Iowa · Private foundation
The Seidler Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $4.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 175
- Grants FY2024
- 133
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 101 to 133
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 22
- Total assets, FY2024
- $88M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations The Seidler Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $338k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 145 | $3.9M | 39% |
| FY2023 | 133 | $2.9M | 27% |
| FY2022 | 109 | $1.9M | 33% |
| FY2021 | 105 | $652k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 101 | $879k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 107 | $721k | 24% |
| FY2018 | 106 | $701k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Bank of Iowa | $625,500 | 7 | 1% |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $605,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Zach Johnson Foundation | $602,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Kansas City Art Institute | $477,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Des Moines Metro Opera Inc | $440,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Harvesters - the Community Food Network | $350,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Grand Teton Music Festival Inc | $343,500 | 6 | 2% |
| The Food Group Inc | $315,000 | 7 | 17% |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $210,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Edmundson Art Foundation Inc | $185,000 | 7 | 1% |
Show all 107 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 202 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Seidler 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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.
Open a dossier: Wyoming Community Foundation · Homer A Scott & Mildred S Scott Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Dan & Jeanne Scott Family Foundation · Joe and Arlene Watt Foundation Inc · Bookey Family Foundation · Wyoming Assn of Non Profit Organizations dba Wyoming Nonprofit Network · Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · Nerman Family Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City · Muriel and Seymour Thickman Family Foundation
How this is measured
About The Seidler Foundation
- How much does The Seidler Foundation give?
- The Seidler Foundation reported 175 grants totaling $4,094,275 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 101 and 133 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Seidler Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (34%), Philanthropy (19%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are The Seidler Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Food Bank of Iowa ($626k), State University of Iowa Foundation ($605k), Zach Johnson Foundation ($602k).
- Does The Seidler Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Seidler Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Seidler Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wyoming Community Foundation, Homer A Scott & Mildred S Scott Foundation, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Seidler Foundation based?
- The Seidler Foundation is based in IA.
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