· Private foundation
Buck and Lois Scheele Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k12 grants · $162k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
- $250k+1 grant · $500k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BETHEL LUTHERAN HOME | $500,000 |
| FAMILY CRISIS SHELTER | $100,000 |
| HARMONIC CREATIVE WORLD | $50,000 |
| ECKERT FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| WPRD FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| CHRISTMAS FOR KIDS | $20,000 |
| NORTHERN PLAIN-YOUTH FOR CHRIST | $11,000 |
| ST JOSEPH'S SCHOOL | $11,000 |
| THE STONE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| WPRD FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| FIRE & IRON | $10,000 |
| UPPER MISSOURI MINISTRIES-SPRING BR | $10,000 |
| WESTERN STAR LITERACY CENTER | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| OLIVE MOTHERHOOD FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +162% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $92k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FCFAMILY CRISIS SHELTER INC3× · 2023–2025 · $250k · revenue +37%
- HCHARMONIC CREATIVE WORLD3× · 2023–2025 · $200k · revenue +162% · 94% of their budget
- WSWILLISTON STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION2× · 2023–2024 · $200k · revenue +433%
Funded once
- WCWILLISTON COMMUNITY BUILDERSone grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -65%
- MFMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTH DAKOTAone grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +23%
- UMUPPER MISSOURI MINISTRIESone grant, 2023 · $50k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To advance, promote, and improve all aspects of the williston public school system, its students, former students, teachers, employees, and to provide for a forum for the reflection of the sentiments of the alumni and friends of the…
The williston area of commerce is dedicated to advancing the exceptional economic growth of the greater williston area, fostering a community where people want to live and thrive, not just work.our vision is to advance the economic,…
Helping equip students to embrace truth, strive for academic excellence and model Christian behavior in their home,community and culture for Christ. The ultimate goal is to guide students to embrace a Biblical world view,embracing…
Provide every memeber an opportunity to improve swimming skills and achieve success at his or her level of ability, from novice to international competitor.
None
To promote the Wahpeton Breckenridge area through the enhancement of community growth and business development.
Provide support for all athletic programs and for scholarships for the general student body at williston state college.
The theatre's mission is to provide affordable, quality performing arts to west central minnesota.
To promote business development and tourism in winona minnesota and the surrounding area
Support the chorus at washington high school
The willington public library mission statement: we welcome and support all people in their enjoyment of reading and lifelong learning. we are dedicated to enriching the community by providing access to a variety of resources, services,…
Wissahickon skating club, a nonprofit corporation that operates an ice skating rink in the chestnut hill section of philadelphia, pennsylvania, was formed for charitable and educational activities for its members and the surrounding…
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 27 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds FAMILY CRISIS SHELTER INC ↗
- Who funds HARMONIC CREATIVE WORLD ↗
- Who funds WILLISTON STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WILLISTON COMMUNITY BUILDERS ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTH DAKOTA ↗
- Who funds WESTERN STAR LITERACY CENTER ↗
- Who funds COYOTE CLAY TARGET LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds Williston Basin Skating Club Inc ↗
- Who funds Williston Band Boosters ↗
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: Ardean & Colleen Aafedt Foundation · Williston Convention and Visitors Bureau · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Buck and Lois Scheele Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Buck and Lois Scheele Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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