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Delta Dental of Iowa at a glance

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Delta Dental of Iowa

DELTA DENTAL OF IOWA's mission is to improve the health and smiles of the people we serve.

$5.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$5.0M
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 2024.

Health$41MPhilanthropy$1.9MFood & Nutrition$315kRecreation & Sports$170kEnvironment$125kEducation$105kCommunity Improvement$75kYouth Development$75kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k10 grants · $162k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $312k
  • $250k+1 grant · $5.0M
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$180M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DELTA DENTAL OF IOWA FOUNDATION$5,000,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DES MOINES$200,000
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA$61,981
YOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES INC$50,000
IOWA DENTAL FOUNDATION$25,000
CITY OF WEST DES MOINES$25,000
FEEDING AMERICA$25,000
AMERICAN HOME FINDING ASSOCIATION$15,719
LEE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT$14,296
SCOTT COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT$13,894
PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION$12,000
BLACK HAWK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT$11,210
JOHNSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH$10,164
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DES MOINES$10,000
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 (FY19–24, $228k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 7% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN HOME FINDING ASSOCIATION: $16k → 16%YOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES INC: $50k → 10%WESLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES: $50k → 10%CHILDSERVE FOUNDATION: $50k → 10%WESLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES: $50k → 10%PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $12k → 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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$42M · 14 repeat orgs$602k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +3% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
20

Total granted

$42M
$388k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+1%

Still filing today

93%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $214k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionRecreation & 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

  • DD
    DELTA DENTAL OF IOWA FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $41M · revenue +79% · 95% of their budget
  • ID
    IOWA DENTAL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $75k · revenue +852% · 51% of their budget
  • DRAKE UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2018–2023 · $65k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • IC
    IOWA CENTER FOR ECONOMIC SUCCESS
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -5%
  • CF
    CHILDSERVE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +11%
  • IS
    IOWA SOCCER DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -94%
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
Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce

Our mission is to inspire the iowa city area to be greater by: 1) elevating business, 2) investing in strategic initiatives, and 3) advocating for the economic resiliency of the greater community.

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2
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
3
Iowa Association of Business and Industry Foundation

To deliver programs and to conduct research for the benefit of students, educators, emerging leaders and employers that expand their knowledge and enhance their individual responsibility and leadership skills.

Youth Development
4
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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5
Iowa College Foundation

The foundation is organized to further the growth and development of private colleges and universities of higher education in iowa.

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6
Iowa Corn Promotion Board

The iowa corn promotion board (icpb) works to develop and defend markets, fund research, and provide education about corn and corn products. icpb's mission is to create opportunities for long term iowa corn grower profitability.

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7
The Foundation for the Iowa City Community School District

The foundation for the iowa city community school district connects the community with our schools to ensure every student has extraordinary learning experiences. together we empower teachers and district staff and inspire students to…

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8
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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9
Iowa Council of Foundations

To strengthen and promote organized philanthropy in the state of iowa; to assist and educate its membership in order to promote and facilitate effective philanthropic grantmaking; and to provide a forum for the exchange of information on…

Education
10
Iowa Association of Business and Industry

To nurture a favorable business, economic, governmental, and social climate within the state of iowa so our citizens can have the opportunity to enjoy the highest possible quality of life.

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11
United Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.

Philanthropy
12
Iowa Renewable Fuels Association

To promote the common business interests of member companies without profit and without the inuring of income to the benefit of any member company or individual. to present the executive, legislative, judicial and regulatory bodies…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Central Iowa; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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

34 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. 34 of the 44 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
19/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DELTA DENTAL OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $40,914,015 · HealthDELTA DENTAL OF IOWA FOUNDATION+2 more: $70,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN: $1,860,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $20,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $61,981 · OtherPrevent Blindness Iowa: $45,000 · OtherCITY OF WEST DES MOINES: $25,000 · OtherTOPEKA HY-VEE: $24,750 · OtherTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER DES MOINES: $20,000 · OtherIOWA CENTER FOR ECONOMIC SUCCESS: $50,000 · OtherIOWA SOCCER DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · OtherCHICKASAW ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB: $50,000 · OtherCONNECTCR INC: $25,000 · OtherCENTRAL IOWA SHELTER & SERVICES: $30,000 · Other+14 more: $140,564 · OtherWESLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesCHILDSERVE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN HOME FINDING ASSOCIATION: $15,719 · Human ServicesPUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $12,000 · Human Services+1 more: $6,755 · Human ServicesIOWA DENTAL FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EducationDRAKE UNIVERSITY: $65,000 · EducationSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $45,000 · EducationDES MOINES UNIVERSITY OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER: $25,000 · EducationIOWA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationIOWA FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION: $165,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $50,000 · Food & NutritionGREAT OUTDOORS FOUNDATION: $125,000 · Animals
Health$40,984,015Philanthropy$1,880,000Other$522,295Human Services$234,474Education$225,000Food & Nutrition$215,000Animals$125,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDELTA DENTAL OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $40,914,015 over 8y, 95% of budgetCOMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN: $1,860,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetIOWA FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION: $165,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetGREAT OUTDOORS FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetWESLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetIOWA DENTAL FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 3y, 51% of budgetDRAKE UNIVERSITY: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $61,981 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIOWA CENTER FOR ECONOMIC SUCCESS: $50,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetYOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDSERVE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFeeding America: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA SOCCER DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCHICKASAW ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB: $50,000 over 2y, 62% of budgetSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVISION TO LEARN: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL IOWA SHELTER & SERVICES: $30,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCONNECTCR INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetIOWA HEALTHIEST STATE INITIATIVE: $25,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetDES MOINES UNIVERSITY OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER DES MOINES: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EASTER SEAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN HOME FINDING ASSOCIATION: $15,719 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY YOUTH CONCEPTS: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMIND AND SPIRIT COUNSELING CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSCIENCE CENTER OF IOWA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDES MOINES WATER WORKS PARK FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetIOWA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetOneSight: $6,755 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOE COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 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.

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.

Delta Dental of Iowa …Prairie Meadows Race …Community Fdn of Grea…United Way of Central…GreenState Credit Uni…William C Knapp Chari…Wt and Edna M Dahl Tr…The West Bancorporati…The Merchants Bonding…Alliant Energy Founda…Meredith Corporation …R & R Realty Group Fo…
Delta Dental of Iowa FoundationIA42.4× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · United Way of Central Iowa · GreenState Credit Union · William C Knapp Charitable Fdn · Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Meredith Corporation Foundation · R & R Realty Group 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 Delta Dental of Iowa funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Delta Dental of Iowa. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%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
    8report 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 44 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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