· Private foundation
Bookey 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k29 grants · $72k
- $10k–50k25 grants · $453k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $540k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DES MOINES METRO OPERA | $234,999 |
| CENTER FOR GENDER & REFUGEE STUDIES | $125,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP | $75,000 |
| DES MOINES ART CENTER | $52,797 |
| GREATER DES MOINES PUBLIC ART FOUNDATION | $52,015 |
| WILLIAM G STOWE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION | $33,334 |
| MADRE | $30,451 |
| FRIENDS OF DES MOINES PARKS | $26,000 |
| BRAVO GREATER DES MOINES | $25,772 |
| NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM | $25,000 |
| DC COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM | $25,000 |
| MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY | $25,000 |
| WE NEED DIVERSE BOOKS | $25,000 |
| MARGARET'S VILLAGE | $25,000 |
| EDLAVITCH DCJCC | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $222k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 23% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.
97 repeat relationships: 51 still active in FY2025, 46 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $74k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- EAEdmundson Art Foundation Inc4× · 2020–2025 · $433k · revenue +80%
- DMDES MOINES METRO OPERA INC5× · 2020–2025 · $361k · revenue +89%
MADRE INC7× · 2017–2025 · $257k · revenue +39%
Funded once
THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +22%- SSSIDEWALK SCHOOL INCone grant, 2023 · $25k
- PFPEACE FOR DCone grant, 2023 · $25k
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.
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.
Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.
Our mission is to inspire the iowa city area to be greater by: 1) elevating business, 2) investing in strategic initiatives, and 3) advocating for the economic resiliency of the greater community.
Our mission is to champion the iowa city downtown district as a progressive, healthy, and culturally-vibrant urban center of the region.
To build and support diverse communities of writers and audiences through the transformative power of story. We lead by inclusion and collaboration, celebrating the emotions, discovery and connections inspired by the written word in all…
Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.
The university of iowa center for advancement's mission is to advance the university of iowa through engagement and philanthropy. we serve our alumni and friends in the state and the region, throughout the country, and around the world. we…
Mica helps families experencing poverty meet their needs, build on their strengths, and achieve their goals.
Iowa sister states is dedicated to connecting iowans with the world community. our mission is to develop and implement international partnerships and programs that promote the cultural, economic, and other interests of iowa and its friends…
Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. greater des moines habitat for humanity…
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
The foundation for the iowa city community school district connects the community with our schools to ensure every student has extraordinary learning experiences. together we empower teachers and district staff and inspire students to…
How this is measured
114 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. 114 of the 173 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Edmundson Art Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds DES MOINES METRO OPERA INC ↗
- Who funds MADRE INC ↗
- Who funds DRAKE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds DES MOINES SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP ↗
- Who funds WE NEED DIVERSE BOOKS ↗
- Who funds MARGARETS VILLAGE ↗
- Who funds URBAN DREAMS ↗
- Who funds ISISERETTES DRILL AND DRUM CORPS IN ↗
- Who funds THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds EDLAVITCH JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF WASHINGTON DC INC ↗
- Who funds DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA ↗
- Who funds UC LAW SF FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GREATER DES MOINES PUBLIC ART FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ECHOING GREEN INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DES MOINES ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds Everylibrary Institute Nfp ↗
- Who funds Mujeres Unidas y Activas ↗
- Who funds DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds IOWA PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
- Who funds BRAVO GREATER DES MOINES INC ↗
- Who funds WILLIAM G STOWE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds AL OTRO LADO ↗
- Who funds HORTON'S KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds Friendship Place ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY IN HAITI INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
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: Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Meredith Corporation Foundation · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner · EMC Insurance Foundation · John Ruan Foundation Trust · William C Knapp Charitable Fdn · Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc · Mary K and Daniel M Kelly Family Foundation C/O Dan Kelly · Ita Group Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bookey Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bookey Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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