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Charlotte and William Hinson Charitable Foundation Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$80k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2025
38
Organizations funded FY2024
16%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
34 to 42
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$1.2M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 16% of the organizations Charlotte and William Hinson Charitable Foundation Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHousing & ShelterHealthAnimalsEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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 arriving35$79k9%
FY202438$74k16%
FY202342$68k14%
FY202238$79k45%
FY202135$67k17%
FY202034$66kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$157kEducation$86kReligion$53kHealth$33kAnimals$20kHuman Services$16kHousing & Shelter$16kFood & Nutrition$9kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
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WI
MI
MA
IA
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Des Moines Symphony Association$45,50060%
University of Northern Iowa Foundation$21,00040%
Cornell College$14,00060%
Curtis Institute of Music$14,00060%
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc$11,00060%
Westlake Village Symphony$11,0005n/a
Furry Friends Refuge$10,50060%
Northeast Iowa Food Bank$9,20060%
Central Iowa Jazz Association$9,0002n/a
Edmundson Art Foundation Inc$8,00040%
Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of Charlotte and William Hinson Charitable Foundation Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Des Moines Symphony Association$45,50060%
University of Northern Iowa Foundation$21,00040%
Cornell College$14,00060%
Curtis Institute of Music$14,00060%
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc$11,00060%
Westlake Village Symphony$11,0005n/a
Furry Friends Refuge$10,50060%
Northeast Iowa Food Bank$9,20060%
Central Iowa Jazz Association$9,0002n/a
Edmundson Art Foundation Inc$8,00040%
Des Moines Area Religious Council$8,00060%
Bridgehaven Pregnancy Support Center$7,00050%
Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity$6,40030%
Cedar Valley Hospice Inc$6,00060%
LIFE Animal Rescue$6,00061%
Malibu Friends of Music$6,00069%
Job Foundation$6,00060%
National Society of Colonial Dames of America$6,0002n/a
International Myeloma Foundation$6,00060%
Cedar Valley United Way$6,00060%
Drake University$6,00060%
Science Center of Iowa$5,00040%
Can Play$4,00040%
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa Inc$4,00040%
Salisbury House Foundation$4,00040%
Los Angeles Jazz Society$4,00041%
YWCA Black Hawk County$3,00030%
House of Hope$3,00030%
American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers$3,00032%
Love Inc of the Cedar Valley$2,40020%
Zach Johnson Foundation$2,00020%
Grout Museum Inc$2,00020%
Family & Children's Council of Black Hawk County$2,00020%
Casa Montessori School Inc$2,00021%
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc$2,00020%
FixNation Inc$2,00020%
Americans for Independent Living$2,00020%
Friends of Sulgrave Manor$1,00010%
Linn-Mar School Foundation$1,00010%
Retrieving Freedom Inc$1,00010%
Walnut Hill Center for the Arts Inc$1,00010%
Malibu Adamson House Foundation$1,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($159k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Charlotte and William Hinson Charitable Foundation Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDes Moines Symphony Association: $45,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Northern Iowa Foundation: $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCornell College: $14,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCurtis Institute of Music: $14,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc: $11,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFurry Friends Refuge: $10,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetNortheast Iowa Food Bank: $9,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEdmundson Art Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDes Moines Area Religious Council: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBridgehaven Pregnancy Support Center: $7,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetIowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity: $6,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCedar Valley Hospice Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLIFE Animal Rescue: $6,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetMalibu Friends of Music: $6,000 over 6y, 9.2% of budgetJob Foundation: $6,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Myeloma Foundation: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCedar Valley United Way: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDrake University: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetScience Center of Iowa: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCan Play: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJunior Achievement of Eastern Iowa Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSalisbury House Foundation: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLos Angeles Jazz Society: $4,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetYWCA Black Hawk County: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHouse of Hope: $3,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Society of Music Arrangers and Composers: $3,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetLove Inc of the Cedar Valley: $2,400 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetZach Johnson Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGrout Museum Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFamily & Children's Council of Black Hawk County: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCasa Montessori School Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThe Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFixNation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmericans for Independent Living: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Sulgrave Manor: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLinn-Mar School Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRetrieving Freedom Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWalnut Hill Center for the Arts Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMalibu Adamson House Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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 39.

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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.

Lsb FoundationIA36.4× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lsb Foundation · Max and Helen Guernsey Charitable Foundation · Van G Miller Family Charitable Foundation · Otto Schoitz Foundation · Pauline R Barrett Charitable Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · GreenState Credit Union · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Molinaro Family Charitable Foundation · Duroe Family Foundation · Black Hawk County Gaming Association · The Gallagher 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.

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About Charlotte and William Hinson Charitable Foundation Trust

How much does Charlotte and William Hinson Charitable Foundation Trust give?
Charlotte and William Hinson Charitable Foundation Trust reported 36 grants totaling $80,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 42 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Charlotte and William Hinson Charitable Foundation Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (36%), Education (20%), Religion (12%).
Who are Charlotte and William Hinson Charitable Foundation Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Des Moines Symphony Association ($46k), University of Northern Iowa Foundation ($21k), Cornell College ($14k).
Does Charlotte and William Hinson Charitable Foundation Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Charlotte and William Hinson Charitable Foundation Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Charlotte and William Hinson Charitable Foundation Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lsb Foundation, Max and Helen Guernsey Charitable Foundation, Van G Miller Family Charitable Foundation.
Where is Charlotte and William Hinson Charitable Foundation Trust based?
Charlotte and William Hinson Charitable Foundation Trust 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 74 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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