· Private foundation
Theodore H Sedler Scholarship Fund
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 $10k15 grants · $41k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $76k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $68k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY | $67,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA | $38,750 |
| ND STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE | $27,500 |
| VALLEY CITY STATE UNIVERSITY | $10,000 |
| BISMARCK STATE COLLEGE | $5,000 |
| CONCORDIA COLLEGE | $5,000 |
| MAYVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY | $3,750 |
| SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY | $3,750 |
| GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | $3,750 |
| QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY | $2,568 |
| MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY | $2,500 |
| CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE | $2,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA | $2,500 |
| CROWN COLLEGE | $2,500 |
| UNIV OF MN - TWIN CITIES | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NFNDSCS FOUNDATION6× · 2020–2025 · $111k · revenue +790%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN - ST PAUL5× · 2021–2025 · $14k · revenue +15%
- UOUniversity of Mary5× · 2021–2025 · $10k · revenue +17%
Funded once
- MSMinnesota State University Mankatoone grant, 2020 · $4k
- STSOUTHEAST TECHNICAL INSTITUTEone grant, 2020 · $4k
- ATAMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTIONone grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +12%
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.
Cornell college offers an innovative and rigorous learning community where faculty and staff collaborate with students to develop the intellectual curiosity, creativity and moral courage necessary for a lifetime of learning and engaged…
Founded by the norwegian evangelical lutheran church in 1861, luther college is a four-year, residential liberal arts institution. luther welcomes students of all backgrounds to engage in a way of learning that moves beyond immediate…
As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…
St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities accredits institutions of higher education by applying evidence-informed standards and processes to support continuous improvements and promote equitable student achievement and success.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
Union college is a seventh-day adventist community of higher education, inspired by jesus christ, and dedicated to empowering students to learn, serve, and lead.
St. olaf college challenges students to excel in the liberal arts, examine faith and values, and explore meaningful vocation in an inclusive, globally engaged community nourished by lutheran tradition.
North central university is a christian university with a commitment to academic excellence.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 38 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 NDSCS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CONCORDIA COLLEGE CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN - ST PAUL ↗
- Who funds University of Mary ↗
- Who funds NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds PALMER COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD ↗
- Who funds Presentation College ↗
- Who funds CROWN COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds NORTHLAND COLLEGE ↗
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: Helen Gough Fdn Trust · The Eagle Foundation · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Xcel Energy Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Theodore H Sedler Scholarship Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Theodore H Sedler Scholarship Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
- University of Hartford: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
Play a game based on Theodore H Sedler Scholarship’s filings →