Minnesota · Private foundation
The Paul and Dawn Sjolund Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $192k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $56,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $22k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Paul and Dawn Sjolund Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $192k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $229k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $174k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $160k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $148k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $164k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIO Frontiers | $336,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Grace Fellowship | $300,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Partners Worldwide | $137,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Converge | $32,400 | 6 | n/a |
| Minnesota Family Institute | $27,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Timothy Initiative Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Global Media Outreach | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Family Research Council | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| New Life Family Services | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIO Frontiers | $336,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Grace Fellowship | $300,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Partners Worldwide | $137,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Converge | $32,400 | 6 | n/a |
| Minnesota Family Institute | $27,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Timothy Initiative Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Global Media Outreach | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Family Research Council | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| New Life Family Services | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $10,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Voice of the Martyrs Inc | $7,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Connexions International Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Shelter of Cebu | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Trinity Presbyterian Church | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($129k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Paul and Dawn Sjolund Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Christian Community Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Servant Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Paul and Dawn Sjolund Foundation
- How much does The Paul and Dawn Sjolund Foundation give?
- The Paul and Dawn Sjolund Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $191,900 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Paul and Dawn Sjolund Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (72%), Community Improvement (13%), Health (7%).
- Who are The Paul and Dawn Sjolund Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: MIO Frontiers ($336k), Grace Fellowship ($300k), Partners Worldwide ($138k).
- Does The Paul and Dawn Sjolund Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Paul and Dawn Sjolund 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Paul and Dawn Sjolund Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, American Endowment Foundation, Servant Foundation.
- Where is The Paul and Dawn Sjolund Foundation based?
- The Paul and Dawn Sjolund Foundation is based in MN.
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