· Private foundation
Mahana-Cong Church Scholar Found
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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k12 grants · $69k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $44k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY | $22,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA | $22,000 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY | $8,250 |
| IOWA CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $5,500 |
| ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY | $5,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA | $5,500 |
| SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $5,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SIOUX FALLS | $5,500 |
| MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO | $5,500 |
| BRADLEY UNIVERSITY | $5,500 |
| BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY | $5,500 |
| TEACHERS COLLEGE | $5,500 |
| DRAKE UNIVERSITY | $5,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA | $5,500 |
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 (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 48% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 6 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, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CCCORNELL COLLEGE4× · 2020–2023 · $19k · revenue +15%
- BCBRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY2× · 2023–2024 · $11k · revenue +11%
- UOUniversity of the Incarnate Word2× · 2021–2022 · $10k · revenue +1%
Funded once
- NINORTH IOWA AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGEone grant, 2020 · $8k
- LULIBERTY UNIVERSITY INCone grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue +8%
- CCCOE COLLEGEone grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue +8%
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.
Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.
Union college is a seventh-day adventist community of higher education, inspired by jesus christ, and dedicated to empowering students to learn, serve, and lead.
Founded by the norwegian evangelical lutheran church in 1861, luther college is a four-year, residential liberal arts institution. luther welcomes students of all backgrounds to engage in a way of learning that moves beyond immediate…
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
Augsburg university educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.the augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Nebraska wesleyan university is an academic community dedicated to intellectual and personal growth within the context of a liberal arts education and in an environment of christian concern.
Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
Through innovative learning opportunities, individual student attention, and an unwavering commitment to inclusive educational access, simpson college cultivates a diverse community of learners to lead lives of meaning and purpose.
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 40 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 CORNELL COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds BRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Teachers College Columbia University ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SIOUX FALLS ↗
- Who funds University of the Incarnate Word ↗
- Who funds LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds Bellevue University ↗
- Who funds COE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds DRAKE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds BRADLEY UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Buena Vista University ↗
- Who funds ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds WARTBURG COLLEGE ↗
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 · Willard E and Ella P Thompson Educational Fund · Fahrney Education Fdtn Trust · Marguerite V Brown · W E Ruebush Foundation · Roy J Carver Charitable Trust · United Way Worldwide · Louis J Elbert Trust · Joseph J Sinek Scholarship Trust · Bernice E Peterson Scholarship Trust · Bestenlehner D and F Educational Tr · Iowa College Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Mahana-Cong Church Scholar Found funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mahana-Cong Church Scholar Found. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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