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Businessolver Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$368k
Granted FY2023
66
Grants FY2023
17
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2024.

Health$198kPhilanthropy$188kYouth Development$108kHuman Services$53kEducation$33kPublic Benefit$23kArts & Culture$20kFood & Nutrition$19kOther$0
02FY2023 · 66 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 66 grants below total $274,636 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $367,672 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $93,036 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k61 grants · $85k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$1,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$74k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
United Way of Central Iowa$100,000
National Philanthropic Trust$45,000
Junior Achievement of Central Iowa, Inc.$25,000
WWP$10,000
Girls Write Now, Inc.$10,000
ALS, Inc.$5,000
LA Center for Arts$5,000
Make-A-Wish Iowa Chapter$5,000
Junior Achievement of Central Iowa$5,000
Youth Shelter LD$3,500
Boys & Girls Club of Central Iowa$3,250
Iowa Heartland State Initiative$3,026
Tori's Journey Inc$3,000
Young Women's Resource Center$2,500
Homeless Hospitality$2,500
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

41%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$282k · 15 repeat orgs$405k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +38% since the first grant, against +19% for the ones you funded once.

15 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 48 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
113

Total granted

$282k
$313k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+19%

Still filing today

80%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $92k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL IOWA INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $66k · revenue +38%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    3× · 2020–2023 · $64k · revenue +53%
  • NN
    NAMI National
    2× · 2020–2022 · $10k · revenue +274%

Funded once

  • NN
    NAMI - National Alliance on Mental Health
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • EI
    EVERFI INC
    one grant, 2020 · $30k
  • SF
    Swirlies Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $15k

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

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Common Good Iowa

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.

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2
Midwest Dairy Association

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.

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3
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

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…

Community Improvement
4
Feeding South Dakota

To eliminate hunger in south dakota.

Food & Nutrition
5
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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6
United Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.

Philanthropy
7
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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8
Greater Des Moines Partnership

None

Community Improvement
9
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
10
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
11
Iowa Credit Union Foundation

Founded in 1995 as the philanthropic arm of the iowa credit union league and guided by the credit union philosophy of "people helping people", the iowa credit union foundation (the foundation) works to champion financial well-being for…

Unclassified
12
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Oh Ky & in and the most unlike its peers is Girls Rock Des Moines. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyUnited Way AffiliatesVeteran Support ServicesFood Pantries and AssistanceAddiction & Mental Health T…Animal Rescue and ShelterPregnancy Support CentersYouth Development CentersChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Childhood Cancer SupportGirls Stem Education Progra…Classical Music OrchestrasImmigrant and Latino Integr…College Foundation SupportFaith-Based Homeless Servic…School Parent-Teacher Organ…Christian Outreach Ministri…Local History MuseumsAffordable Housing Construc…Youth Sports ProgramsCommunity Hospital SystemsEnvironmental Advocacy and …Public School District Foun…Community Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 34 years old; the field is 38. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number13%0%<5yr9%4%5–10yr14%19%10–20yr12%28%20–35yr14%33%35–55yr39%17%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value13%0%<5yr9%1%5–10yr14%6%10–20yr12%36%20–35yr14%15%35–55yr39%42%55yr+

The field is 13% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 6% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/88
the rest of the field
6%
1,704/29,117

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 85 of the 181 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
84/85
Grantees still filing
60/85
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA — $100,525 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWANAMI - National Alliance on Mental Health — $30,100 · OtherNAMI - National Alliance on Mental HealthEVERFI INC — $30,000 · OtherEVERFI INCSwirlies Foundation — $15,000 · Other+126 more — $271,839 · Other+126 moreAmerican Heart Association Inc — $64,241 · HealthAmerican Heart A…NAMI National — $10,100 · HealthNAMI NationalNAMI-NEW YORK STATE INC — $7,500 · HealthNAMI-NEW YORK ST…Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation — $6,000 · HealthChildren's Hospi…HEALTHY BIRTH DAY INC — $4,250 · Health+12 more — $14,390 · Health+12 moreJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL IOWA INC — $66,000 · InternationalJUNIOR ACH…+1 more — $2,000 · InternationalNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST — $45,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL …COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN — $5,175 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY…THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC — $3,122 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC — $2,260 · Philanthropy+7 more — $4,286 · Philanthropy+7 moreORCHARD PLACE FOUNDATION — $12,500 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA INC — $4,500 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER — $4,500 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC — $2,500 · Human ServicesFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC — $2,500 · Human ServicesSalesmanship Club Charitable Golf of Dallas Inc — $1,750 · Human ServicesYOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES INC — $1,500 · Human Services+5 more — $3,682 · Human ServicesOPERATION GRATITUDE INC — $10,000 · Public BenefitLEAD DSM — $3,900 · Public BenefitVESTAVIA HILLS POLICE FOUNDATION — $500 · Public BenefitGIRLS WRITE NOW INC — $10,000 · EducationTRUE VALUE FOUNDATION — $1,000 · EducationGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 · EducationDES MOINES EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $1,000 · EducationACADEMIC MAGNET FOUNDATION — $500 · EducationWest Chester Area Education Foundation — $500 · Education
Other$447,464Health$106,481International$68,000Philanthropy$59,843Human Services$33,432Public Benefit$14,400Education$14,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA — $100,525 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL IOWA INC — $66,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $64,241 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST — $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORCHARD PLACE FOUNDATION — $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNAMI National — $10,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS WRITE NOW INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOPERATION GRATITUDE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC — $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI-NEW YORK STATE INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL IOWA — $6,215 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation — $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRAVO GREATER DES MOINES INC — $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN — $5,175 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS 24 HOUR CLUB INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEALS FROM THE HEART — $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA INC — $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER — $4,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHEALTHY BIRTH DAY INC — $4,250 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLEAD DSM — $3,900 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetMEALS FROM THE HEARTLAND INC — $3,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL IOWA — $3,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC — $3,122 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDSERVE INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC — $2,260 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER IOWA — $2,160 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT-ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSalesmanship Club Charitable Golf of Dallas Inc — $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANMED HEALTH FOUNDATION — $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF IOWA — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORCHARD PLACE — $1,390 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global — $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVASHON MAURY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHRYSALIS FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUE VALUE FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN IOWA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OH KY & IN — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Merchants Bonding…Prairie Meadows Race …Ita Group FoundationKyle J & Sharon Kraus…The West Bancorporati…Community Fdn of Grea…EMC Insurance Foundat…Meredith Corporation …William C Knapp Chari…United Way of Central…Lsb FoundationR & R Realty Group Fo…
The Merchants Bonding Company FoundationIA40.2× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Ita Group Foundation · Kyle J & Sharon Krause Family Foundation · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · EMC Insurance Foundation · Meredith Corporation Foundation · William C Knapp Charitable Fdn · United Way of Central Iowa · Lsb Foundation · R & R Realty Group Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 181 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $295k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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