Susan Stuart Seiler Family Foundation
Lincoln, NE · EIN 47-0772673. Reported 156 grants totalling $2,007,500 to 61 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Susan Stuart Seiler Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $65,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ststephen's Episcopal Church | Edina, MN | $233,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hope Academy | Minneapolis, MN | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Edina Give and Go | Edina, MN | $120,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Lift Garage | Minneapolis, MN | $120,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest Heartland | Brooklyn Park, MN | $105,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Longville Area Community Foundation | Longville, MN | $95,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| St John's University | Collegeville, MN | $95,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation | New York City, NY | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Longville Lakes Clinic | Longville, MN | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hennepin Theater Trust | Minneapolis, MN | $70,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Loaves & Fishes | Minneapolis, MN | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Normandale Elementary School | Edina, MN | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Autism Society of Minnesota | St Paul, MN | $55,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Nebraska Human Resources Institute | Lincoln, NE | $55,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| La Danse Fatale | Chanhassen, MN | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Treehouse - Family Hope Service | Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| My Very Own Bed | Minneapolis, MN | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mn Independence College & Community | Richfield, MN | $35,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Sheltering Arms Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Ukrainian American Community Center | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative | St Paul, MN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Free Bikes 4 Kidz | Long Lake, MN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Gwu Women's Leadership Program | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Junior League of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, MN | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York City, NY | $13,750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Edina Community Foundation | Edina, MN | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Children's Theatre Company | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Creighton Prep - James C Rauth Endowment | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Edina Education Fund | Edina, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northland Area Family Service Center | Remer, MN | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Capital Area Food Bank | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dream of Wild Health | Minneapolis, MN | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Safe Shores | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| My Sister's Place | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Delta Gamma Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dream Project | Arlington, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Giving Womn | St Paul, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reading Is Fundamental Inc | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Paul & Minnesota Fdn - Giving Womn | St Paul, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Paul & Minnesota Fdn - Giving Woima | St Paul, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Teachers Unify to End Gun Violence | Danbury, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City Year | Washington, DC | $3,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Days for Girls | Mount Vernon, WA | $3,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Women's Center | Lincoln, NE | $3,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Delta Gamma Foundation | Columbus, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hospitality House Youth Development | Minneapolis, MN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Voices of Hope | Lincoln, NE | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Women's Center | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 826DC & Tivoli's Astounding Magic Supply | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| 826DC | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beacon House | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| DC Central Kitchen | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leech Lake Tribal College | Cass Lake, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Unity Health Care | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Live It Learn It | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mn Indian Women's Resource Center | Minneapolis, MN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Native Governance Center | Saint Paul, MN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
33 of 61 (54%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 77%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 84 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 23 | $392,000 | $15,000 |
| 2021 | 32 | $383,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 33 | $431,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 37 | $402,500 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 31 | $399,000 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 79% of this one's giving went to organizations in Minnesota. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Minnesota.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Susan Stuart Seiler Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 5930 S 58TH St Ste I, Lincoln, NE, 68516. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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