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Forrest E Mars Jr Sheridan Charitable
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $246k
- Granted FY2022
- 26
- Grants FY2022
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Forrest E Mars Jr Sheridan Charitable’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Wyoming Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Forrest E Mars Jr Sheridan Charitable named its own grantees at scale: 15 organizations, $246k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 28
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 4% of the organizations Forrest E Mars Jr Sheridan Charitable funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 25 | $236k | 4% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $242k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Horn Education Fund Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 45% |
| The New Museum at the Bradford Brinton Ranch | $39,032 | 1 | 2% |
| Lunch Together Soup Kitchen | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Volunteers of America Northern Rockies | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Advocacy & Resource Center | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Uprising | $20,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Dog & Cat Shelter Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Wyo Theatre Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Senior Citizen Council | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northern Wyoming Community College Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Horn Education Fund Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 45% |
| The New Museum at the Bradford Brinton Ranch | $39,032 | 1 | 2% |
| Lunch Together Soup Kitchen | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Volunteers of America Northern Rockies | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Advocacy & Resource Center | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Uprising | $20,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Dog & Cat Shelter Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Wyo Theatre Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Senior Citizen Council | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northern Wyoming Community College Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Big Horn City Historical Society | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sheridan Health Center Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Wyoming Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Climb Dba Climb Wyoming | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Downtown Sheridan Association | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($197k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Forrest E Mars Jr Sheridan Charitable 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.
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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: Wyoming Community Foundation · Homer A Scott & Mildred S Scott Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Joe and Arlene Watt Foundation Inc · Dan & Jeanne Scott Family Foundation · The Roberts Family Foundation · Anne & Scott Nickerson Family Foundation · Homer A Jr & Janet Scott Family Foundation · The Seidler Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation · John and Helen Ilsley Family Foundation · The Riggs Foundation
How this is measured
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About Forrest E Mars Jr Sheridan Charitable
- How much does Forrest E Mars Jr Sheridan Charitable give?
- Forrest E Mars Jr Sheridan Charitable reported 26 grants totaling $246,000 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 28 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does Forrest E Mars Jr Sheridan Charitable fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (92%), Arts & Culture (2%), Education (1%).
- Who are Forrest E Mars Jr Sheridan Charitable's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: Big Horn Education Fund Inc ($55k), The New Museum at the Bradford Brinton Ranch ($39k), Lunch Together Soup Kitchen ($25k).
- Does Forrest E Mars Jr Sheridan Charitable fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Forrest E Mars Jr Sheridan Charitable 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 Forrest E Mars Jr Sheridan Charitable?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wyoming Community Foundation, Homer A Scott & Mildred S Scott Foundation, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc.
- Where is Forrest E Mars Jr Sheridan Charitable based?
- Forrest E Mars Jr Sheridan Charitable is based in DE.
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