· Private foundation
Margaret Nelson Castle College Scholarship Trust
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY | $2,870 |
| FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSIT | $2,545 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA - KEARNEY | $2,205 |
| EVANGEL UNIVERSITY | $945 |
| FRIENDS UNIVERSITY | $710 |
| MCPHERSON COLLEGE | $710 |
| UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER | $675 |
| WASHBURN UNIVERSITY | $650 |
| STERLING COLLEGE | $587 |
| UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS | $375 |
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 (FY17–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 90% of its 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.
19 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2026, 12 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (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 FY2026, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BCBETHANY COLLEGE5× · 2017–2023 · $4k · revenue +17%
- FUFriends University3× · 2017–2026 · $3k · revenue +43%
- TCTabor College2× · 2017–2025 · $800 · revenue +39%
Funded once
- ECEVANGEL COLLEGEone grant, 2025 · $2k
- HCHASTINGS COLLEGEone grant, 2022 · $840 · revenue -2%
- JCJOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGEone grant, 2025 · $750
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.
Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship
Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…
As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.
Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…
Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…
Belhaven university prepares students academically and spiritually to serve jesus christ in their careers, in human relationships, and in the world of ideas.
Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.
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.
Bethany lutheran college provides christian higher education in a challenging academic environment where personal mentoring guides students to pursue knowledge, truth, and discernment for productive and fulfilling lives.
Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
Hillsdale college is a private liberal arts college with approximately 1,500 students. founded in 1844, the college remains, in the words of its articles of association, "grateful to god for the inestimable blessings resulting from the…
Wisconsin lutheran college is a private, four-year liberal arts college.
How this is measured
12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 34 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 BETHANY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Friends University ↗
- Who funds BAKER UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Evangel University ↗
- Who funds HASTINGS COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Tabor College ↗
- Who funds KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Benedictine College ↗
- Who funds MCPHERSON COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds STERLING COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds BETHEL COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Southern College of Optometry ↗
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: Bill & Julia Thomas Charitable Trust · Je and le Mabee Foundation Inc · Kansas Independent College Association · The Pete Henry Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Jellison Benevolent Society Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Donald R Pitts & Zelma C Pitts Scholarship Fund · Carrol & Darlene Booz Charitable Trust · McFadden Charitable Trust · Folds of Honor Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Margaret Nelson Castle College Scholarship Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Margaret Nelson Castle College Scholarship Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
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