Ghidotti Wm Marian T U a
Eagan, MN · EIN 94-6181833. Reported 206 grants totalling $2,449,608 to 118 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Ghidotti Wm Marian T U a 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $534,857. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See Attached | Milwaukee, WI | $534,857 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California State University Chico | Chico, CA | $221,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| University of California Davis | Davis, CA | $128,334 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| University of California | Santa Barbara, CA | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Nevada County Fairgrounds | Grass Valley, CA | $85,316 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of California Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz, CA | $85,000 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| University of Nevada Reno | Reno, NV | $61,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| University of California Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $57,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| UC Regents | Oakland, CA | $55,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| San Diego State University | San Diego, CA | $53,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cal Poly Humboldt | Arcata, CA | $40,750 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Interfaith Food Ministry | Grass Valley, CA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Sonoma State University | Rohnert Park, CA | $37,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| California Baptist University | Riverside, CA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Sierra College | Rocklin, CA | $31,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| California State University | Fresno, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Western Washington University | Bellingham, WA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Nevada County Fairgrounds Foundation Inc | Grass Valley, CA | $29,937 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| William Jessup University | Rocklin, CA | $28,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Food Bank of Nevada County | Grass Valley, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cal Poly University | San Luis Obispo, CA | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Idaho | Moscow, ID | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake Cty, UT | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cal Poly University Cashier | San Luis Obispo, CA | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Brigham Young University | Provo, UT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| California State University - Northridge | Northridge, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| College of the Ozarks | Point Lookout, MO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Grand Canyon University | Phoenix, AZ | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Johns College | Annapolis, MD | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Tabor College | Hillsboro, KS | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Foodbank of Nevada County | Grass Valley, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Illinois | Champaign, IL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of South Carolina | Columbia, SC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| UCLA | Los Angeles, CA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| California Lutheran University | Thousand Oaks, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| California State University - Long Beach | Long Beach, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| California State University San Marcos | San Marcos, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | Mcguire Afb, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Nevada County Libraries | Nevada City, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Juniata College | Huntingdon, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kansas State University | Manhattan, KS | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Menlo College | Atherton, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Njuhsd | Grass Valley, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Reed College | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| San Francisco State University Kaitlyn Alysse Mahoney | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| South Yuba Citizens League | Nevada City, NV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St John's College | Santa Fe, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Johns College in Santa Fe | Sante Fe, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| California State University - Sacramento | Sacramento, CA | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boise State University | Boise, ID | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cal Poly Pomona | Pomona, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Columbia College | Sonora, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Otis College of Art and Design | Los Angeles, CA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Massachusetts Boston | Boston, MA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Louisville | Louisville, KY | $6,667 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Attn Scholarships | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bear Yuba Land Trust | Grass Valley, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bright Futures for Youth | Grass Valley, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ca State University East Bay | Hayward, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ca State University Northridge | Northridge, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ca State University Sacramento | Sacramento, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cal Poly Corporation | San Luis Obispo, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chaminade University of Honolulu | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Colorado Mesa University | Grand Junction, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Csumb | Seaside, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Embryriddle Aeronautical | Daytona Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Embryriddle Aeronautical University | Daytona Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fairfield University | Fairfield, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of the Nevada County Libraries | Nevada City, NV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Interfaith Food Ministry of Nv Cty | Grass Valley, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lewis and Clark College | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Nevada County Food Bank | Grass Valley, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Palomar College- San Marcos Campus | San Marcos, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| San Francisco State University | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tabor College Business Office | Hillsboro, KS | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of California Irvine | Irvine, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of California Riverside | Riverside, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of California San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Missouricolumbia | Columbia, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Universtiy of California San Diego | San Diego, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vanguard University of Southern Ca | Costa Mesa, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Whitworth University | Spokane, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Willamette University | Salem, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cuesta College | San Luis Obispo, CA | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Feather River College | Quincy, CA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boston University | Boston, MA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brigham Young University - Idaho | Rexburg, ID | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nevada County 4H | Grass Valley, CA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| San Jose State University | San Jose, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Foundation | Grass Valley, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Masters University | Santa Clara, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys Town | Boys Town, NE | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Carrington College | Boise, ID | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hanna Boys Center | Sonoma, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lassen Community College | Susanville, CA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shasta College | Redding, CA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Yuba College | Marysville, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| California State University Fresno | Fresno, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nevada County 4-H | Grass Valley, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Institute for Shipboard Education | Fort Collins, CO | $1,667 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American River College | Sacramento, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Butte College | Oroville, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mcdaniel College | Westminster, MD | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sacramento Regional Public Safety Training | Mcclellan, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| San Diego Comm College | San Diego, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara City College | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Iowa Western Community College | Council Bluffs, IA | $1,080 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Father Flannagans Boys Home | Boys Town, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hanna Center | Sonoma, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
50 of 118 (42%) 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 48%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 83 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50 | $477,625 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 43 | $397,361 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 57 | $477,271 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | $534,857 | $534,857 |
| 2025 | 55 | $562,494 | $5,000 |
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
60% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Ghidotti Wm Marian T U a's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 64193, Eagan, MN, 55164. 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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