· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k8 grants · $26k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $60k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $106k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FRONTIERS | $56,000 |
| GRACE FELLOWSHIP | $50,000 |
| PARTNER'S WORLDWIDE | $20,000 |
| THE TIMOTHY INITIATIVE | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| GLOBAL MEDIA OUTREACH | $10,000 |
| NEW PATH | $10,000 |
| MINNESTOTA FAMILY INSTITUTE | $8,000 |
| CONVERGE WORLDWIDE | $5,400 |
| NORTH CITY CHURCH | $2,500 |
| FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL | $2,000 |
| ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND | $2,000 |
| VOICE OF THE MARTYRS | $2,000 |
| NEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES | $2,000 |
| JESUS FILM PROJECT | $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.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
18 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PWPARTNERS WORLDWIDE6× · 2020–2025 · $138k · revenue +41%
- MFMINNESOTA FAMILY INSTITUTE6× · 2020–2025 · $27k · revenue +76%
- TTTHE TIMOTHY INITIATIVE INC2× · 2024–2025 · $20k · revenue +408%
Funded once
- IGINTERNATIONAL GENEROSITY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2024 · $6k
- CICONNEXIONS INTERNATIONAL INCone grant, 2023 · $5k
- COCHURCH OF THE SOJOURNERSone grant, 2024 · $3k
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.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…
Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.
The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…
As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
Financial planning ministry, inc. (fpm) is a not-for-profit organization devoted to assisting in the performance of the functions of christian churches by serving their financial needs.
To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…
The organization is dedicated to reaching people for christ through an international network of christians who journey with the poor and marginalized, bringing practical and spiritual support with hope of a better future,(continued on…
Minnesota family council (mfc) is a non-profit christian organization that is dedicated to strengthening minnesota families by advancing biblical principles in the public arena, for the glory of the lord jesus christ and the good of…
With a desire to see the Gospel proclaimed in all nations, we exist to make and multiply disciples of the next generation through the vehicles of church-planting missions and missional leadership training.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 23 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.
- Who funds MIO Frontiers ↗
- Who funds PARTNERS WORLDWIDE ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA FAMILY INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds THE TIMOTHY INITIATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL MEDIA OUTREACH ↗
- Who funds FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
- Who funds NEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S SHELTER OF CEBU ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Paul and Dawn Sjolund Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Paul and Dawn Sjolund Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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