· Private foundation
Steel Dynamics Foundation Inc
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
- $10k–50k9 grants · $285k
- $50k–250k10 grants · $908k
- $250k+2 grants · $1.3M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TRINE UNIVERSITY | $1,000,000 |
| TRINE UNIVERSITY | $300,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $200,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB | $150,000 |
| NATIONAL ORNAMENTAL METAL MUSEUM | $100,000 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT | $100,000 |
| TRINE UNIVERSITY | $85,000 |
| ARTS UNITED | $62,500 |
| TURNSTONE | $60,000 |
| NE INDIANA FUND | $50,000 |
| SCIENCE CENTRAL | $50,000 |
| FORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC | $50,000 |
| GRACE COLLEGE | $40,000 |
| QUESTA FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION | $40,000 |
| FORT WAYNE MUSEUM OF ART | $40,000 |
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, $235k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 62% 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
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 +48% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 14 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, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $370k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TUTrine University8× · 2017–2024 · $5.4M · revenue +135%
- TCTURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC8× · 2017–2024 · $600k · revenue +77%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA INC6× · 2017–2023 · $590k · revenue +32%
Funded once
- M2MATTHEW 25 INCone grant, 2017 · $63k · revenue +0%
- MSMISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDAone grant, 2017 · $50k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPIone grant, 2019 · $25k
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 University of Indianapolis champions lifelong learning through relevant and innovative education that fosters experiential learning, diverse perspectives, service for impact, and a global mindset.
Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.
To be a great catholic university dedicated to excellence in learning, achieved by teaching, research, & scholarly activities in franciscan & liberal arts tradition.
Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
Walsh university is an independent, coeducational catholic, liberal arts and sciences institution dedicated to educating its students to become leaders in service to others through a values-based education with an international perspective…
Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…
As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.
Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…
Manchester University respects the infinite worth of every individual and graduates persons of ability and conviction who draw upon their education and faith to lead principled, productive, and compassionate lives that improve the human…
Smith college educates women of promise for lives of distinction and purpose. a college of and for the world, smith college links the power of the liberal arts to excellence in research and scholarship, developing leaders for society's…
Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…
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…
How this is measured
20 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. 20 of the 38 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.
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- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD BASEBALL ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds Questa Education Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds FORT WAYNE MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds IVY TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds National Kidney Foundation Of Indiana Inc ↗
- Who funds Grace Schools ↗
- Who funds MARSHALL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds SMITH ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE ↗
- Who funds IRIS FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR WHITLEY COUNTY YOUTH INC ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ORNAMENTAL METAL MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds SCIENCE CENTRAL INC ↗
- Who funds HUMAN SERVICES CENTER CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds MATTHEW 25 INC ↗
- Who funds PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds HUMAN SERVICES CENTER ↗
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: Surack Family Foundation Inc · The James Foundation Inc · Zollner Foundation · Olive B Cole Foundation Inc · Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Aws Foundation Inc · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Magee-O'Connor Foundation Inc I/C/O Mr Douglas E Miller · McComb Family Foundation Inc Att David McComb · Journal Gazette Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Steel Dynamics Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Steel Dynamics Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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