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Charles R and Nancy L Von Maur Charitable 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.

$257k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
18
Grants FY2025
17
Organizations funded FY2024
6%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$40,000
Organizations funded a year
17 to 28
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$4.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Charles R and Nancy L Von Maur Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $335 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentReligionOther
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 arriving18$257k28%
FY202417$162k6%
FY202317$150k6%
FY202223$244k26%
FY202128$486k18%
FY202025$187k32%
FY201928$454k32%
FY201822$499k27%
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What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$805kHuman Services$725kReligion$596kRecreation & Sports$176kHealth$135kEducation$86kInternational$81kPublic Benefit$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
WI
NY
IA
IN
NE
VA
NC
FL

Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Putnam Museum and Science Center$315,00049%
St Marys Episcopal Church$278,7508n/a
The Friendly House of Davenport Iowa$215,00082%
Figge Art Museum$155,00081%
Samaritan's Purse$80,85070%
Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation$61,30030%
Camp Courageous of Iowa$51,00080%
Quad City Symphony Orchestra Association$45,25080%
Genesis Health Services Foundation$41,50021%
Empowering Abilities$38,00060%
Show all 38 grantees
All grantees of Charles R and Nancy L Von Maur Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Putnam Museum and Science Center$315,00049%
St Marys Episcopal Church$278,7508n/a
The Friendly House of Davenport Iowa$215,00082%
Figge Art Museum$155,00081%
Samaritan's Purse$80,85070%
Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation$61,30030%
Camp Courageous of Iowa$51,00080%
Quad City Symphony Orchestra Association$45,25080%
Genesis Health Services Foundation$41,50021%
Empowering Abilities$38,00060%
Artis-Naples Inc$36,00050%
Bonita Wonder Gardens Inc$35,00041%
Vera French Foundation$32,00052%
Opera Quad Cities$31,0004n/a
Augustana College$28,00070%
New Horizons of Southwest Florida Inc$25,00050%
Vermont Academy$23,00040%
Humane Society of Scott County$21,00061%
Turning Point USA Inc$20,00010%
Y2 Believe Inc$20,00026%
Living Lands & Waters$16,00040%
Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs Inc$15,00050%
The Deanery School of Music$15,00033%
David's Refuge Inc$12,00031%
Renewal in Christ Ministries Incorporated$12,0003n/a
Chamber Music Quad Cities Inc$6,0002n/a
Hand in Hand$6,00020%
Truth First Film Alliance - Inc$5,0001n/a
Rivermont Collegiate$5,00010%
Gabes All-Inclusive Play Village$5,00012%
Balanced Budget Now$5,00014%
Quad City Botanical Center Foundation$3,00020%
Forest Grove School Preservation$2,0002n/a
Illowa Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$1,50020%
Cafe of Life Inc$1,25020%
Bay Presbyterian Church$5001n/a
Iowa Pbs Foundation$33510%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Charles R and Nancy L Von Maur Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPutnam Museum and Science Center: $315,000 over 4y, 9.2% of budgetThe Friendly House of Davenport Iowa: $215,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetFigge Art Museum: $155,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $80,850 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetQuad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation: $61,300 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCamp Courageous of Iowa: $51,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetQuad City Symphony Orchestra Association: $45,250 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetGenesis Health Services Foundation: $41,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetEmpowering Abilities: $38,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetArtis-Naples Inc: $36,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBonita Wonder Gardens Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetVera French Foundation: $32,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetAugustana College: $28,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNew Horizons of Southwest Florida Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetVermont Academy: $23,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society of Scott County: $21,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetY2 Believe Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetLiving Lands & Waters: $16,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCenter for the Arts of Bonita Springs Inc: $15,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Deanery School of Music: $15,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetDavid's Refuge Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHand in Hand: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRivermont Collegiate: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGabes All-Inclusive Play Village: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBalanced Budget Now: $5,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetQuad City Botanical Center Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIllowa Council Inc Boy Scouts of America: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCafe of Life Inc: $1,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIowa Pbs Foundation: $335 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $200 over 1y, 0.0% 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 31.

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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.

Scott County Regional AuthorityIA34.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Scott County Regional Authority · Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation · Quad Cities Community Foundation · Hubbell-Waterman Fndn · Roy J Carver Charitable Trust · Modern Woodmen of America · Marie H Bechtel Charitable Trust · Palmer Family Foundation · Mary Iva Gittins Knouse Tr Uw · Easter Foundation Inc · Harold R Bechtel Charitable Trust · Moline 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 Charles R and Nancy L Von Maur Charitable Foundation

How much does Charles R and Nancy L Von Maur Charitable Foundation give?
Charles R and Nancy L Von Maur Charitable Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $256,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Charles R and Nancy L Von Maur Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Human Services (27%), Religion (22%).
Who are Charles R and Nancy L Von Maur Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Putnam Museum and Science Center ($315k), St Marys Episcopal Church ($279k), The Friendly House of Davenport Iowa ($215k).
Does Charles R and Nancy L Von Maur Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Charles R and Nancy L Von Maur Charitable 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 Charles R and Nancy L Von Maur Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Scott County Regional Authority, Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation, Quad Cities Community Foundation.
Where is Charles R and Nancy L Von Maur Charitable Foundation based?
Charles R and Nancy L Von Maur Charitable Foundation 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 60 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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