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Carleen and Eugene Grandon Charitable Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Carleen and Eugene Grandon Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$2.1MPhilanthropy$1.8MHuman Services$1.3MHealth$796kEducation$585kHousing & Shelter$235kCrime & Legal$150kYouth Development$34kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $253k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.2M
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$33M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST LUKE'S FOUNDATION$200,000
ORCHESTRA IOWA$156,000
THEATRE CEDAR RAPIDS$150,000
EASTERN IOWA HEALTH CENTER$125,000
ZACH JOHNSON FOUNDATION$113,000
CEDAR RAPIDS OPERA THEATRE$100,000
YMCA OF CEDAR RAPIDS METRO AREA$100,000
MOUNT MERCY UNIVERSITY$75,000
HOPE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOC$75,000
KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE FDN$50,000
THE ARC OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA$50,000
COMMUNITY HEALTH FREE CLINIC$50,000
HIS HANDS MINISTRIES$40,500
FOUR OAKS FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SVCS$35,000
GROW AT KAZIMOUR FARM & ORCHARD INC$27,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $405k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER INC: $75k → 9%CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER INC: $75k → 9%CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER INC: $50k → 9%CATHERINE MCCAULEY CENTER: $25k → 9%CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER INC: $25k → 9%WAYPOINT SERVICES: $25k → 9%WAYPOINT SERVICES: $25k → 9%MATTHEW 25: $50k → 9%FOUR OAKS FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SVCS: $35k → 9%MARION CARES: $20k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.6M · 29 repeat orgs$541k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
11

Total granted

$6.6M
$228k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
-4%

Still filing today

62%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $313k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationCrime & LegalPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • ZJ
    ZACH JOHNSON FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2025 · $824k · revenue +12%
  • OI
    ORCHESTRA IOWA INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $568k · revenue +12%
  • CR
    CEDAR RAPIDS OPERA THEATRE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $530k · revenue +33% · 39% of their budget

Funded once

  • M2
    MATTHEW 25graduated
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue +86%
  • GR
    GROWING REAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORK
    one grant, 2024 · $30k
  • CI
    CHILDSERVE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +114%
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.

04Its field

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.

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
Mid-Iowa Community Action Inc

Mica helps families experencing poverty meet their needs, build on their strengths, and achieve their goals.

Community Improvement
3
Community Health Care Inc

Community health care provides the communities we serve with excellence in patient-centered medical, dental, and behavioral health care that is compassionate, affordable, and accessible.

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4
Children's Cancer Connection

Connecting families affected by childhood cancer by providing opportunities that encourage relationships and strengthen community.

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5
Iowa Center for Children's Justice

ICCJ assists children in custody disputes through child focused education and legal services. ICCJ provides education and legal services on a reduced fee or at no charge based on the ability to pay.

Civil Rights
6
Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce

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.

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7
Webster City Day Care

Child day care center

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8
The Foundation for the Iowa City Community School District

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…

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9
United Way of North Central Iowa

Seeking to build a stronger, more caring community by forming partnerships with businesses, community experts, education & health & human service agencies to achieve targeted outcomes & sustained changes in community conditions which will…

Philanthropy
10
South Central Iowa Community Action Program Inc

To provide advocacy and services for disadvantaged persons and bring about institutional change for the benefit of the people we serve and the community at large. (see schedule o).to achieve this mission, scicap operates programs to…

Community Improvement
11
Iowa Chapter of Children's Advocacy Centers

To promote the development, growth and utilization of childrens advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams to better serve Iowas abused and neglected children and their families.

Crime & Legal
12
Iowa College Foundation

The foundation is organized to further the growth and development of private colleges and universities of higher education in iowa.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Arc of East Central Iowa; the most unlike its peers is Mirrorbox Theatre. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

30 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. 30 of the 47 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
16/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST LUKES FOUNDATION: $956,500 · OtherST LUKES FOUNDATIONTHEATRE CEDAR RAPIDS: $760,000 · OtherTHEATRE CEDAR RAPIDSYMCA OF CEDAR RAPIDS: $400,000 · OtherYMCA OF CEDAR RAPIDSKIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE FDTN: $175,000 · OtherKIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE FDTNFOUR OAKS FAMILY AND: $174,500 · OtherFOUR OAKS FAMILY AND+20 more: $583,478 · Other+20 moreORCHESTRA IOWA INC: $567,600 · Arts & CultureORCHESTRA IOWA INCCEDAR RAPIDS OPERA THEATRE: $530,000 · Arts & CultureCEDAR RAPIDS OPERA T…MIRRORBOX THEATRE: $50,000 · Arts & CultureRED CEDAR CHAMBER MUSIC: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $82,000 · Arts & Culture+3 moreCOMMUNITY HEALTH FREE CLINIC: $501,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALT…EASTERN IOWA HEALTH CENTER: $225,000 · HealthEASTERN IOWA HE…TANAGER PLACE: $224,000 · HealthTANAGER PLACEHIS HANDS MINISTRIES: $40,500 · HealthZACH JOHNSON FOUNDATION: $824,000 · PhilanthropyZACH JOHNSON …MOUND FARM HOLDINGS INC: $300,000 · EducationKIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationTHE ARC OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA: $50,000 · EducationHARMONY SCHOOL OF MUSIC INCORPORATED: $18,500 · EducationCATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesMATTHEW 25: $50,000 · Human ServicesWAYPOINT SERVICES: $50,000 · Human ServicesFOUR OAKS FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $35,000 · Human ServicesMARION CARES INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesHope Community Development Assoc: $165,000 · Community Improvement
Other$3,049,478Arts & Culture$1,279,600Health$990,500Philanthropy$824,000Education$418,500Human Services$405,000Community Improvement$165,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetZACH JOHNSON FOUNDATION: $824,000 over 7y, 10% of budgetORCHESTRA IOWA INC: $567,600 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetCEDAR RAPIDS OPERA THEATRE: $530,000 over 6y, 39% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH FREE CLINIC: $501,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetMOUND FARM HOLDINGS INC: $300,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER INC: $250,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetEASTERN IOWA HEALTH CENTER: $225,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTANAGER PLACE: $224,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHope Community Development Assoc: $165,000 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetKIDS FIRST LAW CENTER: $100,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetWILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC: $70,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMIRRORBOX THEATRE: $50,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetRED CEDAR CHAMBER MUSIC: $50,000 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetIowa Legal Aid: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ARC OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMATTHEW 25: $50,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetWAYPOINT SERVICES: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCEDAR RAPIDS MUSEUM OF ART: $37,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetFOUR OAKS FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIRACLES IN MOTION THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $33,000 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetCHILDSERVE INC: $29,618 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetIOWA ART WORKS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetMARION CARES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CORRIDOR: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EASTERN IOWA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budget
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 ZACH JOHNSON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ORCHESTRA IOWA INC ↗
  • Who funds CEDAR RAPIDS OPERA THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HEALTH FREE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds MOUND FARM HOLDINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds EASTERN IOWA HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TANAGER PLACE ↗
  • Who funds Hope Community Development Assoc ↗
  • Who funds KIDS FIRST LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MIRRORBOX THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds RED CEDAR CHAMBER MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds Iowa Legal Aid ↗
  • Who funds KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA ↗
  • Who funds MATTHEW 25 ↗
  • Who funds WAYPOINT SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds HIS HANDS MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds CEDAR RAPIDS MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds FOUR OAKS FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds MIRACLES IN MOTION THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDSERVE INC ↗
  • Who funds LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds IOWA ART WORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds MARION CARES INC ↗
  • Who funds HARMONY SCHOOL OF MUSIC INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CORRIDOR ↗

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.

Alliant Energy Founda…Greater Cedar Rapids …United Fire Group Fou…The Hall-Perrine Foun…Mercy Medical CenterJohn P & Lawrence J G…GreenState Credit Uni…The McIntyre Foundati…United Way of East Ce…The Accel FoundationDupaco RW Hoefer Foun…The Kenneth K Kinsey …
Alliant Energy Foundation IncWI55× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation · United Fire Group Foundation · The Hall-Perrine Foundation · Mercy Medical Center · John P & Lawrence J Giacoletto Fnd · GreenState Credit Union · The McIntyre Foundation · United Way of East Central Iowa · The Accel Foundation · Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation · The Kenneth K Kinsey Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Carleen and Eugene Grandon Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carleen and Eugene Grandon Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 47 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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