Iowa · Private foundation
Aalfs Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $290k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $134,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Aalfs Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 16 | $156k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $146k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $236k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $104k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $216k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $175k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $174k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $174k | 15% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Home and Family Services Inc | $320,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Siouxland Regional Cancer Center | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| United Way of Siouxland Inc | $145,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Camp High Hopes | $105,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Girls Incorporated of Sioux City | $50,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Sanford Center | $40,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Orpheum Theatre Endowment Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Orpheum Theatre Preservation Projectltd | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa Inc | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Saturday in the Park Inc | $9,000 | 6 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Home and Family Services Inc | $320,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Siouxland Regional Cancer Center | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| United Way of Siouxland Inc | $145,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Camp High Hopes | $105,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Girls Incorporated of Sioux City | $50,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Sanford Center | $40,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Orpheum Theatre Endowment Inc | $30,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Orpheum Theatre Preservation Projectltd | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa Inc | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Saturday in the Park Inc | $9,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Safeplace | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Childrens Museum of Siouxland Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Women Aware | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Briar Cliff University | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Morningside University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($559k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Aalfs Family 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.
Open a dossier: Missouri River Historical Development Inc · The Chesterman Family Foundation · Peterson Family Foundation · Berenstein Family Foundation · Waitt Foundation · Gleeson Family Foundation · Ronald B and Joan B Krage Foundation · Michael & Marjory Bennett Foundation · The Roth & Letch Family Charitable Foundation · Helios Foundation · Siouxland Community Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Aalfs Family Foundation
- How much does Aalfs Family Foundation give?
- Aalfs Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $290,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Aalfs Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (32%), Human Services (18%), Health (13%).
- Who are Aalfs Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Boys and Girls Home and Family Services Inc ($320k), Siouxland Regional Cancer Center ($250k), United Way of Siouxland Inc ($145k).
- Does Aalfs Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Aalfs Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Aalfs Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Missouri River Historical Development Inc, The Chesterman Family Foundation, Peterson Family Foundation.
- Where is Aalfs Family Foundation based?
- Aalfs Family Foundation is based in IA.
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