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Central Iowa Hospital Corporation

Improving the health of the community through healing, caring and teaching.

$47M
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$46M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Health$345MCommunity Improvement$2.4MPhilanthropy$1.1MPublic Benefit$798kEducation$641kEnvironment$201kRecreation & Sports$179kArts & Culture$174kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $138k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $103k
  • $250k+2 grants · $46M
$27,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.8B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION DBA UNITYPOINT CLINIC$46,069,149
DOWNTOWN EVENTS GROUP$266,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DES MOINES$103,420
DOWNTOWN DES MOINES SELF-SUPPORTED MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT$46,667
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$27,500
ICON WATER TRAILS$20,000
GREAT OUTDOORS FOUNDATION$12,500
VISITING NURSE SERVICES OF IOWA$11,000
BRAVO GREATER DES MOINES$10,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–23, $62k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA: $5k → 10%CHILDSERVE FOUNDATION: $20k → 10%CHILDSERVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $7k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your 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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$307M · 36 repeat orgs$43M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +28% since the first grant, against +23% for the ones you funded once.

36 repeat relationships — 8 still active in FY2024, 28 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
23

Total granted

$307M
$43M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+23%

Still filing today

83%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsOther

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

  • IP
    IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $301M · revenue +27%
  • GD
    GREATER DES MOINES PARTNERSHIP
    6× · 2017–2023 · $1.4M · revenue +34%
  • DF
    DMACC FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2022 · $549k · revenue +186%

Funded once

  • IH
    IOWA HEALTH SYSTEM
    one grant, 2017 · $42M · revenue -5%
  • UH
    UNITYPOINT HEALTH AT WORKgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $428k · revenue +88%
  • GR
    GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $336k · revenue +51%

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

04Your 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
Central Iowa Hospital Corporation

Improving the health of the community through healing, caring and teaching.

Health
2
Unity Healthcare Foundation

To provide financial assistance to unity healthcare to help enable it to carry out its exempt function of providing health care to the community.

Philanthropy
3
University of Iowa Facilities Corporation

The university of iowa facilities corporation acquires and holds property for the benefit and use of the university of iowa.

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4
Unity Healthcare

The mission of trinity-muscatine is to improve the health of the people and communities we serve.

Health
5
Iowa Medical Society

Our mission is to advance the practice of medicine through advocacy, education, and engagement with physicians throughout iowa to ensure the highest quality of care for the patients they serve.

—
6
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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7
Siouxland Pace Inc

To improve the health of the people and the communities we serve.

Health
8
Iowa Lutheran Hospital Auxiliary

To promote and advance activities beneficial to iowa lutheran hospital.

Health
9
Unitypoint At Home

To improve the health of our community through healing, caring and teaching.

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10
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
11
Grinnell Regional Medical Center Foundation

To support grinnell regional medical center and community healthcare.

Health
12
Trinity Medical Center

The mission of trinity medical center is to improve the health of the people and communities we serve.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Iowa Health Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Strands of Strength Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 55. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number8%2%<5yr5%2%5–10yr7%9%10–20yr6%34%20–35yr8%23%35–55yr67%30%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value8%0%<5yr5%0%5–10yr7%0%10–20yr6%99%20–35yr8%0%35–55yr67%0%55yr+

The field is 8% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% 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 4% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/61
the rest of the field
4%
436/10,123

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.

04the grantee network

49 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. 49 of the 61 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/49
Grantees still filing
35/49
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

IOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION — $300,885,830 · HealthIOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATIONIOWA HEALTH SYSTEM — $41,568,240 · HealthIOWA HEALTH SYSTEM+13 more — $1,978,261 · HealthGREATER DES MOINES PARTNERSHIP — $1,417,500 · Community ImprovementDOWNTOWN DES MOINES SELF-SUPPORTED MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT — $231,334 · Community ImprovementCITY OF DES MOINES — $755,503 · OtherDOWNTOWN DSM INC — $197,688 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA — $115,000 · OtherGREATER DES MOINES BASEBALL CO — $91,450 · OtherTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER DES MOINES — $84,000 · OtherJUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $70,000 · OtherPOLK COUNTY HOUSING TRUST FUND — $65,000 · Other+25 more — $443,650 · OtherCOMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN — $972,045 · PhilanthropyDMACC FOUNDATION — $549,000 · EducationGRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY — $92,000 · EducationDES MOINES UNIVERSITY OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER — $25,000 · EducationDOWNTOWN EVENTS GROUP INC — $535,403 · Arts & CultureDES MOINES COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE — $50,000 · Arts & CultureBRAVO GREATER DES MOINES INC — $25,000 · Arts & CultureSCIENCE CENTER OF IOWA — $22,100 · Arts & Culture+3 more — $27,500 · Arts & CultureGREAT OUTDOORS FOUNDATION — $180,600 · Animals
Health$344,432,331Community Improvement$1,648,834Other$1,822,291Philanthropy$972,045Education$666,000Arts & Culture$660,003Animals$180,600

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetIOWA PHYSICIANS CLINIC MEDICAL FOUNDATION — $300,885,830 over 7y, 8.0% of budgetIOWA HEALTH SYSTEM — $41,568,240 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetGREATER DES MOINES PARTNERSHIP — $1,417,500 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN — $972,045 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetDMACC FOUNDATION — $549,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetDOWNTOWN EVENTS GROUP INC — $535,403 over 3y, 60% of budgetUNITYPOINT HEALTH AT WORK — $427,500 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetGRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER — $336,351 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $305,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL IOWA INC — $288,750 over 7y, 5.2% of budgetDOWNTOWN DES MOINES SELF-SUPPORTED MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT — $231,334 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetDOWNTOWN DSM INC — $197,688 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetGREAT OUTDOORS FOUNDATION — $180,600 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetIOWA HEALTH FOUNDATION — $161,400 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSTRANDS OF STRENGTH INC — $150,000 over 6y, 8.9% of budgetCENTRAL IOWA HEALTH SYSTEM — $135,350 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA — $115,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY — $92,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER DES MOINES — $84,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE IOWA CLINIC HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION — $77,500 over 5y, 14% of budgetPOLK COUNTY HOUSING TRUST FUND — $65,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetDES MOINES COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE — $50,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSTORY COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION INC — $40,500 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetGreene County Medical Center Foundation — $34,410 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetVISITING NURSE SERVICES OF IOWA — $32,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $32,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF IOWA — $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetIOWA PBS FOUNDATION — $27,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBRAVO GREATER DES MOINES INC — $25,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDES MOINES UNIVERSITY OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER — $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDSERVE FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSCIENCE CENTER OF IOWA — $22,100 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDES MOINES AREA SPORTS & TOURISM COMMISSION — $20,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetIOWA CONFLUENCE WATER TRAILS — $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAN PLAY — $13,650 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetHOYT SHERMAN PLACE FOUNDATION — $12,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER CONNECTION — $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDES MOINES METRO OPERA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetONE IOWA — $9,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLEAD DSM — $8,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetDES MOINES SOCIAL CLUB — $6,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATIONIOWA CHAPTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDES MOINES SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLUTHERAN SERVICES IN IOWA INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER DES MOINES CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE OF INDEPENDENT ACADEMIC MEDICAL — $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

Community Fdn of Grea…Prairie Meadows Race …Bravo Greater Des Moi…United Way of Central…The Merchants Bonding…Golf Charitable Found…Bookey Family Foundat…Ita Group FoundationEMC Insurance Foundat…Variety - the Childre…Delta Dental of Iowa …Catholic Health Initi…
Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community FdnIA43.2× affinity21 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 · Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc · United Way of Central Iowa · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines · Bookey Family Foundation · Ita Group Foundation · EMC Insurance Foundation · Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa · Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation · Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp

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.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Central Iowa Hospital Corporation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%your 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
    13report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    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 61 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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