Alaska · Private foundation
The Sholton 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.
- $629k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $164,497
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations The Sholton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 14 | $629k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $10k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $6k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $50k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $65k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $73k | 47% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $52k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $71k | 43% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Marfan Foundation Inc | $241,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Alaska Aviation Museum | $211,997 | 6 | 2% |
| Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired | $80,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Challenge Alaska | $74,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Anchor-Age Center | $41,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Blood Bank of Alaska Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Alaska | $34,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Alpha Phi Foundation Inc | $27,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Providence Alaska Foundation | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of Alaska Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Marfan Foundation Inc | $241,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Alaska Aviation Museum | $211,997 | 6 | 2% |
| Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired | $80,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Challenge Alaska | $74,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Anchor-Age Center | $41,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Blood Bank of Alaska Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Alaska | $34,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Alpha Phi Foundation Inc | $27,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Providence Alaska Foundation | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of Alaska Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Gold Nugget Triathlon Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chapman University Foundation | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Anchorage Mushing District Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Covenant House Alaska | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Great Land Trust Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alaska Airmens Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alaska Public Media Inc | $1,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Alaska Native Heritage Center Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Music Machine Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Girl Scouts of Alaska | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| AARP Foundation | $400 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($181k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sholton Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Rasmuson Foundation · The Alaska Community Foundation · The Carr Foundation Inc · Atwood Foundation Inc · Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation · Providence Health & Services - Washington · John C Hughes Foundation · Gottstein Family Foundation · Jim and Vicki Jansen Foundation · Frances & David Rose Foundation · Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust
How this is measured
About The Sholton Foundation
- How much does The Sholton Foundation give?
- The Sholton Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $629,497 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Sholton Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (38%), Arts & Culture (29%), Recreation & Sports (9%).
- Who are The Sholton Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Marfan Foundation Inc ($241k), Alaska Aviation Museum ($212k), Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired ($80k).
- Does The Sholton Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sholton 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 Sholton Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rasmuson Foundation, The Alaska Community Foundation, The Carr Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Sholton Foundation based?
- The Sholton Foundation is based in AK.
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