Colorado · Private foundation
Ardean & Colleen Aafedt Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $575k
- Granted FY2019
- 7
- Grants FY2019
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
98% of Ardean & Colleen Aafedt Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Ardean & Colleen Aafedt Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $575k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 57% of the organizations Ardean & Colleen Aafedt Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 94% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $540k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 7 | $575k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $51k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luther Seminary | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cross Training | $95,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Williston Parks & Recreation Foundation Inc | $65,000 | 3 | 35% |
| Evergreen Baseball Boosters Inc | $47,500 | 5 | 18% |
| First Lutheran Church | $35,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Williston Community Builders | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Valley City State University Foundation | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Williston State College Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ehs Cougar Touchdown Club | $15,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Positive Coaching Alliance | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luther Seminary | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cross Training | $95,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Williston Parks & Recreation Foundation Inc | $65,000 | 3 | 35% |
| Evergreen Baseball Boosters Inc | $47,500 | 5 | 18% |
| First Lutheran Church | $35,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Williston Community Builders | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Valley City State University Foundation | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Williston State College Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ehs Cougar Touchdown Club | $15,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Positive Coaching Alliance | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Western Star Literacy Center | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Williston Coyote Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Williston Basin Skating Club Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Bethel Lutheran Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dakota Family Solutions | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Trout Unlimited | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Teton Booster Club Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($74k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ardean & Colleen Aafedt Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Buck and Lois Scheele Foundation · American Legion 37 Edgar M Boyd · Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau · Oneok Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Ardean & Colleen Aafedt Foundation with peer funders
About Ardean & Colleen Aafedt Foundation
- How much does Ardean & Colleen Aafedt Foundation give?
- Ardean & Colleen Aafedt Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $575,000 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Ardean & Colleen Aafedt Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (61%), Religion (22%), Recreation & Sports (10%).
- Who are Ardean & Colleen Aafedt Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Luther Seminary ($500k), Cross Training ($95k), Williston Parks & Recreation Foundation Inc ($65k).
- Does Ardean & Colleen Aafedt Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ardean & Colleen Aafedt Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ardean & Colleen Aafedt Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Buck and Lois Scheele Foundation, American Legion 37 Edgar M Boyd, Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau.
- Where is Ardean & Colleen Aafedt Foundation based?
- Ardean & Colleen Aafedt Foundation is based in CO.
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