Iowa · Private foundation
A M & Helen L Saylor Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $43k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $542k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations A M & Helen L Saylor Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $43k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $91k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $76k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $65k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $94k | 74% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $14k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $73k | 63% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $60k | 43% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County Fair Foundation | $111,500 | 4 | 17% |
| Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation | $45,524 | 1 | 0% |
| Franklin County RACE Inc | $19,749 | 1 | 7% |
| Hampton Senior Citizens Inc | $18,500 | 5 | 8% |
| Franklin County 4-H Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Friends of Beeds Lake | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Franklin General Hospital Foundation | $13,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Access Incorporated | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hampton Community Christian Day Care Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Iowa Lions Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County Fair Foundation | $111,500 | 4 | 17% |
| Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation | $45,524 | 1 | 0% |
| Franklin County RACE Inc | $19,749 | 1 | 7% |
| Hampton Senior Citizens Inc | $18,500 | 5 | 8% |
| Franklin County 4-H Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Friends of Beeds Lake | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Franklin General Hospital Foundation | $13,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Access Incorporated | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hampton Community Christian Day Care Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Iowa Lions Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of the Hampton Tree Board | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Latimer Fire Department | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Iowa River Partnership Inc | $3,717 | 1 | n/a |
| Park Place of Hampton Corporation | $2,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Cub Cadet Childcare Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| North Iowa Youth for Christ | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hampton-Dumont Scholarship Fund | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| West Fork Food Pantry | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridge of Hope Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Latimer Development Corporation | $1,000 | 1 | 10% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($263k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget A M & Helen L Saylor Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About A M & Helen L Saylor Foundation
- How much does A M & Helen L Saylor Foundation give?
- A M & Helen L Saylor Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $42,525 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does A M & Helen L Saylor Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (27%), Health (24%), Environment (13%).
- Who are A M & Helen L Saylor Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Franklin County Fair Foundation ($112k), Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation ($46k), Franklin County RACE Inc ($20k).
- Does A M & Helen L Saylor Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does A M & Helen L Saylor Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as A M & Helen L Saylor Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foster & Evelyn Barkema Charitable Trust, Beth E Reinhart Charitable Trust, First Citizens Bank Charitable Foundation.
- Where is A M & Helen L Saylor Foundation based?
- A M & Helen L Saylor Foundation is based in IA.
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