Iowa · Private foundation
Businessolver 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.
- $368k
- Granted FY2023
- 66
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 58
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $275k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 58 to 73
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 17
- Total assets, FY2023
- $151k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 83% of the organizations Businessolver Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $92k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 58 | $230k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 73 | $289k | 90% |
| FY2020 | 62 | $205k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Central Iowa | $100,525 | 2 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $69,241 | 3 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of Central Iowa Inc | $66,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Everfi Inc | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Orchard Place Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| NAMI National | $10,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Girls Write Now Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Operation Gratitude Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| K9s for Warriors Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nami-New York State Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 83 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 93 recipients with no EIN on record ($247k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Businessolver Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: 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
How this is measured
About Businessolver Foundation
- How much does Businessolver Foundation give?
- Businessolver Foundation reported 66 itemized grants totaling $274,636, out of $367,672 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 58 and 73 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Businessolver Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Health (8%), Philanthropy (8%), Youth Development (4%).
- Who are Businessolver Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: United Way of Central Iowa ($101k), American Heart Association Inc ($69k), Junior Achievement of Central Iowa Inc ($66k).
- Does Businessolver Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Businessolver 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 Businessolver Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation, Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc, Ita Group Foundation.
- Where is Businessolver Foundation based?
- Businessolver Foundation is based in IA.
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