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Skelton Scholarship Fund at a glance

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Skelton Scholarship Fund

Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$169k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$169k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.

Education$239k
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$169,315
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION-LAND OF LINCOLN$169,315
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
IA
OH
MO
KY
AZ
TN
SC
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$208k · 7 repeat orgs$30k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
26

Total granted

$208k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+9%

Still filing today

29%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CF
    COMMUNITY FOUNDATION-LAND OF LINCOLN
    2× · 2022–2023 · $179k
  • LO
    LAND OF LINCOLN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
    2× · 2019–2021 · $14k
  • SI
    SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2019–2021 · $7k · revenue +105%

Funded once

  • LL
    LINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
    one grant, 2020 · $4k
  • HS
    HARRIS STOWE STATE COLLEGE
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • MU
    MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue -24%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Augustana University Association

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.

Education
2
Saint Xavier University

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…

Education
3
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
4
Simpson College

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.

Education
5
Xavier University

Xavier is a jesuit catholic university rooted in the liberal arts tradition. our mission is to educate each student intellectually, morally, and spiritually. we create learning opportunities through rigorous academic and professional…

Education
6
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
7
Calvin University

The mission of calvin university is to equip students to think deeply, to act justly, and to live wholeheartedly as christ's agents of renewal in the world.

Education
8
Benedictine University

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…

Education
9
Augustana College

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…

Education
10
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
11
University of the South

The College of Arts and Sciences is committed to the development of the whole person through a liberal arts education of the highest quality. The School of Theology educates women and men to serve the broad whole of the Episcopal Church in…

Education
12
Mount Saint Mary's University Inc

As a catholic university, mount st. mary's graduates ethical leaders who are inspired by a passion for learning and lead lives of significance in service to god and others.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Ambrose University; the most unlike its peers is Iowa Wesleyan University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 33 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION-LAND OF LINCOLN: $179,315 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION-LAND OF LINCOLNLAND OF LINCOLN COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $14,003 · OtherLAND OF LINCOLN COMMUNITY COLLEGE+19 more: $26,920 · Other+19 moreSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $6,855 · EducationMILLIKIN UNIVERSITY: $2,385 · EducationCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY INC: $2,000 · EducationSpelman College: $2,000 · EducationCedarville University: $1,250 · EducationST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $700 · Education+6 more: $3,200 · Education
Other$220,238Education$18,390

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $6,855 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMILLIKIN UNIVERSITY: $2,385 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpelman College: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCedarville University: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIowa Wesleyan University: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMACMURRAY COLLEGE: $625 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetILLINOIS COLLEGE: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARTHAGE COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBelmont University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONMOUTH COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Spelman College ↗
  • Who funds Cedarville University ↗
  • Who funds Iowa Wesleyan University ↗
  • Who funds ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MACMURRAY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds DEPAUL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ILLINOIS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CARTHAGE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Belmont University ↗
  • Who funds MONMOUTH COLLEGE ↗

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.

Ernst & Young Foundat…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Ernst & Young FoundationNY13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ernst & Young Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Skelton Scholarship Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Skelton Scholarship Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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