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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 46-0437250

Messer Family Foundation

A private foundation in Watertown, SD. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $15,519 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $15,519

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $262,238

  • Tax year 2024

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $257,504

  • Tax year 2023

    $15,279

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $249,384

  • Tax year 2022

    $15,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $257,771

  • Tax year 2021

    $14,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $261,999

  • Tax year 2020

    $13,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $248,214

  • Tax year 2019

    $13,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $254,621

  • Tax year 2018

    $13,550

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $265,787

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Lake Area Techical CollegeWatertown, SD

    Nursing scholarships

    $3,000
  2. Jenkins Living Center FoundationWatertown, SD

    Scholarship program

    $3,000
  3. Arrow Educational FoundationWatertown, SD

    Scholarships

    $2,219
  4. Senior Companions of South DakotaSioux Falls, SD

    Administration & senior care

    $2,000
  5. Watertown Regional LibraryWatertown, SD

    Children's reading program

    $2,000
  6. Bramble Park ZooWatertown, SD

    Program services

    $1,500
  7. Mndak Kiwanis Ed FoundationFargo, ND

    Program services

    $1,000
  8. Codington County Historical SocietyWatertown, SD

    Program services

    $800

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Human services1 grant $3,00079% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $80021% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. South Dakota7 grants $14,519
  2. North Dakota1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

12 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Dr Joseph V MesserPRESIDENT Hours 6Pay $0
  • Joseph S MesserVICE PRESIDE Hours 2Pay $0
  • Patricia K WeberSECRETARY Hours 4Pay $0
  • Kari McAdams CopelinTREASURER Hours 2Pay $0
  • Stephen P McAdamsDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Ann H MesserDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Elizabeth R Messer DiehlDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Megan N StoltzDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Logan J DiehlDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Makayla J Van Der HeidenDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Bailley VM OlsonDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Kathleen P Vandezande LittleDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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