo, IA
Scholarships$1,000
Carelton College
Northfield, MN
Scholarships$1,000
Buena Vista Univ
Storm Lake, IA
Scholarships$1,000
Kirkwood Comm College
Cedar Rapids, IA
Scholarship$1,000
Loras College
Dubuque, IA
Scholarships$700
Luther College
Decorah, IA
Scholarships$700
Aurora University
Aurora, IL
Scholarship$700
Individual
MN
Scholarship$700
Dordt University
Sioux Center, IA
Scholarship$700

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Meyerhoff Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: March 1, of each year.

How much does Meyerhoff Charitable Trust give?

$47,400 in tax year 2025, across 14 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs Meyerhoff Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Roger Neumann (Trustee) and Joe Nutting (Co-Trustee).

What does Meyerhoff Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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