Illinois · Private foundation
James J & Mildred M Postma Scholarship Fund
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $139k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,400
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,850
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 19
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations James J & Mildred M Postma Scholarship Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 17 | $139k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $136k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $76k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $76k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $78k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $76k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dordt University | $249,090 | 6 | 0% |
| Northwestern College | $99,692 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Sioux Falls | $11,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Morningside University | $11,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Oral Roberts University | $6,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Augustana University Association | $4,550 | 2 | 0% |
| Calvin University | $4,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Olivet Nazarene University | $4,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Drake University | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grove City College | $3,300 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dordt University | $249,090 | 6 | 0% |
| Northwestern College | $99,692 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Sioux Falls | $11,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Morningside University | $11,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Oral Roberts University | $6,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Augustana University Association | $4,550 | 2 | 0% |
| Calvin University | $4,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Olivet Nazarene University | $4,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Drake University | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grove City College | $3,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Kansas State University | $3,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Lipscomb University | $2,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope College | $2,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Canyon University | $1,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Briar Cliff University | $1,568 | 2 | 0% |
| Oberlin College | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Augustana College | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Christian University | $800 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($169k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James J & Mildred M Postma Scholarship Fund 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: Paul & Mary Collins Trust · A L Steinke Perpetual Scholarship · United Way Worldwide · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About James J & Mildred M Postma Scholarship Fund
- How much does James J & Mildred M Postma Scholarship Fund give?
- James J & Mildred M Postma Scholarship Fund reported 17 grants totaling $139,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 19 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does James J & Mildred M Postma Scholarship Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (91%).
- Who are James J & Mildred M Postma Scholarship Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Dordt University ($249k), Northwestern College ($100k), University of Sioux Falls ($11k).
- Does James J & Mildred M Postma Scholarship Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James J & Mildred M Postma Scholarship Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as James J & Mildred M Postma Scholarship Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Paul & Mary Collins Trust, A L Steinke Perpetual Scholarship, United Way Worldwide.
- Where is James J & Mildred M Postma Scholarship Fund based?
- James J & Mildred M Postma Scholarship Fund is based in IL.
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