Open Foundations · North Dakota

Buck and Lois Scheele Foundation

Williston, North Dakota · EIN 922341347. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $862K across 16 grants in 2025, a median of $10K each.

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$862K
paid in 2025
16
grants paid
$10K
median grant
11%
to first-time recipients
$25.2M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
CHERYL POWERS
Address
1020 42ND ST EAST, WILLISTON, ND, 58801
Phone
7015704164
Form the request should take
APPLICATION TO THE FOUNDATION MUST INCLUDE A DETAIL LETTER DESCRIBING THE NEED AND PURPOSE FOR THE FUNDS. A FOLLOW UP IMPACT LETTER DESCRIBING THE USE OF FUNDS WILL BE REQUIRED 60 DAYS AFTER DISTRIBUTION OR 60 DAYS AFTER COMPLETION OF SPONSORED EVENT IF APPLICABLE. AWARDS OVER 1 MILLION WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN INCREMENTS OF 250,000 AND PROOF OF USE OF EACH INCREMENT IS REQUIRED.
Submission deadline
APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WILL BE REVIEWED AT BOARD MEETINGS.
Restrictions on awards
AWARDS WILL BE FOCUSED IN THE WILLISTON CITY AND WILLIAMS COUNTY AREA.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202610899349100121. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The filing states only a general purpose, with nothing specific enough to pull out as recurring language.

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 16 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Bethel Lutheran HomeND$500,000NURSING HOME RESIDENT CARE
2Family Crisis ShelterND$100,000DOMESTIC ABUSE SUPPORT
3Eckert FoundationND$50,000SUPPORT TROUBLED CHILDREN
4Harmonic Creative WorldND$50,000HELP YOUTH W/ COST OF INSTRUMENTS
5Wprd FoundationND$40,000ENDOWMENT FUND
6Christmas for KidsND$20,000CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR NEEDY CHILDREN
7Northern Plain-youth for ChristND$11,000PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR YOUTH
8St Joseph's SchoolND$11,000NEW 8TH GRADE ADDITION
9Chi-st AlexiusND$10,000DIABETIC EDUCATION/SUPPLIES FOR NEED
10Fire & IronND$10,000LOCAL FIREMEN, LAW ENF, & MILITARY
11Impact Foundation-tech4kidsND$10,000REFURBISHED COMPUTERS FOR KIDS
12Olive Motherhood FoundationND$10,000SUPPORT SINGLE MOTHERS
13The Stone FoundationND$10,000AUTISTIC & SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAMS
14Upper Missouri Ministries-spring BrND$10,000BIBLE CAMP SUPPORT
15Western Star Literacy CenterND$10,000LITERACY SUPPLIES & TUTORING

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202313$680K
202416$780K
2025 (partial year)16$862K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
North Dakota100%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Adam GrothASST VICE PR · 2025
Cheryl PowersSECR/TREAS · 2025
Lisa PattonASST VICE PR · 2025
Lois ScheelePRESIDENT · 2025
Tom PowersVICE PRESIDE · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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