Illinois · Private foundation
Franklin I & Irene List Saemann Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $210k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.3M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Franklin I & Irene List Saemann Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 14 | $210k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $198k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $160k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $181k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $1.6M | 40% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $75k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $1.6M | 13% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $350k | 7% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wartburg College | $3,750,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Carthage College | $389,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Wartburg Theological Seminary | $150,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Combined Community Services | $88,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Heartline Pregnancy Center Inc | $30,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Magical Meadows Inc | $27,000 | 5 | 5% |
| North Webster Community Center Inc | $15,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Operation Read Inc | $9,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Kosciusko County Historical Society | $6,900 | 6 | 2% |
| List Academy of Music Inc | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wartburg College | $3,750,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Carthage College | $389,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Wartburg Theological Seminary | $150,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Combined Community Services | $88,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Heartline Pregnancy Center Inc | $30,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Magical Meadows Inc | $27,000 | 5 | 5% |
| North Webster Community Center Inc | $15,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Operation Read Inc | $9,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Kosciusko County Historical Society | $6,900 | 6 | 2% |
| List Academy of Music Inc | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Crossroads Lutheran Church | $4,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wagon Wheel Theatre Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Early Childhood Alliance Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Swan Valley Community Library | $1,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Teen Parents Succeeding Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($281k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Franklin I & Irene List Saemann Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc · The Dr Dane & Mary Louise Miller Foundation Inc · Hand Family Foundation Inc · Kosciusko 21st Century Foundation Inc Aka K21 Health Foundation · Terry L and Sandra K Tucker Family Foundation Trust · United Way of Kosciusko County Inc · Esther Pfleiderer Charitable Trust Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Dekko Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Franklin I & Irene List Saemann Foundation
- How much does Franklin I & Irene List Saemann Foundation give?
- Franklin I & Irene List Saemann Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $210,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Franklin I & Irene List Saemann Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (87%), Human Services (6%), Religion (3%).
- Who are Franklin I & Irene List Saemann Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wartburg College ($3.8M), Carthage College ($389k), Wartburg Theological Seminary ($150k).
- Does Franklin I & Irene List Saemann Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Franklin I & Irene List Saemann Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Franklin I & Irene List Saemann Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kosciusko County Community Foundation Inc, The Dr Dane & Mary Louise Miller Foundation Inc, Hand Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Franklin I & Irene List Saemann Foundation based?
- Franklin I & Irene List Saemann Foundation is based in IL.
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