· Private foundation
McFadden Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 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 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k43 grants · $168k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $94k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $91k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| OSBORNE CO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | $91,126 |
| FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY | $26,050 |
| KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY | $23,950 |
| CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF DOWNS | $12,000 |
| UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF OSBORNE | $11,700 |
| BULL CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| OSBORNE CO FAIR ASSOCIATION | $10,000 |
| OSBORNE USD 392 | $9,300 |
| OSBORNE MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE | $8,000 |
| DOWNS MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE | $8,000 |
| NORTH CENTRAL KS TECH COLLEGE | $7,500 |
| GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH OF PORTIS | $7,500 |
| BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH OF OSBORNE | $6,000 |
| NEW LIFE CHURCH OF NATOMA | $6,000 |
| UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF DOWNS | $6,000 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
71 repeat relationships: 45 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BIBRINGING IT HOME TO OZ2× · 2021–2022 · $10k · revenue +77%
- LULIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC4× · 2021–2024 · $9k · revenue +28%
- DADOWNS ART COUNCIL4× · 2021–2024 · $8k · revenue +118%
Funded once
- OCOSBORNE CO FAIR BOARDone grant, 2019 · $130k
- OHOSBORNE HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2022 · $10k
- TCTEEN CHALLENGE OF THE MIDWEST INCone grant, 2019 · $8k · revenue -98%
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.
Benedictine college's mission as a catholic, benedictine, liberal arts, residential college is the education of men and women within a community of faith & scholarship.
Belhaven university prepares students academically and spiritually to serve jesus christ in their careers, in human relationships, and in the world of ideas.
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.
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…
Central christian college of kansas is a four-year, non-profit liberal arts college with the primary mission of offering a christ-centered education for character.
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.
John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…
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.
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…
True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.
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.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 103 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.
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: Sarver Charitable Trust · Greater Salina Community Foundation · Kansas Independent College Association · Je and le Mabee Foundation Inc · Margaret Nelson Castle College Scholarship Trust · Ibm International Foundation · The Pete Henry Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Robert & Ava Lee Maydew Scholarship Trust · Farmers Alliance Companies Charitable Foundation · David and Mary P Rush Educational Trust Co Donald Hoffman Trustee · Carrol & Darlene Booz Charitable Trust
How this is measured
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