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Allison Everett Pearson Foundation at a glance

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Allison Everett Pearson Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$59k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$113kEducation$76kReligion$58kArts & Culture$54kYouth Development$47kFood & Nutrition$47kPublic Benefit$28kHealth$27kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$947k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$5,000
COMMUNITY AMBULANCE SERVICE$5,000
RIVER BEND FOODBANK$4,000
ANDREW VOLUNTEER FIREMEN$4,000
FIRST UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$3,000
GREAT RIVER THRESHERS INC$2,500
JACKSON COUNTY VETERANS MEMORIAL$2,500
MILES COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CLUB$2,000
YWCA CLINTON$2,000
LIFE CONNECTIONS PEER RECOVERY SERV$2,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF$2,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN IOWA$2,000
SARAH HARDING SENIOR LIVING$2,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF$2,000
ST JOHNS EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $73k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 79% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CONCERNED DEWITT CITIZENS LTD: $3k → 13%CONCERNED DEWITT CITIZENS LTD: $2k → 13%KIDS BUSINESS INC: $2k → 13%YWCA OF CLINTON IA: $11k → 13%YWCA OF CLINTON IA: $10k → 13%YWCA OF CLINTON IA: $5k → 13%JACKSON COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION: $5k → 10%YWCA OF CLINTON IA: $5k → 13%YWCA OF CLINTON IA: $5k → 13%MAQUOKETA AREA FAMILY YMCA: $4k → 10%YWCA OF CLINTON IA: $4k → 13%CHILD DEVELOPMENT INC: $3k → 10%LUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA: $3k → 13%LUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA: $3k → 13%LUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA: $2k → 13%LUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA: $2k → 10%LUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA: $2k → 13%LUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA: $1k → 10%CLINTON KIWANIS CLUB FOUNDATION: $2k → 13%HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY: $600 → 10%HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY: $500 → 10%HOSPICE OF JACKSON COUNTY: $500 → 10%LUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA: $2k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$477k · 38 repeat orgs$71k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
20

Total granted

$477k
$60k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+10%

Still filing today

34%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionPublic Safety & DisasterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • YO
    YWCA OF CLINTON IOWA
    6× · 2017–2022 · $39k · revenue +169%
  • MF
    MAQUOKETA FINE ARTS CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $25k · revenue +16%
  • MB
    MAQUOKETA BETTERMENT CORPORATION
    3× · 2019–2024 · $14k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • RC
    ROTARY CLUB OF CLINTON IOWA
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • JC
    Jackson County Fair Association
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +17%
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
    one grant, 2022 · $4k · revenue +4%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Central Iowa Juvenile Detention Center

To provide a highly structured environment which emphasizes a safety and security to all juveniles while serving as a deterrent to criminal and anti-social behaviors. Working youth in the center and communities.

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2
United Way of Clinton County Iowa

To provide leadership in our communities to 1) identify our most pressing human care needs, 2) to work together to direct the time, energy and resources towards addressing those needs to improve our quality of life.

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3
Cedar County Coordinated Child Care

To provide quality child care services

Human Services
4
Iowa Association of Community Action Directors

To assist in the provision of a better life for iowa's low-income residents, through assistance to the community action organization located within the state.

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5
Food Bank of Iowa

The organization receives, warehouses, and distributes salvageable food items to non-profit tax exempt member agencies to feed the ill, needy, and infants.

Food & Nutrition
6
Western Iowa Development Assoc

Facilitate economic opportunity, business success, community engagement, prosperity, and quality of life for rural western iowa

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7
West Central Community Action

In partnership with state and federal government, our mission is to administer programs designed to help residents in our 10-county region of southwest iowa achieve self-sufficiency.

Human Services
8
Mid-Iowa Community Action Inc

Mica helps families experencing poverty meet their needs, build on their strengths, and achieve their goals.

Community Improvement
9
Iowa Laborers' Employers Cooperation & Education Trust

Improve communications between employers and local unions.

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10
Iowa Association of Business and Industry

To nurture a favorable business, economic, governmental, and social climate within the state of iowa so our citizens can have the opportunity to enjoy the highest possible quality of life.

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11
Abbe Center for Community Mental Health

Reaching out to improve lives in our communities through advocacy, support and the integration of mental health, substance use and wellness services. abbe center for community mental health (mhc) serves as the safety net mental health…

Health
12
Linn County Historical Society

The history center engages people of all ages and backgrounds by preserving and telling stories of linn county's past and connecting the past to the present and future of linn county

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lutheran Services in Iowa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Andrew Volunteer Firemen Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 64 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/29
Grantees still filing
18/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF: $93,553 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OFIndividual grant recipient: $31,032 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $29,351 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST JOHNS EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN: $22,000 · OtherST JOHNS EVANGELICAL LUTHERANFIRST UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $15,000 · OtherMAQUOKETA BETTERMENT CORPORATION: $13,850 · OtherCOMMUNITY AMBULANCE SERVICE: $13,500 · Other+39 more: $182,691 · Other+39 moreYWCA OF CLINTON IOWA: $39,239 · Human ServicesYWCA OF CLINTON…LUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA INC: $13,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SERVIC…CONCERNED DEWITT CITIZENS LTD: $4,500 · Human ServicesCONCERNED DEWIT…Jackson County Fair Association: $4,500 · Human ServicesJackson County …YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY: $4,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHR…CHILD DEVELOPMENT INC: $2,500 · Human Services+3 more: $5,100 · Human Services+3 moreMAQUOKETA FINE ARTS CENTER: $24,684 · Arts & CultureMIDWEST LUMBER MUSEUM INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureRIVER BEND FOOD RESERVOIR: $19,000 · Food & NutritionAREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC: $4,000 · HealthVISION TO LEARN: $2,000 · HealthMERCY HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION - CLINTON: $2,000 · HealthLIFE CONNECTIONS PEER RECOVERY SERV: $2,000 · HealthANDREW VOLUNTEER FIREMEN INC: $8,000 · Public Safety & DisasterSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $7,500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$400,977Human Services$72,839Arts & Culture$29,684Food & Nutrition$19,000Health$10,000Public Safety & Disaster$8,000Housing & Shelter$7,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYWCA OF CLINTON IOWA: $39,239 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMAQUOKETA FINE ARTS CENTER: $24,684 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetRIVER BEND FOOD RESERVOIR: $19,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMAQUOKETA BETTERMENT CORPORATION: $13,850 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetLUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA INC: $13,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY: $12,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetANDREW VOLUNTEER FIREMEN INC: $8,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMIDWEST LUMBER MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCONCERNED DEWITT CITIZENS LTD: $4,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetJackson County Fair Association: $4,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMENTOR CLINTON COUNTY FORMERLY BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $4,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetAREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAQUOKETA LIBRARY CORPORATION: $3,078 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetPAUL B SHARAR FOUNDATION - CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCLINTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetCLINTON SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL IN: $3,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMERCY HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHILD DEVELOPMENT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVISION TO LEARN: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLINTON KIWANIS CLUB FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetMERCY HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION - CLINTON: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetINNOVATE 120 INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLIFE CONNECTIONS PEER RECOVERY SERV: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST STEPHENS FOODBANK: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHospice of Jackson County: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS BUSINESS OF DEWITT INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds YWCA OF CLINTON IOWA ↗
  • Who funds MAQUOKETA FINE ARTS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds RIVER BEND FOOD RESERVOIR ↗
  • Who funds MAQUOKETA BETTERMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA INC ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS INC ↗
  • Who funds ANDREW VOLUNTEER FIREMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC ↗
  • Who funds MIDWEST LUMBER MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds CONCERNED DEWITT CITIZENS LTD ↗
  • Who funds Jackson County Fair Association ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds MENTOR CLINTON COUNTY FORMERLY BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ↗
  • Who funds AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds MAQUOKETA LIBRARY CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds PAUL B SHARAR FOUNDATION - CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CLINTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗

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.

Community Foundation …James B & Melita a Mc…Alliant Energy Founda…United Way of Clinton…Ohnward FoundationEdith Curtis Armstron…Union Pacific Foundat…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile FoundationFidelity Investments …
Community Foundation of Greater DubuqueIA25.6× affinity10 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque · James B & Melita a McDonough Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · United Way of Clinton County Iowa · Ohnward Foundation · Edith Curtis Armstrong and Florence E Curtis Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Allison Everett Pearson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Allison Everett Pearson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 64 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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