Iowa · Private foundation
Becker 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.
- $616k
- Granted FY2020
- 24
- Grants FY2020
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Becker Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Becker Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 14 organizations, $616k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 34
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 5
- Total assets, FY2020
- $15M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 33% of the organizations Becker Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 24 | $616k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $485k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 34 | $511k | 35% |
| FY2017 | 31 | $357k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship Ark Inc | $405,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $255,000 | 4 | 0% |
| United Way of Story County Inc | $109,700 | 4 | 1% |
| Camp Courageous of Iowa | $100,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Christ Community Church | $98,200 | 5 | n/a |
| Camp Hertko Hollow Inc | $95,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Bethlehem House | $60,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Matthew House | $57,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Informed Choice of Iowa Corporation | $52,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Gilbert Education Foundation | $43,250 | 3 | 19% |
Show all 34 grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($561k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Becker Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Underwood Family Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Burke Family Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · 3 Sister Non-Profit Inc 3 Sisters Non-Profit · Robert V & Shirley V Dahl Foundation · South Story Bank Charitable Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About Becker Family Foundation
- How much does Becker Family Foundation give?
- Becker Family Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $615,700 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 34 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Becker Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (64%), Health (16%), Recreation & Sports (7%).
- Who are Becker Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Friendship Ark Inc ($405k), Fellowship of Christian Athletes ($255k), United Way of Story County Inc ($110k).
- Does Becker Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Becker 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 Becker Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Underwood Family Foundation, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Burke Family Foundation.
- Where is Becker Family Foundation based?
- Becker Family Foundation is based in IA.
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