Private foundation · EIN 86-0316910 · Champaign, Illinois · Arts, culture & humanities

Mettler Studios Inc

Should you approach them?

Yes, approach them if your work fits its grantee list. The foundation accepts applications (NONE) and its median grant is $3,635.

From the 2024 Form 990-PF: 11 grants paid, $85K total, median $3,635. Stated restrictions: Dancers who receive the awards are using funds to either study, teach, or produce performances of dancing with the mettler method.

Accepts applications
Yes
per 990-PF Part XV
Grants paid, 2024
11
$85K
Median grant
$3,635
Stays in IL
—
of grants
Deadline
NONE
Assets
$3.5M

How to apply

Any form chosen by the applicant but must include information regarding how they are going to use funding and recognition of barbara mettler's contribution to their program. Contact: Robert Cochran, 2101 Windsor Place Suite 2, Champaign, Il, 2173370700 Deadlines: NONE Restrictions: Dancers who receive the awards are using funds to either study, teach, or produce performances of dancing with the mettler method.

Quoted from Part XV of the foundation's 2024 Form 990-PF; the full text is in the filing. Confirm on the foundation's website before you write.

Grants paid in 2024

Top 3 of 11 grants by amount · from Form 990-PF Part XV

RecipientPurposeAmount
International Association for Creative DanceTucson, AZAdvance mettler method of dance$4,960
Dancesequences IncOro Valley, AZAdvance mettler method of dance$3,635
Windhover Performing Arts CenterRockport, MAAdvance mettler method of dance$1,648

By state: Pennsylvania 1 · Arizona 5 · Vermont 1 · Massachusetts 2 · New York 1 · Oregon 1

About this foundation

Mettler Studios Inc is a private grantmaking foundation in Champaign, Illinois, administered in care of Dodd & Maatuka, tax-exempt since 1977. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.

Foundation websiteAll filings on ProPublica

Does Mettler Studios Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. On its 2024 Form 990-PF the foundation indicates it accepts applications. Any form chosen by the applicant but must include information regarding how they are going to use funding and recognition of barbara mettler's contribution to their program. Deadlines: NONE.

How much does Mettler Studios Inc give each year?

In tax year 2024 it paid $85K across 11 grants, a median of $3,635.

Where does Mettler Studios Inc give?

Pennsylvania (1 grants), Arizona (5 grants), Vermont (1 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.

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