Funding search · EIN 832683469 · Northbrook, IL

Brad Sethness Foundation

Name: Brad Sethness Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

83
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Ywca4 grants · $100,000
Crested Butte Avalanche Center3 grants · $85,000
Bean'S Cafe the Childrens Lunchbox4 grants · $75,800
Hatcher Alpine Experience3 grants · $75,000
Miss Halls School4 grants · $75,000
United Negro College Fund4 grants · $70,000
Vilas Food Pantry4 grants · $50,000
Curtis Mansion Foundation4 grants · $45,000
Hatcher Pass Avalanche Center3 grants · $45,000
Bob Finch Memorial Fund4 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$295,000

2022

$265,800

2023

$280,000

2024

$243,000

2025

Grant history

All 83 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Crested Butte, CO · 2023
Unrestricted
$30,000
Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Crested Butte, CO · 2022
Unrestricted
$30,000
Ywca · Clinton, IA · 2022
Unrestricted
$28,000
St Judes Children'S Research Hospit · Memphis, TN · 2025
Unrestricted
$25,000
Hatcher Alpine Experience · Palmer, AK · 2025
Unrestricted
$25,000
Crested Butte Avalanche Center · Crested Butte, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Hatcher Alpine Experience · Palmer, AK · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Paul B Sharar Foundation · Clinton, IA · 2024
Bickelaupt arboretum
$25,000
Ywca · Clinton, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Bickelhaupt Arboretum · Clinton, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Hatcher Alpine Experience · Palmer, AK · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Miss Halls School · Pittsfield, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Ywca · Clinton, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Miss Halls School · Pittsfield, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Bean'S Cafe the Childrens Lunchbox · Anchorage, AK · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Ywca · Clinton, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Bean'S Cafe the Childrens Lunchbox · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Miss Halls School · Pittsfield, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Bean'S Cafe the Childrens Lunchbox · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Curtis Mansion Foundation · Miami Springs, FL · 2022
Roof
$20,000
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Vilas Food Pantry · Eagle River, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,800
Bean'S Cafe the Childrens Lunchbox · Anchorage, AK · 2023
Unrestricted - $15,000holiday meal wish list - $800
$15,000
Hatcher Pass Avalanche Center · Palmer, AK · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Paul B Sharar Foundation · Clinton, IA · 2025
Bickelaupt arboretum
$15,000
Hatcher Pass Avalanche Center · Palmer, AK · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Hatcher Pass Avalanche Center · Palmer, AK · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Gunnison Valley Health Foundation · Gunnison, CO · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Bob Finch Memorial Fund · Clinton, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Challenge Alaska · Anchorage, AK · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Eagle River Rotary · Eagle River, WI · 2025
Warm the children
$10,000
Friends of Chugach Avalanche Center · Anchorage, AK · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Matsu Food Bank · Wasilla, AK · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
St Vincent Depaul Society-Ironwood · Ironwood, MI · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Underdog Pet Rescue of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Vilas Food Pantry · Eagle River, WI · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Bob Finch Memorial Fund · Clinton, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Challenge Alaska · Anchorage, AK · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Chugach Avalanche Center · Girdwood, AK · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Curtis Mansion Foundation · Miami Springs, FL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Eagle River Rotary · Eagle River, WI · 2024
Warm the children
$10,000
Gunnison Valley Health Foundation · Gunnison, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
My House · Wasilla, AK · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Vilas Food Pantry · Eagle River, WI · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Bob Finch Memorial Fund · Clinton, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Curtis Mansion Foundation · Miami Springs, FL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Girdwood Community Land Trust · Girdwood, AK · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Matsu Food Bank · Wasilla, AK · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
My House · Wasilla, AK · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Vilas Food Pantry · Eagle River, WI · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Blue Ridge School · St George, VA · 2022
Michael arnold scholarship fund
$10,000
Bob Finch Memorial Fund · Clinton, IA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Donor Alliance · Denver, CO · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Eagle River Rotary · Eagle River, WI · 2022
Warm the children
$10,000
Humane Society of Vilas County · Eagle River, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank · Aurora, CO · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Ronald McDonald House Anchorage · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
St Vincent Depaul Society-Ironwood · Ironwood, MI · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
United Way of Matanuska-Susitna Bor · Wasilla, AK · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Alaska Farmland Trust · Palmer, AK · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Blue Ridge School · St George, VA · 2025
Michael arnold scholarship fund
$5,000
Clinton Symphony Orchestra · Clinton, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Curtis Mansion Foundation · Miami Springs, FL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Gunnison Valley Health Foundation · Gunnison, CO · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Miss Halls School · Pittsfield, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Alaska Farmland Trust · Palmer, AK · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Clinton Symphony Orchestra · Clinton, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Gateway Contemporary Ballet · Clinton, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
St Vincent Depaul Society-Ironwood · Ironwood, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Underdog Pet Rescue of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Alaska Farmland Trust · Palmer, AK · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Blue Ridge School · St George, VA · 2023
Michael arnold scholarship fund
$5,000
Clinton Symphony Orchestra · Clinton, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Gateway Contemporary Ballet · Clinton, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Wasilla Youth Baseball · Wasilla, AK · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Alaska Native Medical Center · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Clinton Symphony Orchestra · Clinton, IA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Gateway Contemporary Ballet · Clinton, IA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Providence Alaska Fndmedical Center · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Underdog Pet Rescue of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2022
Unrestricted

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