Illinois · Private foundation
Brad Sethness 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.
- $243k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $28,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 22
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Brad Sethness Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 21 | $243k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $280k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $266k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $295k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $260k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $260k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Hall's School Inc | $125,000 | 6 | 0% |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | $95,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Vilas Food Pantry Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 11% |
| Hatcher Alpine Xperience | $75,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Gunnison Valley Health Foundation | $61,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Bob Finch Memorial Fund | $60,000 | 6 | 81% |
| Hatcher Pass Avalanche Center Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Humane Society of Vilas County | $40,000 | 3 | 19% |
| Paul B Sharar Foundation - Clinton Community College | $40,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Gateway Contemporary Ballet | $35,000 | 5 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Hall's School Inc | $125,000 | 6 | 0% |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | $95,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Vilas Food Pantry Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 11% |
| Hatcher Alpine Xperience | $75,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Gunnison Valley Health Foundation | $61,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Bob Finch Memorial Fund | $60,000 | 6 | 81% |
| Hatcher Pass Avalanche Center Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Humane Society of Vilas County | $40,000 | 3 | 19% |
| Paul B Sharar Foundation - Clinton Community College | $40,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Gateway Contemporary Ballet | $35,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Donor Alliance Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Underdog Pet Rescue of Wisconsin Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mat-Su Food Bank | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Challenge Alaska | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Blue Ridge School Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mat-Su Youth Housing | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way of Matanuska-Susitna Borough | $17,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Alaska Farmland Trust Corporation | $15,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Figge Art Museum | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Girdwood Community Land Trust | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wasilla Youth Baseball | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($731k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Brad Sethness Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Mta Foundation Inc · Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation · The Alaska Community Foundation · Rasmuson Foundation · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Brad Sethness Foundation
- How much does Brad Sethness Foundation give?
- Brad Sethness Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $243,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 22 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Brad Sethness Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (18%), Recreation & Sports (15%), Food & Nutrition (15%).
- Who are Brad Sethness Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Miss Hall's School Inc ($125k), United Negro College Fund Inc ($95k), Vilas Food Pantry Inc ($90k).
- Does Brad Sethness Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brad Sethness 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 Brad Sethness Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mta Foundation Inc, Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation, The Alaska Community Foundation.
- Where is Brad Sethness Foundation based?
- Brad Sethness Foundation is based in IL.
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