· Private foundation
Rb and Twyla Sheldahl Foundation Sheldahl
Its FY2024 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k1 grant · $1k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $107k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $100,000 |
| YOUNG LIFE INTERNATIONAL | $35,000 |
| MIDWEST FOOD BANK | $27,033 |
| SUN VALLEY CHURCH | $25,000 |
| LIVING WATER OF THE VALLEY CHURCH | $10,000 |
| TUNNELS TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| CHRISTIAN CARE CENTER INC | $1,000 |
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, $58k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% 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 +40% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 11 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, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $111k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- YLYOUNG LIFE4× · 2017–2020 · $98k · revenue +59%
- IFINSTITUTE FOR AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION3× · 2017–2020 · $35k · revenue +40%
- OAORCHARD AFRICA2× · 2018–2019 · $5k · revenue +62%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $100k
- STSPREAD TRUTH MINISTRIES INCgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $45k · revenue +32%
- GEGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INCone grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue 0%
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.
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…
Jesus for asia exists for one purpose: to see as many people as possible accept eternal life before it's too late. we do this by going to the least reached section of the planet and by calling the church to re-engage its mission. in other…
As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.
Evangelism; Evangelism Training; Global Outreach Global Advancement of the Gospel through Tent Ministries and Conferences Television and Literature Distribution
Serving and pastoring overseas workers on their own turf and equipping nationals by training and empowering them in their work of advancing the gospel.
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
To serve Christ by providing expertise, resources, and leadership to help the church make Christian Disciples in foreign lands, and to render assistance to the poor, sick, and needy in our places of service.
The organizations exempt purpose is to rescue orphans and widows, feed the poor, build the local church through ministry, crusades and outreaches and to win souls around the world.
To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.
A Jesus Mission creates unique opportunities for individuals or teams to serves as Christian missionaires around the world through traditional evangelism, discipleship training, and outreach.
Spreading christianity worldwide.
Equipping leaders to plant dynamic churches worldwide.
How this is measured
21 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. 21 of the 53 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 FresnoMadera Youth For Christ Inc ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds SPREAD TRUTH MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S CUP ↗
- Who funds EAST VALLEY ATHLETES FOR CHRIST INC ↗
- Who funds PARENTING SPECIAL KIDS NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds JONI AND FRIENDS ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE SHERRARD INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds HOPE AND A FUTURE INC ↗
- Who funds MEALS FROM THE HEARTLAND INC ↗
- Who funds ORCHARD AFRICA ↗
- Who funds CALVARY COMMISSION INC ↗
- Who funds CONGO INITIATIVE USA 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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving 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 Rb and Twyla Sheldahl Foundation Sheldahl funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rb and Twyla Sheldahl Foundation Sheldahl. Bigger dots raise more.
- Global Empowerment Mission Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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