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The William D and Joyce E Sexton Family 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.

$743k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
72
Grants FY2025
70
Organizations funded FY2024
26%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$70,000
Organizations funded a year
57 to 70
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
16
Total assets, FY2025
$7.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 26% of the organizations The William D and Joyce E Sexton Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $171k 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
HealthAnimalsHuman ServicesEnvironmentArts & CultureEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving71$741k20%
FY202470$611k26%
FY202363$283k17%
FY202269$348k7%
FY202167$300k12%
FY202061$401k10%
FY201957$292k16%
FY201863$485k17%
90% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.8MHealth$333kAnimals$284kReligion$230kHuman Services$169kArts & Culture$159kPhilanthropy$134kRecreation & Sports$120kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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DC
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 68 grantees
All grantees of The William D and Joyce E Sexton Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Culver Educational Foundation$82,00090%
College of Saint Benedict$65,00090%
Smile Train Inc$52,00070%
Firefighters for Healing$50,0001n/a
Headlands Foundation$44,000367%
Queerspace Collective$35,00022%
Union Gospel Mission Inc$35,00091%
Kids Rock Child Care Center Inc$35,00019%
Lake Tahoe School$33,50090%
Benchwarmers Media$30,000237%
Wiggle Your Toes Incorporated$30,00027%
Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop$30,00032%
Southside Family Charter School$30,00021%
Kids and Horses Inc$29,50091%
Top Dog Foundation Inc$27,50059%
Withall$26,80041%
Reno-Sparks Gospel Mission Incorporated$19,0008n/a
St Josephs Indian School$18,0009n/a
A Beautiful Day Foundation$17,5002n/a
Nmdp Foundation$17,00070%
Honorhealth Foundation$17,00030%
The Bond Between$16,50050%
Lions Foundation of Victoria$16,00037%
Friends of Rittenhouse Square$16,00031%
Literacy Minnesota$15,0001n/a
Bridging Inc$15,00010%
Services to Enhance Potential$15,00010%
The Bridge for Youth$15,00020%
Wildland Firefighter Foundation$15,00030%
Pink Ribbon Good Inc$14,00060%
Tri-County Humane Society$13,00070%
One Million Aok$12,90062%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$12,50090%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$12,30050%
Pflag$12,00090%
Renown Health Foundation$10,50060%
Fastbreak Foundation$10,00013%
Contented Critters$10,00015%
Cultural Survival Inc$10,0001n/a
Kilimanjaro Mission Hospital$10,00022%
Matter$10,0001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$9,00090%
Nevada Humane Society$8,60080%
Seal Future Foundation Inc$8,00020%
Incline Tahoe Parks & Recreation Vision Foundation Inc$8,000213%
Achieve Tahoe$7,70050%
Arizona Humane Society$7,60090%
Mutt Mutt Engine$7,500130%
The Women's Bakery Inc$7,50030%
Classical Tahoe$7,00020%
North Tahoe Arts$7,00021%
The Saint Paul Seminary$7,0007n/a
Nevada Museum of Art$6,50040%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$6,00020%
Aussie Rescue of Minnesota Inc$5,0001n/a
Lake Effect Conservancy$5,00010%
The Emily Program Foundation$3,5002n/a
Breakthrough T1d$3,00010%
Teammates for Kids Foundation$3,00020%
Covenant House$3,00060%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$3,0001n/a
Special Olympics Nevada$2,7006n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$2,20070%
Wild Horse Preservation League$2,0002n/a
Littleton Fine Arts Guild Depot Art Center$2,00013%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$1,70060%
Wellness House$1,50020%
Order of St Benedict Inc$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 74 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The William D and Joyce E Sexton Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 54 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCulver Educational Foundation: $82,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCollege of Saint Benedict: $65,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $52,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHeadlands Foundation: $44,000 over 3y, 67% of budgetQueerspace Collective: $35,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetUnion Gospel Mission Inc: $35,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetKids Rock Child Care Center Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetLake Tahoe School: $33,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBenchwarmers Media: $30,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetWiggle Your Toes Incorporated: $30,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetMinnesota Prison Writing Workshop: $30,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetSouthside Family Charter School: $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetKids and Horses Inc: $29,500 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetTop Dog Foundation Inc: $27,500 over 5y, 9.5% of budgetWithall: $26,800 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetNmdp Foundation: $17,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHonorhealth Foundation: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bond Between: $16,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLions Foundation of Victoria: $16,000 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetFriends of Rittenhouse Square: $16,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBridging Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetServices to Enhance Potential: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Bridge for Youth: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWildland Firefighter Foundation: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPink Ribbon Good Inc: $14,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTri-County Humane Society: $13,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetOne Million Aok: $12,900 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $12,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $12,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPflag: $12,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetRenown Health Foundation: $10,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFastbreak Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetContented Critters: $10,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetKilimanjaro Mission Hospital: $10,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNevada Humane Society: $8,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSeal Future Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIncline Tahoe Parks & Recreation Vision Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetAchieve Tahoe: $7,700 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetArizona Humane Society: $7,600 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMutt Mutt Engine: $7,500 over 1y, 30% of budgetThe Women's Bakery Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetClassical Tahoe: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Tahoe Arts: $7,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNevada Museum of Art: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLake Effect Conservancy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 54.

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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.

Mightycause Charitable FoundationFL25.8× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Tahoe Community Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Offerdahl Family Foundation · The K Foundation · American Gift Fund · The Jamf Nation Global Foundation · Land O'Lakes Foundation · Communitygiving · Ch Robinson Worldwide 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.

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About The William D and Joyce E Sexton Family Foundation

How much does The William D and Joyce E Sexton Family Foundation give?
The William D and Joyce E Sexton Family Foundation reported 72 grants totaling $743,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 57 and 70 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The William D and Joyce E Sexton Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (47%), Health (9%), Animals (7%).
Who are The William D and Joyce E Sexton Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Culver Educational Foundation ($82k), College of Saint Benedict ($65k), Smile Train Inc ($52k).
Does The William D and Joyce E Sexton Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The William D and Joyce E Sexton Family 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 William D and Joyce E Sexton Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mightycause Charitable Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation, Tahoe Community Foundation.
Where is The William D and Joyce E Sexton Family Foundation based?
The William D and Joyce E Sexton Family Foundation is based in MN.

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 144 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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