Funding search · EIN 900103956 · Northbrook, IL

Mary and Charles Sethness Charitable

Name: Mary and Charles Sethness Charitable 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.

313
grants reported: $2.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $4,000
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.

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Top recipients

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Center for Reproductive Rights4 grants · $191,000
Depaul University4 grants · $105,000
Trout Unlimited4 grants · $91,330
Land O'Lakes Arts4 grants · $80,330
Northwoods Alliance5 grants · $80,000
Wilderness Watch4 grants · $75,000
National Resources Defense Council4 grants · $72,750
Yellowstone To Yukon Conservation4 grants · $69,580
Nature Conservancy4 grants · $60,000
Brennan Center for Justice4 grants · $58,000

Giving over time

$567,500

2022

$436,140

2023

$515,500

2024

$581,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 313 grants.

$56,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$45,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$45,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$45,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$30,000
Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2025
$5,000 unrestricted;$25,000 scholarships
$30,000
University of New Hampshire · Durham, NH · 2022
Psychiatrict mental health education fund for nursing
$27,000
University of Maryland Baltimore Fo · Baltimore, MD · 2024
School of nursing psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner program
$25,000
Northwoods Alliance · Conover, WI · 2025
Unrestricted
$25,000
Wilderness Watch · Missoula, MT · 2025
Unrestricted
$25,000
Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2024
$5,000 unrestricted;$20,000 scholarships
$25,000
Northwoods Alliance · Conover, WI · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2023
$5,000 unrestricted;$20,000 scholarships
$25,000
Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2022
$5,000 unrestricted;$20,000 scholarships
$25,000
St Norbert College · De Pere, WI · 2022
Ace internationalization lab
$25,000
Trout Unlimited · Woolly Bugger, WV · 2022
Unrestricted
$23,750
Trout Unlimited · Woolly Bugger, WV · 2024
Unrestricted
$22,580
Trout Unlimited · Woolly Bugger, WV · 2023
Unrestricted
$22,000
Land O'Lakes Arts · Land Olakes, WI · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Trout Unlimited · Woolly Bugger, WV · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Land O'Lakes Arts · Land Olakes, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
National Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Wilderness Watch · Missoula, MT · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Yellowstone To Yukon Conservation · 2022
Unrestricted
$19,580
Land O'Lakes Arts · Land Olakes, WI · 2023
Unrestricted
$19,580
Yellowstone To Yukon Conservation · 2023
Unrestricted
$19,000
National Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$18,750
Land O'Lakes Arts · Land Olakes, WI · 2024
Unrestricted
$18,750
National Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$17,000
National Abortion Federation · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$16,000
National Abortion Federation · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted
$16,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
Aclu Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Feed Our Rural Kids · Eagle River, WI · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Yellowstone To Yukon Conservation · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Feed Our Rural Kids · Eagle River, WI · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Wilderness Watch · Missoula, MT · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Yellowstone To Yukon Conservation · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
National Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Tomorrow'S Kids Endowment Fund · Eagle River, WI · 2023
Feed our rural kids
$15,000
Wilderness Watch · Missoula, MT · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
Tomorrow'S Kids Endowment Fund · Eagle River, WI · 2022
Feed our rural kids
$12,500
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Jr anglers program
$12,500
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2025
Unrestricted
$12,500
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Unrestricted
$12,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$12,000
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$11,000
National Abortion Federation · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$11,000
National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,500
Chicago Scholars Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
Generations scholarship fund
$10,000
American River Conservancy · Coloma, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
K9'S for Warriors · Ponte Verda, FL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Moffitt Cancer Center · Tampa, FL · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Pbs Northduluth Superior Area Ed Tv · Dululth, MN · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Seattle Childrens Guild Association · Seattle, WA · 2025
Unicorn family guild
$10,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Sport for Impact · Columbus, OH · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Ucds Schools · Seattle, WA · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
American River Conservancy · Coloma, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
K9'S for Warriors · Ponte Verda, FL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
K9'S for Warriors · Ponte Verda, FL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
National Abortion Federation · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Northwoods Alliance · Conover, WI · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
American Prarie Foundation · Malta, MT · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
American River Conservancy · Coloma, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Evironmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Gary Sinise Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
K9'S for Warriors · Ponte Verda, FL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Northwoods Alliance · Conover, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Northwoods Alliance · Conover, WI · 2022
Headwaters cedar community forest project
$10,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2022
Unrestricted
$9,000
St Norbert College · De Pere, WI · 2023
Center for global engagement
$8,000
American Prarie · Malta, MT · 2025
Unrestricted
$8,000
Evironmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted
$8,000
Gary Sinise Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2025
Unrestricted
$8,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2025
Unrestricted
$8,000
American Prarie · Malta, MT · 2024
Unrestricted
$8,000
Chicago Scholars Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Generations scholarship fund
$8,000
Evironmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$8,000
Gary Sinise Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
Unrestricted
$8,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2024
Unrestricted
$8,000
American Prarie Foundation · Malta, MT · 2023
Unrestricted
$8,000
American River Conservancy · Coloma, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$8,000
Chicago Scholars Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$8,000
Evironmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$8,000
Gary Sinise Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
Unrestricted
$8,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2023
Unrestricted
$8,000
Land O'Lakes Community Playground · Land Olakes, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$7,500
Freinds of the Boundry Waters Wilde · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted
$7,500
Freinds of the Boundry Waters Wilde · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,500
Digs With Dignity · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$7,000
Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$6,500
Digs With Dignity · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,000
Crisis Text Line · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted

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