Iowa · Private foundation
Deb & Bob Pulver Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $760k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2024
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $19M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations Deb & Bob Pulver Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 25 | $757k | 28% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $523k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $464k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $267k | 54% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $560k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $746k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $19k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $422k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan University | $1,200,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Iowa State Fair Foundation | $400,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Iowa State University Foundation | $382,345 | 6 | 0% |
| Iowa Health Foundation | $326,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Blank Park Zoo Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa | $119,400 | 5 | 3% |
| Strands of Strength Inc | $112,550 | 4 | 7% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Iowa Inc | $75,500 | 4 | 3% |
| Lutheran Church of Hope | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 43 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($515k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Deb & Bob Pulver Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Meredith Corporation Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Ita Group Foundation · Bookey Family Foundation · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · EMC Insurance Foundation · R & R Realty Group Foundation · Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner · William C Knapp Charitable Fdn · Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust
How this is measured
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About Deb & Bob Pulver Foundation
- How much does Deb & Bob Pulver Foundation give?
- Deb & Bob Pulver Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $759,552 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Deb & Bob Pulver Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (42%), Health (25%), Recreation & Sports (11%).
- Who are Deb & Bob Pulver Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Manhattan University ($1.2M), Iowa State Fair Foundation ($400k), Iowa State University Foundation ($382k).
- Does Deb & Bob Pulver Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Deb & Bob Pulver 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 Deb & Bob Pulver Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Meredith Corporation Foundation, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc.
- Where is Deb & Bob Pulver Foundation based?
- Deb & Bob Pulver Foundation is based in IA.
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