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Chrysalis Foundation

Chrysalis invests in the safety, security, education, and economic empowerment of girls and women in greater des moines.

$311k
Granted FY2025still arriving
51
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$858kEducation$442kHuman Services$247kHealth$212kHousing & Shelter$140kEmployment$123kRecreation & Sports$65kCivil Rights$51kOther$0
02FY2025 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 51 grants below total $265,498, the rows itemized in this filing. The $311,155 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $45,657 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k47 grants · $184k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $81k
$3,850
Median grant
1
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BONDURANT-FARRAR COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT$24,900
DES MOINES PUBLIC SCHOOLS$22,000
EYESOPENIOWA$17,548
CANPLAY SPORTS$16,850
HOLY FAMILY INNER CITY YOUTH FOUNDATION$8,450
CALLANAN MIDDLE SCHOOL PTA$8,300
URBANDALE COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK$8,300
MERRILL MIDDLE SCHOOL PTA$8,300
MCCOMBS MIDDLE SCHOOL PTA$8,300
BRODY PTO$8,300
CARLISLE MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO$8,300
CRISIS INTERVENTION & ADVOCACY CENTER$8,250
SAFE CENTER OF IOWA$5,500
YOUNG WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER$5,350
ROTARY CLUB OF NORTHWEST DES MOINES$5,250
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $253k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 55% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DES MOINES REFUGEE SUPPORT: $4k → 6%DES MOINES REFUGEE SUPPORT: $2k → 6%FREE STORE: $10k → 5%FREE STORE: $8k → 5%FREE STORE: $8k → 5%FREE STORE: $8k → 5%THE FREESTORE: $3k → 5%THE FREESTORE: $3k → 5%THE FREESTORE: $3k → 5%THE FREESTORE: $1k → 5%CRISIS INTERVENTION & ADVOCACY CENTER: $10k → 5%CRISIS INTERVENTION & ADVOCACY CENTER: $10k → 5%CRISIS INTERVENTION & ADVOCACY CENTER: $9k → 5%CRISIS INTERVENTION & ADVOCACY CENTER: $8k → 5%CRISIS INTERVENTION & ADVOCACY CENTER: $8k → 5%CRISIS INTERVENTION & ADVOCACY CENTER: $8k → 5%CRISIS INTERVENTION & ADVOCACY CENTER: $8k → 5%YOUNG WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER: $17k → 10%YOUNG WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER: $16k → 10%CRISIS INTERVENTION & ADVOCACY CENTER: $4k → 5%YOUNG WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER: $15k → 10%YOUNG WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER: $14k → 10%YOUNG WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $11k → 10%YOUNG WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $11k → 10%YOUNG WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 10%YOUNG WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $4k → 10%YOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES INC DBA IOWA HOMELESS YOUTH CENTERS: $2k → 10%IOWA HOMELESS YOUTH CENTERS: $1k → 10%LATINAS UNIDAS POR UN NUEVO AMANECER (LUNA): $4k → 10%LATINAS UNIDAS POR UN NUEVO AMANECER (LUNA): $4k → 10%ETHNIC MINORITIES OF BURMA ADVOCACY & RESOURCE CENTER: $14k → 10%SHALOM COMMUNITY IMPACT CENTER: $5k → 10%SHALOM COMMUNITY IMPACT CENTER: $2k → 10%SHALOM COMMUNITY IMPACT CENTER: $2k → 10%CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF IOWA: $6k → 10%CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF IOWA: $4k → 10%CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF IOWA: $1k → 10%CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF IOWA: $1k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 62 repeat orgs$93k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

62 repeat relationships: 42 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

62
19

Total granted

$2.2M
$82k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+11%

Still filing today

69%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • YW
    YOUNG WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $94k · revenue +23%
  • WL
    WE LIFT JOB SEARCH CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $87k · revenue +66%
  • FF
    FAMILIES FORWARD
    9× · 2017–2025 · $64k · revenue +172%

Funded once

  • RI
    REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $14k · revenue +45%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL IOWA
    one grant, 2017 · $12k · revenue -43%
  • DJ
    DOWLING-ST JOSEPH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INVESTMENT CO LLC
    one grant, 2020 · $9k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
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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2
Iowa Chapter of Children's Advocacy Centers

To promote the development, growth and utilization of childrens advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams to better serve Iowas abused and neglected children and their families.

Crime & Legal
3
Freedom for Youth Ministries

Freedom for youth offers the love of jesus christ to at-risk inner city youth and homeless young adults which empowers them to break bondages in their lives, discover their god given purpose and lead a life filled with faith, hope & love.…

Youth Development
4
Ywca of Fort Dodge Ia

We are a state licensed substance abuse facility which functions to provide a clinically managed residence treatment center for women and women with children.

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5
United Way of North Central Iowa

Seeking to build a stronger, more caring community by forming partnerships with businesses, community experts, education & health & human service agencies to achieve targeted outcomes & sustained changes in community conditions which will…

Philanthropy
6
Iowa Aces 360

To improve the health and well-being of all by empowering communities, organizations, and people to take informed actions to prevent and mitigate the lifelong effects of childhood adversity.

Health
7
The Diversity Service Center of Iowa

Immigration counseling and advocacy for minority senior citizens

Human Services
8
Central Iowa Juvenile Detention Center

To provide a highly structured environment which emphasizes a safety and security to all juveniles while serving as a deterrent to criminal and anti-social behaviors. Working youth in the center and communities.

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9
Informed Choice of Iowa Corporation

Turn fear into confidence by meeting the real needs of women and men and providing strength for life's tough choices.

Health
10
Iowa Citizen Action Network

To promote social, economic and environmental justice.

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11
Family Promise of Greater Des Moines

To provide shelter and services to families experiencing homelessness

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12
Reach for Your Potential Inc

Reach for your potential, inc is a provider of adult daycare services and rehabilitation/housing of disabled individuals serving approximately 135 individuals from iowa city and the surrounding communities.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children and Families of Iowa; the most unlike its peers is Girls Rock Des Moines. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

64 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. 64 of the 89 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
60/64
Grantees still filing
40/64
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DES MOINES PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $185,542 · OtherDES MOINES PUBLIC SCHOOLSBondurant-Farrar CSD: $171,550 · OtherBondurant-Farrar CSDMERRILL MIDDLE SCHOOL PTA: $116,900 · OtherMERRILL MIDDLE SCHOOL PTAHOLY FAMILY SCHOOL INNER-CITY YOUTH FDN: $97,150 · OtherHOLY FAMILY SCHOOL INNER-CITY YOUTH FDNFAMILIES FORWARD: $63,689 · OtherCARDS CLUB INC: $56,800 · OtherCOMMUNITY YOUTH CONCEPTS: $52,950 · OtherETHIC MINORITIES OF BURMA ADVOCACY & RESOURCE CENTER: $49,900 · OtherBEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON: $60,398 · Other+52 more: $572,158 · Other+52 moreYOUNG WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $93,550 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'…CRISIS INTERVENTION & ADVOCACY CENTER: $63,450 · Human ServicesCRISIS INTER…FREESTORE: $44,350 · Human ServicesFREESTOREREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION: $13,750 · Human ServicesREFUGEE & IM…CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF IOWA: $12,300 · Human ServicesShalom Community Impact Center: $9,100 · Human Services+3 more: $16,600 · Human Services+3 moreUNITED COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $58,350 · HealthHOUSE OF MERCY: $51,050 · HealthHEALTHY BIRTH DAY INC: $27,600 · HealthELLIPSIS INC: $16,450 · HealthSAFE CENTER OF IOWA: $6,500 · Health+1 more: $1,500 · HealthWE LIFT JOB SEARCH CENTER: $87,273 · EmploymentDRESS FOR SUCCESS DES MOINES: $35,600 · EmploymentCAN PLAY: $63,800 · Recreation & SportsGREATER ALTOONA COMM SERVICE CAMPUS: $49,500 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $1,650 · Recreation & SportsCOMMUNITY YOUTH CONCEPTS: $77,248 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL IOWA: $12,250 · Youth DevelopmentGENESIS INC: $11,400 · Youth DevelopmentFuture Net Incorporated: $61,948 · EducationIOWA SAFE SCHOOLS: $14,850 · Education+3 more: $2,750 · Education
Other$1,427,037Human Services$253,100Health$161,450Employment$122,873Recreation & Sports$114,950Youth Development$100,898Education$79,548

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHOLY FAMILY SCHOOL INNER-CITY YOUTH FDN: $97,150 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $93,550 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetWE LIFT JOB SEARCH CENTER: $87,273 over 9y, 20% of budgetCOMMUNITY YOUTH CONCEPTS: $77,248 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetCAN PLAY: $63,800 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetFAMILIES FORWARD: $63,689 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetCRISIS INTERVENTION & ADVOCACY CENTER: $63,450 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetFuture Net Incorporated: $61,948 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetBEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON: $60,398 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $58,350 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetHOUSE OF MERCY: $51,050 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER ALTOONA COMM SERVICE CAMPUS: $49,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFREESTORE: $44,350 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetCHILDREN AND FAMILY URBAN MINISTRIES D/B/A CHILDREN AND FAMILY URBAN MOVEMENT: $41,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS DES MOINES: $35,600 over 9y, 5.5% of budgetLATINAS LATINOS AL EXITO INC: $34,500 over 9y, 4.5% of budgetBY DEGREES FOUNDATION: $34,100 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetWEST DES MOINES COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $31,445 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetGIRLS ROCK DES MOINES: $27,650 over 6y, 17% of budgetHEALTHY BIRTH DAY INC: $27,600 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetMIND AND SPIRIT COUNSELING CENTER: $22,538 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetIOWA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER DES MOINES: $19,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetURBANDALE COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK: $18,800 over 4y, 7.8% of budgetELLIPSIS INC: $16,450 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES & SHELTER OF IOWA: $15,550 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetIOWA SAFE SCHOOLS: $14,850 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetPRELUDE BEHAVIORAL SERVICES: $14,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION: $13,750 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF IOWA: $12,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL IOWA: $12,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGENESIS INC: $11,400 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $10,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHOME OPPORTUNITIES MADE EASY INC: $10,050 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetIOWA MIGRANT MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE: $9,650 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetShalom Community Impact Center: $9,100 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetPLEASE PASS THE LOVE: $8,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetLATINAS UNIDAS POR UN NUEVO AMANECER: $7,600 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER IOWA: $6,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE CENTER OF IOWA: $6,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetDes Moines Refugee Support: $5,900 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetIowa Center for Children's Justice: $5,600 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetIOWA CENTER FOR ECONOMIC SUCCESS: $5,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOUSING INITIATIVES INC: $5,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKNOCK AND DROP IOWA: $4,800 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLOVE FOR RED INC: $3,869 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL IOWA: $3,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES INC: $3,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
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 HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL INNER-CITY YOUTH FDN ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WE LIFT JOB SEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY YOUTH CONCEPTS ↗
  • Who funds CAN PLAY ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES FORWARD ↗
  • Who funds CRISIS INTERVENTION & ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Future Net Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds BEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON ↗
  • Who funds UNITED COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF MERCY ↗
  • Who funds GREATER ALTOONA COMM SERVICE CAMPUS ↗
  • Who funds FREESTORE ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN AND FAMILY URBAN MINISTRIES D/B/A CHILDREN AND FAMILY URBAN MOVEMENT ↗
  • Who funds DRESS FOR SUCCESS DES MOINES ↗
  • Who funds LATINAS LATINOS AL EXITO INC ↗
  • Who funds BY DEGREES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WEST DES MOINES COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS ROCK DES MOINES ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY BIRTH DAY INC ↗
  • Who funds MIND AND SPIRIT COUNSELING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds IOWA COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER DES MOINES ↗
  • Who funds URBANDALE COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds ELLIPSIS INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES & SHELTER OF IOWA ↗
  • Who funds IOWA SAFE SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds PRELUDE BEHAVIORAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION ↗

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.

United Way of Central…Community Fdn of Grea…Prairie Meadows Race …Delta Dental of Iowa …EMC Insurance Foundat…The Merchants Bonding…Mid-Iowa Health Found…Ita Group FoundationThe West Bancorporati…Variety - the Childre…GreenState Credit Uni…Lsb Foundation
United Way of Central IowaIA89.5× affinity41 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Central Iowa · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation · EMC Insurance Foundation · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Mid-Iowa Health Foundation · Ita Group Foundation · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa · GreenState Credit Union · Lsb 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Chrysalis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chrysalis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's 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
    28report 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
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    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 89 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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