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Des Moines Jewish Foundation

The foundation was structured to encourage funding of the jewish federation of greater des moines, and is responsible for adding financial stability by broadening the funding base and thereby improving the ability of the des moines jewish community to respond to current and future service needs which cannot be met through annual…

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
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States reached
$917k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Des Moines Jewish Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Federation Of Greater Des Moines, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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.

Philanthropy$8.3MHuman Services$207kReligion$81kEducation$60kFood & Nutrition$50kArts & Culture$28kHealth$20kEnvironment$10k
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $917,121, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,095,057 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $177,936 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.
$917,121
Median grant
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States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DES MOINES$917,121
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 1% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE CENTER FOR EARLY EDUCATIO: $40k → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $20k → 17%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DES MOINES: $1.2M → 5%DES MOINES WATER WORKS FOUNDA: $10k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF IOWA: $5k → 15%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DES MOINES: $1.1M → 5%FOOD BANK OF IOWA: $50k → 10%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DES MOINES: $969k → 5%IOWA JEWISH SENIOR LIFE CENTER: $75k → 10%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DES MOINES: $917k → 5%IOWA JEWISH SENIOR LIFE CENTER: $57k → 10%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DES MOINES: $882k → 5%TIFERETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE: $56k → 10%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DES MOINES: $871k → 5%IOWA JEWISH SENIOR LIFE CENTER: $46k → 10%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DES MOINES: $846k → 5%IOWA JEWISH SENIOR LIFE CENTER: $30k → 10%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DES MOINES: $802k → 5%DES MOINES ART CENTER: $28k → 10%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DES MOINES: $744k → 5%TIFERETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE: $19k → 10%TIFERETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE: $6k → 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
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.

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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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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
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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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State University of Iowa Alumni Association

Our mission is to strengthen the university of iowa through alumni engagement. we do this through our communications, alumni programs, and events.

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Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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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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American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Iowa

The foundation works to defend and promote the constitution of the united states, focusing especially on the first, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, and 14th amendments. the foundation also works to defend and promote the constitution of the…

Civil Rights
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United Way of East Central Iowa

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

Philanthropy
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Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa

The independent insurance agents of iowa will be an unrelenting advocate of the business, professional and political interests of its members; doing so by working in the public's interest and with the highest ethical standards.

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Iowa Soybean Association

The iowa soybean association (isa) is driven to deliver increased soybean demand through market development and new uses, farmer-focused research and results, timely information and know-how, and policy initiatives enabling farmers and the…

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Grand View University

Engages, equips and empowers learners to explore their vocations, fulfill their potential and serve the world.

Education
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Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is State University of Iowa Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center. 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

8 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. 8 of the 10 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
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Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DES MOINES: $8,314,390 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DES MOINESIOWA JEWISH SENIOR LIFE CENTER: $206,898 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $20,250 · HealthTIFERETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE: $81,487 · OtherDES MOINES WATER WORKS FOUNDA: $10,000 · OtherTHE CENTER FOR EARLY EDUCATION: $40,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO INVESTMENT FUND INC: $15,000 · EducationSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $5,050 · EducationFOOD BANK OF IOWA: $50,000 · Food & NutritionEdmundson Art Foundation Inc: $27,500 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$8,314,390Health$227,148Other$91,487Education$60,050Food & Nutrition$50,000Arts & Culture$27,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DES MOINES: $8,314,390 over 9y, 56% of budgetIOWA JEWISH SENIOR LIFE CENTER: $206,898 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF IOWA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR EARLY EDUCATION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEdmundson Art Foundation Inc: $27,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $20,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO INVESTMENT FUND INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $5,050 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.

Community Fdn of Grea…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community FdnIA13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Des Moines Jewish Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Des Moines Jewish Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Des Moines Jewish Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Des Moines Jewish Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 10 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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