· Private foundation
The Leonard Rydell Foundation
Its FY2025 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 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY | $6,000 |
| NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY | $4,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA - TWIN CITIES | $4,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON | $2,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA - LINCOLN | $2,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PROVIDENCE | $2,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA - MORRIS | $2,000 |
| MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY - MOORHEAD | $2,000 |
| CONCORDIA COLLEGE | $2,000 |
| ALEXANDRIA TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $2,000 |
| ILLINOIS VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $2,000 |
| GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY | $2,000 |
| IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY | $2,000 |
| MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY | $2,000 |
| WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 82% 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.
52 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 36 since wound down; 7 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, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CUCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY INC4× · 2018–2024 · $8k · revenue +8%
- WUWHITWORTH UNIVERSITY3× · 2019–2021 · $6k · revenue +13%
- GCGrand Canyon University3× · 2023–2025 · $6k · revenue +19%
Funded once
- MSMN STATE COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGEone grant, 2020 · $2k
- MSMAYVILLE STATE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2020 · $2k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MONTANA WESTERNone grant, 2023 · $2k
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.
Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
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…
St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
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…
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…
As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…
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…
Union college is a seventh-day adventist community of higher education, inspired by jesus christ, and dedicated to empowering students to learn, serve, and lead.
John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…
Saint martin's students learn to make a positive difference in their lives and in the lives of others through the interaction of faith, reason, and service. the university honors both the sacredness of the individual and the significance…
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.
How this is measured
36 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. 36 of the 130 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.
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: La Amundson Ohana Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Edward L Schwab Memorial Foundation Dacotah Bank · Ibm International Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Xcel Energy Foundation · Ralph H Foss Memorial Trust · A L Steinke Perpetual Scholarship · Marjorie Leu Skala Foundation Trust · Walter & Frances Green Charitable Trust · The Eagle Foundation · National Collegiate Athletic Association
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Leonard Rydell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Leonard Rydell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Northeastern University: 4% of income from government
- Nova Southeastern University Inc: 2% of income from government
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