Iowa · Private foundation
Donald F &Charlene K Lamberti Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $6.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2025
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 37
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations Donald F &Charlene K Lamberti Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $181k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 33 | $6.7M | 18% |
| FY2024 | 37 | $902k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 37 | $831k | 35% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $902k | 3% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $794k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $703k | 35% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $651k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $698k | 75% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italian-American Cultural Center of Iowa | $6,015,000 | 4 | 49% |
| Mercy Foundation of Des Moines Iowa | $545,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Bridges of Iowa | $300,000 | 2 | 31% |
| On With Life Inc | $258,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Ankeny Christian Academy | $245,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Joshua Christian Academy Inc | $215,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Catholics Come Home Inc | $160,000 | 8 | 6% |
| National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 4% |
| The Dynamic Catholic Institute | $140,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Pacific Battleship Center | $132,000 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 47 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Donald F &Charlene K Lamberti Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Meredith Corporation Foundation · R & R Realty Group Foundation · Krause Gentle Foundation · Bookey Family Foundation · Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Erickson Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Donald F &Charlene K Lamberti Foundation
- How much does Donald F &Charlene K Lamberti Foundation give?
- Donald F &Charlene K Lamberti Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $6,731,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 37 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Donald F &Charlene K Lamberti Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (50%), Religion (20%), Education (9%).
- Who are Donald F &Charlene K Lamberti Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Italian-American Cultural Center of Iowa ($6.0M), Mercy Foundation of Des Moines Iowa ($545k), Bridges of Iowa ($300k).
- Does Donald F &Charlene K Lamberti Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Donald F &Charlene K Lamberti 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 Donald F &Charlene K Lamberti Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc, Meredith Corporation Foundation.
- Where is Donald F &Charlene K Lamberti Foundation based?
- Donald F &Charlene K Lamberti Foundation is based in IA.
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