Iowa · Private foundation
Dorothy E McCormack Charitable Trust
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.
- $170k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,100
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 31
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Dorothy E McCormack Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 | 22 | $170k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $161k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $150k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $118k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $130k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $138k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $62k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village Northwest Unlimited | $62,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Greater Sioux Community Health Center Inc | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Rock Rapids United Fund | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anne Carlsen Center | $33,050 | 7 | 0% |
| Rapids Theatre Preservation Society Inc | $31,250 | 6 | n/a |
| City of Hawarden | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Lyon School Foundation Inc | $29,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Morningside University | $29,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $28,050 | 7 | 0% |
| Lyon County Fair Association | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 31 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Village Northwest Unlimited | $62,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Greater Sioux Community Health Center Inc | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Rock Rapids United Fund | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Anne Carlsen Center | $33,050 | 7 | 0% |
| Rapids Theatre Preservation Society Inc | $31,250 | 6 | n/a |
| City of Hawarden | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Lyon School Foundation Inc | $29,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Morningside University | $29,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $28,050 | 7 | 0% |
| Lyon County Fair Association | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Atlas Group of Lyon County | $21,600 | 6 | 2% |
| Rock Rapids Mural Society Inc | $20,600 | 7 | n/a |
| Lester Visioning Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Whispers of Love Hope & Joy Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Lyon County Historical Society | $18,250 | 7 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $18,050 | 4 | 0% |
| Hillcrest Family Services Inc | $18,050 | 4 | 0% |
| Orphaned and Injured Wildlife Incorporated | $17,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Hawarden Community Food Pantry | $13,500 | 1 | 14% |
| Rock Rapids Area Development Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Alvord Betterment Committee Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Larchwood Community Group | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Covenant House | $9,400 | 4 | 0% |
| McCrossan Boys Ranch | $7,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Abbott House Inc | $7,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Rock Rapids Kids Club Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Mid-Sioux Opportunity Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lyon County Fair Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope Food Pantry | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Midwest Honor Flight - Ia & Sd | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Center for Financial Education | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($332k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dorothy E McCormack Charitable Trust 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: Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Inc · James W and Ella B Forster Trust · Interstates Foundation · Stewart Family Foundation · Siouxland Community Foundation · Land O'Lakes Foundation · Sanford Group Return · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Midcontinent Foundation · Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc · Timothy J Sandbulte Family Foundation · South Dakota Community Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Dorothy E McCormack Charitable Trust with peer funders
About Dorothy E McCormack Charitable Trust
- How much does Dorothy E McCormack Charitable Trust give?
- Dorothy E McCormack Charitable Trust reported 22 grants totaling $170,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 31 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Dorothy E McCormack Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (16%), Education (16%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Dorothy E McCormack Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Village Northwest Unlimited ($63k), Greater Sioux Community Health Center Inc ($50k), Rock Rapids United Fund ($35k).
- Does Dorothy E McCormack Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dorothy E McCormack Charitable Trust 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 Dorothy E McCormack Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Inc, James W and Ella B Forster Trust, Interstates Foundation.
- Where is Dorothy E McCormack Charitable Trust based?
- Dorothy E McCormack Charitable Trust is based in IA.
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