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Grants paid by Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, tax year 2025
EIN 39-0712619 · Madison, WI · Form 990, Schedule I
In tax year 2025, Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (EIN 39-0712619) reported 90 grants paid totaling $6,990,283. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2025
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Specialty Cheese Inc Reeseville, WI | A | $288,730 | paid | LAYERED BLOCK FORM, IMPROVED SEPARATION OF SOFT/FLOCCULATED CURD FROM WHEY, FRESH CHEESE PACKAGING, EXPORT PANEER | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Hidden Springs Creamery LLC Westby, WI | A | $275,897 | paid | EQUIPMENT MODERNIZATION IN ORDER TO UTILIZE WHEY INTO RICOTTA AND IMPROVE PROFITABILITY | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Widmer's Cheese Cellars Inc Theresa, WI | A | $200,000 | paid | EQUIPMENT MODERNIZATION PROJECT - NEW VATS | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Goodsport Nutrition LLC Evanston, IL | A | $200,000 | paid | MARKETING CAMPAIGN FOR PROTEIN SPORTS DRINKS | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Sartori Company Plymouth, WI | A | $194,086 | paid | SCHOLARSHIP FOR ATTENDING FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY TRADE SHOWS. | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Concept Processing LLC Melrose, MN | A | $183,954 | paid | FLUID MILK CHILLER SYSTEM EXPANSION | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Farm Life Creamery LLC Ethan, SD | A | $177,707 | paid | ICE CREAM EXPANSION | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Knueven Creamery LLC Leipsic, OH | A | $175,806 | paid | EQUIPMENT TO INCREASE ICE CREAM CAPACITY | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Rosewood Dairy Inc Sturgeon Bay, WI | A | $167,765 | paid | TRIAL VAT AND NEW PRESSES. LABELER MACHINE. EXPORT GROWTH PLAN. | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Brunkow Cheese of Wisconsin Inc Darlington, WI | A | $133,680 | paid | EQUIPMENT TO PRODUCE RACLETTE | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Milk Specialties Global Inc Eden Prairie, MN | A | $116,296 | paid | ADDING VALUE TO WHEY PROTEIN PHOSPHOLIPID CONCENTRATE BY DEMONSTRATING HEALTH BENEFITS | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Birch Point Distillery Westby, WI | A | $111,096 | paid | BOTTLING EQUIPMENT AND FERMENTATION SYSTEM TO MAKE SPIRITS FROM GOAT WHEY | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Cinnamon Ridge Inc Donahue, IA | A | $108,472 | paid | EQUIPMENT TO INCREASE PRODUCTION OF CHEESE | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Buckeye Milk House LLC Rittman, OH | A | $100,000 | paid | MILK BOTTLING | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Wapsie Valley Creamery Inc Independence, IA | A | $100,000 | paid | EQUIPMENT TO PRODUCE SWEET CREAM TO BE SOLD TO PRODUCERS OF BUTTER AND ICE CREAM | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Country View Dairy Hawkeye, IA | A | $100,000 | paid | BULK AUTOMATED FILLER FOR YOGURT TO INCREASE SALES | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Holland's Family Cheese Thorp, WI | A | $100,000 | paid | SCHOLARSHIP FOR ATTENDING FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY TRADE SHOWS | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | State Street Grill Saginaw, MI | A | $100,000 | paid | FREEZER STORAGE EXPANSION TO ALLOW FOR INCREASED PRODUCTION AND SALES | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese LLC Waterloo, WI | A | $100,000 | paid | ADVANCED EQUIPMENT TO EXPAND PRODUCT LINES, AND TRAINING | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Sassy Cow Creamery Columbus, WI | A | $100,000 | paid | EXPANDING LACTOSE FREE OFFERINGS | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Thistle Dew Dairy Vassar, MI | A | $100,000 | paid | CHEESE VAT TO START CHEESE PRODUCTION | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Maytag Dairy Farms LLC Newton, IA | A | $100,000 | paid | AUTOMATED CHEESE CUTTER TO ACCELERATE FINISHING PROCESS | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Nadia Alber Arena, WI | A | $100,000 | paid | BEGIN DAIRY PROCESSING- YOGURT | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Picket Fence Creamery LLC Woodward, IA | A | $100,000 | paid | HTST PASTEURIZER | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Amazing Ice Cream LLC Port Washington, WI | A | $100,000 | paid | FORKLIFT ACCESSIBLE FREZER AND FILLER FOR THEIR CONTINOUS ICE CREAM MACHINE | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Amo Creamery LLC Heron Lake, MN | A | $100,000 | paid | START ON-FARM CREAMERY | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Mesta Meadows LLC Glennallen, MO | A | $100,000 | paid | SHEEP MILK ICE CREAM EXPANSION | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Eau Galle Cheese Factory LLC Durand, WI | A | $100,000 | paid | WASTEWATER TO RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Jb's Barnyard (vendor) Mount Vernon, IN | A | $100,000 | paid | DELIVERY EXPANSION TO INCREASE SALES | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Bekkum Family Farms Westby, WI | A | $100,000 | paid | EQUIPMENT TO PRODUCE ICE CREAM | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Watershed Foods LLC Gridley, IL | A | $100,000 | paid | FREEZE DRYING CAPACITY EXPANSION FOR FREEZE DRIED YOGURT FOR TODDLERS VIA EQUIPMENT PURCHASE | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Semifreddo LLC Grand Rapids, MI | A | $100,000 | paid | ICE CREAM CHIC ITALIN COUSIN | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Burnett Dairy Cooperative Grantsburg, WI | A | $98,895 | paid | ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO UTILIZE WASTE STREAM | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Baker's Golden Dairy LLC New Waterford, OH | A | $98,865 | paid | PRODUCTION INCREASE OF SUPERWHITEPOWDER (REPLACEMENT FOR TITANIUM DIOXIDE) | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Dari LLC Clinton, WI | A | $97,783 | paid | EXPANSION OF RETAIL PRESENCE OF MOO'V UF WHOLE MILK AND LAUNCH OF NEW CHOCOLATE MILK FLAVOR | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Martha & Tom's Farm Owensville, MO | A | $94,189 | paid | CHEESE PRODUCTIONE XPANSION - EQUIOPMENT PURCHASES | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Tranquil Oaks Ranch LLC Strafford, MO | A | $94,106 | paid | EQUIPMENT PURCHASE TO EXPAND - PRODUCE YOGURT | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | University of Wisconsin River Falls Foundation River Falls, WI | A | $90,000 | paid | EXPANSION OF DAIRY PROCESSING FACILITY | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Stil Dreamin Dairy LLC Conway, MO | A | $88,826 | paid | FLUID MILK PROCESSING EQUIPMENT FOR A2 MILK | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Redhead Creamery Brooten, MN | A | $88,736 | paid | UTILIZING WASTE STREAMS FOR VALUE ADDED NON-CHEESE PRODUCTS | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Alpinage Cheese LLC Oak Creek, WI | A | $86,372 | paid | NEW CHEESE AGING FACILITY TO SUPPORT IN GROWTH, REACH SUSTAINABILITY AND DEVELOP BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. INVEST IN CHEESE PACKAGING AND CUTTING SOLUTIONS | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Jbs Farms LLC Mount Gilead, OH | A | $84,011 | paid | EQUIPMENT TO INCREASE CAPACITY OF SOFT-RIPENED CHEESE | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Udderly Divine Creamery Everton, MO | A | $83,575 | paid | EQUIPMENT TO SCALE UP PRODUCTION | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Sundae Morning Dairy LLC Ogden, IA | A | $79,343 | paid | EQUIPMENT TO PROCESS AND BOTTLE MILK | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Heather Moore - Moore Family Farm Maquoketa, IA | A | $76,684 | paid | CREAMERY EXPANSION | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Tulip Tree Creamery Inc Indianapolis, IN | A | $73,902 | paid | INCREASING AGED CHEESE CAPACITY | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Two Cows Creamery LLC Hot Springs, SD | A | $73,336 | paid | INSTALLING A MICRODAIRY | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Bold Spoon Creamery LLC Park Hills, MO | A | $70,588 | paid | EXPANSION OF ICE CREAM MANUFACTURING CAPACITY | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Streetpops Inc Cincinnati, OH | A | $69,879 | paid | DAIRY BASED ICE CREAM BARS EXPANSION | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Kilgus Farmstead Fairbury, IL | A | $69,397 | paid | FARMSTEAD STARTING CREAMERY TO PRODUCE GELATO | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Murphy's Grove LLC Aitkin, MN | A | $65,930 | paid | EQUIPMENT TO BEGIN PRODUCING YOGURT AND FROZEN YOGURT | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Shatto Farms Inc Osborn, MO | A | $62,163 | paid | EXPANDED PRODUCT LINE FOR MISSOURI FARMSTEAD CREAMERY | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Beauty View Dairy Products LLC (melisa Konecky) Wahoo, NE | A | $61,901 | paid | ON FARM ICE CREAM PROCESSING | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Black Raddish Creamery Alexandria, OH | A | $55,566 | paid | EXPANSION OF SMALL FORMAT BLOOMY AND WASHED RIND CHEESES | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Rokey Road Creamery LLC Sabetha, KS | A | $55,000 | paid | FARMSTEAD STARTING CREAMERY | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Snowville Creamery Pomeroy, OH | A | $53,897 | paid | BUTTERMILK DEVELOPMENT | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Happy Cows Creamery New Vienna, OH | A | $53,851 | paid | CREAMERY FLUID MILK EXPANSION | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Hightail Plainfield, IA | A | $53,518 | paid | EQUIPMENT TO IMPROVE DAIRY PROCESSING EFFICIENCIES | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Love Creamery LLC Duluth, MN | A | $52,608 | paid | ARTISAN ICE CREAM COMPANY EXPANDING PRODUCTION | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | David Florence Little Hocking, OH | A | $50,608 | paid | NEW EQUIPMENT TO ADD EFFECIENCES TO CHEESE PRODUCTION | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Union Star Cheese Factory's Fremont, WI | A | $48,052 | paid | MORE EFFICIENT EQUIPMENT | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Blue Ice Creamery Brighton, IL | A | $46,864 | paid | ICE CREAM VENDING MACHINE, BATCH FREEZER | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Reny Pico - Old Europe Cheese Benton Harbor, MI | A | $46,861 | paid | NEW MOLDS FOR NEW PRODUCT LINE (BRIE) | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Saltless Sea Creamery LLC Traverse City, MI | A | $46,801 | paid | INNOVATIVE, AFFORDABLE, ADAPTABLE ARTISAN CHEESEMAKING - SHIPPING CONTAINER CREAMERY | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Jacob Mills Oelwein, IA | A | $45,500 | paid | START A FARMSTEAD CREAMERY TO PRODUCE BUTTER | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Pine River Pre Pack Newton, WI | A | $42,762 | paid | SCHOLARSHIP FOR ATTENDING FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY TRADE SHOWS. | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Augment LLC Madison, WI | A | $37,312 | paid | MAKE NATURAL WHITE POWDER FROM ACID WHEY + MILLETS TO REPLACE TITANIUM DIOXIDE IN PRODUCTS | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Highfield Farm Creamery Walworth, WI | A | $36,784 | paid | CREAMERY EXPANSION | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Cedar Grove Cheese Inc Plain, WI | A | $36,042 | paid | CLIMATE CURD PROJECT | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Strack View Farms LLC Adell, WI | A | $33,145 | paid | EXPANSION OF FLAVOR OFFERINGS AND DEMO PROGRAM FOR JERSEY VALLEY CHEESE | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Blakesville Creamery Milwaukee, WI | A | $29,449 | paid | INCREASING DISTRIBUTION OF NEW PRODUCT LINE (SHEEP MILK CHEESE) NEW PACKAGING, WEBSITE, SALES | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Landmark Creamery Belleville, WI | A | $27,581 | paid | CREAMERY EXPANSION | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Hildebrand Farms Inc Junction City, KS | A | $20,294 | paid | NEW BULK BAG PACKAGING | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Two Guernsey Girls Creamery Freedom, WI | A | $16,384 | paid | EQUIPMENT TO EXPAND A2 DAIRY OFFERINGS | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Vieira Ventures LLC Swanky Scoops Oregon, OH | A | $12,708 | paid | EQUIPMENT UPGRADE FOR RETAIL EXPANSION PROJECT | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Lost Lake Farm LLC Jewll, IA | A | $10,669 | paid | FARMSTEAD STARTING CREAMER TO MAKE ARTISAN GRASS FED BUTTER - EQUIPMENT PURCHASES | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Nedved Family Farms Garner, IA | A | $10,000 | paid | H5N1 BIOSECURITY FARM GRANT | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Milkhaus Dairy Inc Fennimore, WI | A | $10,000 | paid | H5N1 BIOSECURITY FARM GRANT | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | New Holland Dairy LLC Anderson, IN | A | $10,000 | paid | H5N1 BIOSECURITY FARM GRANT | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Ms J & Company Inc Monroe, WI | A | $10,000 | paid | FREEZING SHEEP MILK ON FARM TO INCREASE QUALITY, LONGEVITY AND EFFICIENCY FOR NATIONAL MARKETING | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Willemsen Dairy Anderson, IN | A | $10,000 | paid | H5N1 BIOSECURITY FARM GRANT | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Geneva Dairy LLC Anderson, IN | A | $10,000 | paid | H5N1 BIOSECURITY FARM GRANT | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Heartland Dairy Holdings LLC Anderson, IN | A | $10,000 | paid | H5N1 BIOSECURITY FARM GRANT | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Mossy Creek Farm (vendor) Kalkaska, MI | A | $10,000 | paid | EQUIPMENT TO BEGIN CHEESE PRODUCTION | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Scott Korkowski Parkers Prairie, MN | A | $9,988 | paid | H5N1 FARM BIOSECURITY GRANT | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Rolling Hills Dairy Producers Cooperative Inc Monroe, WI | A | $9,975 | paid | FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR CONVERSTION FACILITY | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Tranel Family Farms LLC Cuba City, WI | A | $9,863 | paid | H5N1 BIOSECURITY FARM GRANT | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Inguran LLC Navasota, TX | A | $9,491 | paid | H5N1 BIOSECURITY FARM GRANT | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Serendipity Farmstead Hot Springs, SD | A | $8,700 | paid | H5N1 FARM BIOSECURITY GRANT | 202601269349302940 |
| 2025 | Lax-Pietig Dairy LLC Fairfax, MN | A | $8,040 | paid | H5NI BIOSECURITY FARM GRANT | 202601269349302940 |
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