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Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp

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$8.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
15
Itemized grants FY2025
9
Organizations funded FY2024
33%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$6.9M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$20,870
Largest grant, FY2025
$4,150,665
Organizations funded a year
9 to 35
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$1.4B

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthPhilanthropyAnimalsHousing & ShelterArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving14$6.9M50%
FY20249$2.8M33%
FY202318$17M17%
FY202213$69M8%
FY202120$55M10%
FY202023$68M9%
FY201927$68M22%
FY201835$57M26%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$392MHuman Services$1.1MRecreation & Sports$895kCommunity Improvement$848kReligion$308kPublic Benefit$101kPhilanthropy$76kEnvironment$70kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
IA
OH
MO
KY
VA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 70 grantees
All grantees of Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mercy Clinics Inc$333,391,746727%
Mercy Foundation of Des Moines Iowa$19,947,111375%
Primary Health Care Inc$18,190,43395%
House of Mercy$15,400,665753%
Mercy Medical Center - Centerville$3,467,60372%
The Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Des Moines$934,55153%
Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines$725,00032%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$515,00050%
Greater Des Moines Partnership$419,54252%
Mercy Medical Center - Newton$300,02211%
Greater Des Moines Committee$245,8503n/a
Catholic Council for Social Concern Inc Catholic Charities$244,65071%
American Heart Association Inc$220,00050%
St Gabriel Communications$219,16784%
Des Moines Marathon$160,0004n/a
Healthy Birth Day Inc$152,50073%
Strands of Strength Inc$120,00059%
Polk County Iowa$101,4082n/a
Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines$88,6872n/a
Above and Beyond Cancer Inc$75,00023%
Downtown Des Moines Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District$75,00041%
Great Outdoors Foundation$70,00041%
March of Dimes Inc$67,00040%
Bishop Drumm Retirement Center$65,9131n/a
The Human Choice of Iowa$65,00052%
6th Avenue Corridor Inc$60,000316%
Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc$59,00070%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Iowa Inc$52,50041%
Polk County Housing Trust Fund$42,90021%
United Way of Central Iowa$42,00030%
Lee Chapel Ame Church$37,1603n/a
Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center$35,70020%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa Inc$30,00020%
Bras for the Cause Iowa Foundation Inc$30,000411%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$25,00030%
Iowa Health System$25,00010%
Central Iowa Hospital Corporation$25,0001n/a
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$25,0004n/a
Bound Tree Medical LLC$21,6542n/a
Iowans for Life Inc Educational Foundation$20,00038%
Iowa Hospital Association$20,00020%
Rathbun Lake Area Young Mens Christ$20,0001n/a
North River Education Services$19,9003n/a
Innovativevents Inc$19,5001n/a
10-15 Transit$16,6271n/a
On With Life Foundation$15,00022%
American Diabetes Association$15,0001n/a
Science Center of Iowa$15,00010%
Childserve Foundation Inc$13,50010%
Deere Credit Services Inc (Tiny Tots)$13,4501n/a
Can Play$10,00021%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$10,00010%
Childserve Clinic Inc$10,00020%
Junior Achievement of Central Iowa Inc$10,00021%
Iowa Healthiest State Initiative$10,00011%
Central Iowa Shelter & Services$8,49610%
Hope Ministries$8,49610%
The Healthy Project LLC$7,5001n/a
Iowa Department of Natural Resources$6,5001n/a
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Associationiowa Chapter$6,00011%
Discover Hope 517$5,7321n/a
National Alliance on Mental Illness-Iowa Inc$5,50011%
Iowa Hospital Education and Research Foundation$5,50013%
Edmundson Art Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Business Publications Corp$5,0001n/a
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People$5,0001n/a
American Lung Association$5,00010%
Iowa Medical Society$5,0001n/a
Simon Estes Foundation$5,00012%
Mercy Park Apartments$1,9391n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 48 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMercy Clinics Inc: $333,391,746 over 7y, 27% of budgetMercy Foundation of Des Moines Iowa: $19,947,111 over 3y, 75% of budgetPrimary Health Care Inc: $18,190,433 over 9y, 5.4% of budgetHouse of Mercy: $15,400,665 over 7y, 53% of budgetMercy Medical Center - Centerville: $3,467,603 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetThe Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Des Moines: $934,551 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetGolf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines: $725,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $515,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Des Moines Partnership: $419,542 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetMercy Medical Center - Newton: $300,022 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCatholic Council for Social Concern Inc Catholic Charities: $244,650 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $220,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSt Gabriel Communications: $219,167 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetHealthy Birth Day Inc: $152,500 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetStrands of Strength Inc: $120,000 over 5y, 8.9% of budgetAbove and Beyond Cancer Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetDowntown Des Moines Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District: $75,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetGreat Outdoors Foundation: $70,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $67,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Human Choice of Iowa: $65,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budget6th Avenue Corridor Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetBravo Greater Des Moines Inc: $59,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Central Iowa Inc: $52,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetPolk County Housing Trust Fund: $42,900 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUnited Way of Central Iowa: $42,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDes Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center: $35,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBras for the Cause Iowa Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIowa Health System: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIowans for Life Inc Educational Foundation: $20,000 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetIowa Hospital Association: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOn With Life Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetScience Center of Iowa: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChildserve Foundation Inc: $13,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCan Play: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildserve Clinic Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJunior Achievement of Central Iowa Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetIowa Healthiest State Initiative: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCentral Iowa Shelter & Services: $8,496 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHope Ministries: $8,496 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Associationiowa Chapter: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNational Alliance on Mental Illness-Iowa Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetIowa Hospital Education and Research Foundation: $5,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetEdmundson Art Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSimon Estes Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 48.

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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.

Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community FdnIA43.6× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Ita Group Foundation · United Way of Central Iowa · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Central Iowa Hospital Corporation · R & R Realty Group Foundation · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · EMC Insurance 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.

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About Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp

How much does Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp give?
Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp reported 15 itemized grants totaling $6,903,042, out of $8,217,761 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (99%), Human Services (0%), Recreation & Sports (0%).
Who are Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mercy Clinics Inc ($333M), Mercy Foundation of Des Moines Iowa ($20M), Primary Health Care Inc ($18M).
Does Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc, Ita Group Foundation.
Where is Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp based?
Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp is based in IA.

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 72 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 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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