· Private foundation
R D Cundiff Scholarship Trust Dtd 10121
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, FY2022 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k15 grants · $42k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $87k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LAKELAND COLLEGE | $27,525 |
| PARKLAND COLLEGE | $23,600 |
| EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY | $18,825 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA | $16,900 |
| SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILL | $5,775 |
| ILLINOIS COLLEGE | $4,350 |
| SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE | $4,350 |
| AURORA UNIVERSITY | $4,350 |
| ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY | $3,850 |
| NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE | $1,925 |
| IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY | $1,925 |
| WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ST LOUIS | $1,925 |
| LINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $1,925 |
| QUINCY UNIVERSITY | $1,925 |
| ROCKFORD UNIVERSITY | $1,925 |
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 (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 97% 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
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 +5% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 9 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, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PCPARKLAND COLLEGE4× · 2022–2025 · $77k
- LCLAKELAND COLLEGE4× · 2022–2025 · $73k
- EIEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY4× · 2022–2025 · $64k
Funded once
- MUMILLIKIN UNIVERSITYone grant, 2023 · $6k · revenue -26%
- MSMISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2024 · $6k
- OCOLNEY CENTRAL COLLEGEone grant, 2024 · $5k
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.
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…
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.
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…
Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…
Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…
Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.
Mount marty university, an academic community in the catholic benedictine liberal arts tradition, prepares students for a contemporary world of work, service to the human community, and personal growth. the institution is a private,…
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.
True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.
Excelsior University provides educational opportunity to adult learners with an emphasis on those historically underrepresented in higher education. The University meets students where they are - academically and geographically, offering…
Hilbert college is an independent institution of higher learning that embraces its catholic franciscan heritage and values. students from diverse backgrounds are educated in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
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 47 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 AURORA UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ILLINOIS COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MONMOUTH COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds BETHEL UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ARIZONA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE ↗
- Who funds OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MOUND FARM HOLDINGS INC ↗
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: Ibm International Foundation · Associated Colleges of Illinois Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Brent Taylor Perpetual Char Trust Mercantile Bank Trustee · Culver's Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Edward Jones Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization R D Cundiff Scholarship Trust Dtd 10121 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from R D Cundiff Scholarship Trust Dtd 10121. Bigger dots raise more.
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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