· Private foundation
Eleanor's Fund
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $180k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION | $110,000 |
| MAKE-A-WISH SOUTH DAKOTA | $70,000 |
| SAFARI CLUB INTERNAT FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–21, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those 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.
14 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MFMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA & MONTANA7× · 2017–2025 · $500k · revenue +53%
- WSWILD SHEEP FOUNDATION4× · 2021–2025 · $335k · revenue +57%
- CHCHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF SOUTH DAKOTA5× · 2017–2021 · $100k · revenue +85%
Funded once
- TFTHE FOUNDATION FOR NA WILD SHEEPone grant, 2023 · $80k
- SDSOUTH DAKOTA AGRICULTURAL FOUNDone grant, 2022 · $50k
- CCCHILDREN'S CARE HOSPITAL AND SCHOOLgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +175%
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.
Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.
The mission of the lifescape foundation is to provide resources to enhance the lives of children and adults served by lifescape. we do this through direct support of therapy, education, supported living and employment programs, and helping…
The mission of Linton Hospital and Clinics is to enhance the health, well-being, and quality of life of the people we serve.
Guided by our values, Catholic Charities North Dakota serves people in need and advocates for the common good of all.
Fire Protection
Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.
End hunger together.
The mission of the Winona Health Foundation is to gather, steward, and distribute resources needed to support and advance the mission of Winona Health and its affiliates.
Downtown Sioux Falls boldly leads the downtown community by championing diverse experiences, economic growth, and a healthy environment.
The vision of the csfc is to partner with the fire service and supplier partners across the state of colorado in their efforts to protect all of colorado's life and property from fire and other disasters. it is a dynamic organization,…
Building enduring relationships that maximize advocacy and philanthropy to support North Dakota State University.
Advancing healthy communities through a unified voice across the health care continuum.
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 20 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 MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA & MONTANA ↗
- Who funds WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF SOUTH DAKOTA ↗
- Who funds FEEDING SOUTH DAKOTA ↗
- Who funds Western Sports Foundation ↗
- Who funds LIFESCAPE ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S CARE HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ENNING FIRE DEPARTMENT INC ↗
- Who funds Days Of '76 Inc ↗
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: First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Sanford Group Return · Midcontinent Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Eleanor's Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Eleanor's Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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