· Public charity
Casey's Charities Inc
The primary purpose of the corporation is to raise funds from members of the general public in order to make grants to other organizations that have been granted tax-exempt status pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code and that are classified as public charities under internal revenue code section 509.
Read this first · the figures below need context
52% of Casey's Charities Inc’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Community Fdn Of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 20 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Casey's Charities Inc named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $3M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k3 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $31k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $93k
- $250k+3 grants · $3.0M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FEEDING AMERICA | $1,581,041 |
| HOPE FOR THE WARRIORS | $704,668 |
| CHILDREN OF FALLEN PATRIOTS | $704,668 |
| UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA | $92,545 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $21,341 |
| WILDWOOD HILLS RANCH | $10,000 |
| YOUTH HOMES OF MID-AMERICA | $5,250 |
| MOSAIC | $5,000 |
| IJAG | $5,000 |
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 (FY17–22, $635k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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.
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 +40% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2020, 6 since wound down; 64 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
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 FY2023, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Feeding America2× · 2020–2022 · $2.1M · revenue +40%- COChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation3× · 2020–2023 · $1.2M · revenue +194%
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches5× · 2017–2022 · $635k · revenue +46%
Funded once
- SOSPECIAL OLYMPICS INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $2.2M · revenue +38%
- HFHABITAT FOR HUMANITYone grant, 2017 · $41k
- GDGREATER DSM HABITAT FOR HUMANITYone grant, 2018 · $40k
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.
Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.
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.
The organization receives, warehouses, and distributes salvageable food items to non-profit tax exempt member agencies to feed the ill, needy, and infants.
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.
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…
Mica helps families experencing poverty meet their needs, build on their strengths, and achieve their goals.
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…
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…
To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy
Engages, equips and empowers learners to explore their vocations, fulfill their potential and serve the world.
Junior achievement empowers young people to own their economic success. in partnerships with business and educators, junior achievement brings the real world to students, opening their minds to their potential and preparing them for the…
Empowering the competitive excellence and well-being of team usa athletes, championing the power of sport, and inspiring the nation.
How this is measured
28 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. 28 of the 90 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 Hope For The Warriors ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ↗
- Who funds Feeding America ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ↗
- Who funds THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ↗
- Who funds Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS IOWA INC ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds DRAKE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds GREAT OUTDOORS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA ↗
- Who funds WILDWOOD HILLS INC ↗
- Who funds VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF IOWA ↗
- Who funds DES MOINES COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE ↗
- Who funds CHRISTIANS FOR CHRISTIAN ED INC ↗
- Who funds JENKS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ELLIPSIS INC ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST TENNESSEE ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF IOWA INC ↗
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 · EMC Insurance Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Kyle J & Sharon Krause Family Foundation · Ita Group Foundation · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines · Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa · Lsb Foundation · United Way Worldwide · John Ruan Foundation Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Casey's Charities Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Casey's Charities Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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