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The Seidler Foundation at a glance

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The Seidler Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
175
Grants FY2024still arriving
22
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$4.1MPhilanthropy$2.3MArts & Culture$2.0MFood & Nutrition$1.7MHealth$325kHuman Services$244kScience & Tech$220kEnvironment$183kOther$0
02FY2024 · 175 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k71 grants · $274k
  • $10k–50k89 grants · $1.3M
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+5 grants · $1.4M
$10,000
Median grant
22
States reached
$88M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT$300,000
ZACK JOHNSON FOUNDATION$300,000
FOOD BANK OF IOWA$300,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF DES MOINES$250,000
GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL$250,000
KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE$214,000
FOOD BANK OF WYOMING$150,000
HARVESTERS COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK$150,000
THE FOOD GROUP$150,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE$102,750
DES MOINES METRO OPERA$100,000
JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$76,000
AMERICAN PUBLIC SQUARE$60,000
WYOMING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$50,000
FOOTHILLS FOOD BANK$50,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $170k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 12% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LEAD TO READ: $10k → 8%LEAD TO READ: $1k → 8%CLIMB WYOMING: $20k → 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $10k → 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $10k → 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $3k → 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $3k → 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $2k → 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $2k → 10%CHILDRENS HOME AND AID: $5k → 14%CHILDRENS HOME AND AID: $3k → 14%CHILDRENS HOME AND AID: $3k → 14%CHILDRENS HOME AND AID: $3k → 14%CHILDRENS HOME AND AID: $3k → 14%CHILDRENS HOME AND AID: $3k → 14%CHILDRENS HOME AND AID: $3k → 14%THE HUB ON SMITH: $20k → 10%ADVOCACY AND RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 10%YOUNG WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER: $500 → 10%ADVOCACY AND RESOURCE CENTER: $8k → 10%ADVOCACY AND RESOURCE CENTER: $8k → 10%SHERIDAN FOSTER PARENT EXCHANGE: $5k → 10%ADVOCACY AND RESOURCE CENTER: $3k → 10%ADVOCACY AND RESOURCE CENTER: $3k → 10%SHERIDAN FOSTER PARENT EXCHANGE: $2k → 10%ADVOCACY AND RESOURCE CENTER: $2k → 10%SHERIDAN FOSTER PARENT EXCHANGE: $2k → 10%ADVOCACY AND RESOURCE CENTER: $2k → 10%CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF IOWA: $5k → 10%CHILDREN & FAMILIES OF IOWA: $2k → 10%CHILDREN & FAMILIES OF IOWA: $2k → 10%CHILDREN & FAMILIES OF IOWA: $2k → 10%CHILDREN & FAMILIES OF IOWA: $1k → 10%CHILDREN & FAMILIES OF IOWA: $1k → 10%CHILDREN & FAMILIES OF IOWA: $1k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
WY
SD
IA
PA
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
AL
GA
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10M · 177 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

177 repeat relationships: 88 still active in FY2024, 89 since wound down; 57 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

177
75

Total granted

$10M
$542k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+23%

Still filing today

44%
16%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $656k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF IOWA
    7× · 2018–2024 · $626k · revenue +165%
  • ZJ
    ZACH JOHNSON FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $602k · revenue +11%
  • KC
    KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE
    7× · 2018–2024 · $477k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • CC
    CORNELL COLLEGE - MARY SEIDLER SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    one grant, 2018 · $200k
  • JH
    JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $17k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF IOWA KILEY MAYLAND
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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.

04Its field

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.

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Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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2
Wyofile

Wyofile is an independent, nonprofit news service focused on the people, places and policy of wyoming. recognizing the rapid decline in resources among traditional news outlets, wyofile offers in-depth coverage of complicated subjects and…

Arts & Culture
3
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
4
Jefferson Regional Foundation

The mission of the foundation is to improve the health and well-being of the communities served by jefferson hospital through engagement, community-driven research and grantmaking. there are three grantmaking priorities focused on the…

Health
5
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
6
Washburn University Foundation

The Foundation was created to assist in the promotion, development and enhancement of the financial resources for Washburn University of Topeka, as well as to receive and hold in trust any assets given in benefit of the University.

Education
7
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
8
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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9
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
10
State University of Iowa Alumni Association

Our mission is to strengthen the university of iowa through alumni engagement. we do this through our communications, alumni programs, and events.

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11
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.

Public Benefit
12
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wyoming Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Planned Parenthood. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

106 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 106 of the 315 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
106/106
Grantees still filing
79/106
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CORNELL COLLEGE - GENERAL FUND: $1,357,150 · OtherCORNELL COLLEGE - GENERAL FUNDJEWISH FEDERATION OF DES MOINES: $798,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF DES MOINESJEWISH FEDERATION OF KANSAS CITY: $262,550 · Other+152 more: $3,876,107 · Other+152 moreFOOD BANK OF IOWA: $625,500 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF I…HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $350,000 · Food & NutritionHARVESTERS - T…THE FOOD GROUP INC: $315,000 · Food & NutritionTHE FOOD GROUP…FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $210,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF T…STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $605,000 · EducationSTATE UNIVERS…KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE: $477,000 · EducationKANSAS CITY A…JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $76,000 · EducationJOHNSON COUNT…TETON LITERACY CENTER: $50,000 · Education+7 more: $160,500 · Education+7 moreDES MOINES METRO OPERA INC: $440,000 · Arts & CultureDES MOINES …GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $343,500 · Arts & CultureGRAND TETON…Edmundson Art Foundation Inc: $185,000 · Arts & CultureEdmundson A…+13 more: $207,800 · Arts & Culture+13 moreZACH JOHNSON FOUNDATION: $602,000 · PhilanthropyZACH JOHN…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $238,300 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY…WYOMING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $114,500 · PhilanthropyWYOMING C…+1 more: $19,000 · PhilanthropySHERIDAN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $114,000 · EnvironmentPROTECT OUR WATER JACKSON HOLE INC: $41,000 · EnvironmentPOWDER RIVER BASIN RESOURCE COUNCIL: $17,000 · EnvironmentCLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING: $50,000 · Human ServicesADVOCACY & RESOURCE CENTER: $45,500 · Human ServicesSENIOR CITIZEN COUNCIL: $20,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL: $20,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF IOWA: $14,000 · Human ServicesLEAD TO READ INC: $11,000 · Human ServicesSHERIDAN FOSTER PARENT EXCHANGE: $9,000 · Human Services
Other$6,293,807Food & Nutrition$1,500,500Education$1,368,500Arts & Culture$1,176,300Philanthropy$973,800Environment$172,000Human Services$169,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFOOD BANK OF IOWA: $625,500 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $605,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetZACH JOHNSON FOUNDATION: $602,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetKANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE: $477,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetDES MOINES METRO OPERA INC: $440,000 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $350,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $343,500 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetTHE FOOD GROUP INC: $315,000 over 7y, 17% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $238,300 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $210,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEdmundson Art Foundation Inc: $185,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican Public Square Inc: $165,000 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetFoothills Food Bank: $125,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetWYOMING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $114,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSHERIDAN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $114,000 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetNorthwestern University: $90,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NORTHERN ROCKIES: $90,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $76,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING: $50,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTETON LITERACY CENTER: $50,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetADVOCACY & RESOURCE CENTER: $45,500 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $43,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPROTECT OUR WATER JACKSON HOLE INC: $41,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetORCHARD PLACE: $40,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNorthern Wyoming Community College Foundation: $37,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetEmory University: $36,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL IOWA: $35,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetKANSAS CITY SYMPHONY: $33,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDES MOINES SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $29,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $28,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $28,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SAFETY NETWORK: $25,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetGREAT JOBS KC INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASS CENTER FOR FAMILIES: $23,500 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE OF THE BIG HORNSINC: $22,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE HEARTLAND INC: $21,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association: $21,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSENIOR CITIZEN COUNCIL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFort Phil Kearny Bozeman Trail Association: $20,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL: $20,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBELOIT COLLEGE: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $19,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPOWDER RIVER BASIN RESOURCE COUNCIL: $17,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetKANSAS CITY FRIENDS OF ALVIN AILEY: $16,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLyric Opera of Chicago: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCIENCE KIDS: $14,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetCHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF IOWA: $14,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budget
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 FOOD BANK OF IOWA ↗
  • Who funds STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ZACH JOHNSON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds DES MOINES METRO OPERA INC ↗
  • Who funds HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds GRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOOD GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds Edmundson Art Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds American Public Square Inc ↗
  • Who funds Foothills Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds WYOMING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SHERIDAN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NORTHERN ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING ↗
  • Who funds TETON LITERACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ADVOCACY & RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds PROTECT OUR WATER JACKSON HOLE INC ↗

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.

Wyoming Community Fou…Homer A Scott & Mildr…First Interstate Banc…Dan & Jeanne Scott Fa…Joe and Arlene Watt F…Bookey Family Foundat…Wyoming Assn of Non P…Community Foundation …Nerman Family Foundat…Community Fdn of Grea…Jewish Community Foun…Muriel and Seymour Th…
Wyoming Community FoundationWY41.7× affinity19 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Seidler Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Seidler Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    34report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 315 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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