· Private foundation
Quesenbery Educational Tr
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
75% of Quesenbery Educational Tr’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Hillsdale College, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $85k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HILLSDALE COLLEGE | $200,000 |
| THE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE | $25,000 |
| UNREPORTED STORY SOCIETY | $20,000 |
| CONVENTION OF STATES FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| THE TORCH OF FREEDOM FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| TULSA YOUTHWORKS | $10,000 |
| JOHN 3 16 MISSION | $5,000 |
| PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| EDCHOICE | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 3 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, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- USUnreported Story Society6× · 2019–2024 · $120k · revenue +61%
- TRTHE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE5× · 2018–2023 · $70k · revenue +2%
- CFCENTER FOR URBAN RENEWAL & EDUCATION5× · 2017–2022 · $45k · revenue +19%
Funded once
- KCKIRK CROSSING INCone grant, 2023 · $100k
- SCSOUTH COUNTY EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INCone grant, 2019 · $45k
- AFAMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND INCone grant, 2018 · $13k · revenue +10%
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.
The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…
Competitive enterprise institute (cei) is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government. we believe that consumers are best helped not by government regulation but by being…
The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…
Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
Inspired by a culture of creativity, Oklahoma City University fosters an immersive, personalized experience that welcomes and prepares students to pursue boundless opportunities.
The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.
The r street institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public-policy research organization ("think tank"). our mission is to engage in policy research and outreach to promote free markets and limited, effective government. (continued on…
Public knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. we work to shape policy on behalf of the public interest.
To create a nation where everyone enjoys a fair share of our collective prosperity.
Higher education shapes the future of every community in america-determining who moves up the economic ladder, where good jobs develop, and how regions prosper. this promise depends on the public's ability to see and understand how their…
Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.
How this is measured
19 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. 19 of the 31 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 HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Unreported Story Society ↗
- Who funds Leadership Institute ↗
- Who funds THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds CITIZENS FOR SELF-GOVERNANCE ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR URBAN RENEWAL & EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds Youth Entrepreneurs Inc ↗
- Who funds OKLAHOMA COUNCIL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF TULSA INC ↗
- Who funds EdChoice Inc ↗
- Who funds TULSA HOPE ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds TULSA CORNERSTONE ASSISTANCE NETWOR ↗
- Who funds TORCH OF FREEDOM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND INC ↗
- Who funds OKLAHOMA POLICY INC ↗
- Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TULSA DREAM CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds JOHN 316 MISSION ↗
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: Tulsa Community Foundation · Donors Trust Inc · George Kaiser Family Foundation · The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Quesenbery Educational Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Quesenbery Educational Tr. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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