North Dakota · Private foundation
Steve and Gretchen Stenehjem Foundation
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.
- $155k
- Granted FY2023
- 14
- Grants FY2023
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Steve and Gretchen Stenehjem Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to American Endowment Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Steve and Gretchen Stenehjem Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $155k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 5
- Total assets, FY2023
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Steve and Gretchen Stenehjem Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 13 | $153k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $6k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trape Neuter and Rescue Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 31% |
| Teneo Network Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Media Research Center | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Young America's Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Center of the American Experiment | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($104k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Steve and Gretchen Stenehjem Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Compare Steve and Gretchen Stenehjem Foundation with peer funders
About Steve and Gretchen Stenehjem Foundation
- How much does Steve and Gretchen Stenehjem Foundation give?
- Steve and Gretchen Stenehjem Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $155,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Steve and Gretchen Stenehjem Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (68%), Education (11%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Steve and Gretchen Stenehjem Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2023: Trape Neuter and Rescue Foundation ($25k), Teneo Network Inc ($13k), Turning Point USA Inc ($6k).
- Does Steve and Gretchen Stenehjem Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Steve and Gretchen Stenehjem Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is Steve and Gretchen Stenehjem Foundation based?
- Steve and Gretchen Stenehjem Foundation is based in ND.
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