Van Sloun Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Van Sloun Foundation, based in Marion, MA, reported paying out $1,211,000 in its most recent filing and funds a broad mix of organisations, including schools, environmental groups, hospitals, animal welfare charities and cultural bodies, so a community organisation with a clear purpose may fit.
- Most of its grants are modest: about 8 in 10 of its 227 grants to organisations fall between $1,000 and $25,000, and half are $7,000 or less, so a modest request in that range is the typical size to ask for, although the largest grant was $175,000.
- Requests are made by letter stating the intended use, and the filing gives no deadlines for requests, so no particular date is set out.
- Most grant dollars went to organisations the foundation had already funded, so it appears to be relationship-led and a first letter is less likely to succeed on its own, but no geographic or other eligibility rule is stated, so nothing in the filing rules you out.
Overview
Van Sloun Foundation is a US private foundation based in Marion, MA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings do not set out a named field of grantmaking: most reported purposes are unrestricted. The grants shown go to a broad mix of organisations, including universities, colleges and schools; environmental and wildlife groups; hospitals, health and disability charities; animal welfare organisations; food and emergency-relief charities; and historical, cultural and community bodies. Some grants are recorded as scholarships, but the filings do not establish that scholarships are the foundation’s overall focus. Requests are made by letter describing intended use, with no deadline given. Its grants reach organisations in several states, but no geographic eligibility rule is stated.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Massachusetts, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Washington.
How to apply
Organisations can request funds by sending a letter stating the intended use.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 92% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 227 grants to organisations were $7,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 12%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 2%
- The largest single recipient received 16% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 92% of grant dollars went to organisations Van Sloun Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 5% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 88 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $10,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Trustees University Of Pennsylvania · Unrestricted$175,0002024 tax year
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research · Unrestricted$60,0002024 tax year
- University of Minnesota Foundation · Unrestricted$56,8002024 tax year
- Alice Lloyd College · Unrestricted$55,0002024 tax year
- SouthCoast Community Foundation · Unrestricted$50,0002024 tax year
- Minnesota Landscape Arboretum · Unrestricted$40,0002024 tax year
- University of Minnesota Foundation · Unrestricted$30,0002024 tax year
- Nativity Preparatory School · Unrestricted$25,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Joseph Van Sloun — Executive Di
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $1,139,635 | $991,000 | $17,476,175 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,024,218 | $882,700 | $21,594,621 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,429,489 | $1,211,000 | $33,361,226 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- Marion, MA
Applying to Van Sloun Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (952) 938-6088
- Marion, MA