Iowa · Private foundation
Becker Family Charitable Trust
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.
- $63k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 4
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Becker Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $63k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $55k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $40k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Heroes League | $70,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Holy Family Catholic Schools | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Dubuque County Historical Society | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dubuque Food Pantry | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dubuque Areas Labor Harvest | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Crescent Community Health Center | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Solutions of Eastern Iowa | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
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: Ay McDonald Charitable Foundation · James B & Melita a McDonough Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque · Dubuque Racing Association Ltd · Flynn Family Foundation · Heartland Charitable Trust · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Becker Family Charitable Trust
- How much does Becker Family Charitable Trust give?
- Becker Family Charitable Trust reported 8 grants totaling $63,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 4 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Becker Family Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (52%), Education (19%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are Becker Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Little Heroes League ($70k), Holy Family Catholic Schools ($30k), Dubuque County Historical Society ($20k).
- Does Becker Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Becker Family Charitable Trust 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 Becker Family Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ay McDonald Charitable Foundation, James B & Melita a McDonough Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque.
- Where is Becker Family Charitable Trust based?
- Becker Family Charitable Trust is based in IA.
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