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Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$440k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
141
Grants FY2025
252
Organizations funded FY2024
96%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
177 to 252
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$10M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 96% of the organizations Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 87% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $483k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving140$420k84%
FY2024252$558k96%
FY2023226$397k83%
FY2022243$446k89%
FY2021233$346k86%
FY2020219$346k92%
FY2019203$282k96%
FY2017177$199kn/a
36% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$517kEducation$402kHousing & Shelter$140kHealth$114kCommunity Improvement$107kYouth Development$68kEmployment$54kArts & Culture$48kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
IA
CA
CO
TN
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 92 grantees
All grantees of Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Emergency Assistance Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Four Oaks Family and Children's Services$45,00070%
Two By Two Character Development$36,00054%
Catherine McAuley Center Inc$28,50060%
Key City Creative Center$25,28057%
One City United$25,00032%
Newbo City Market$25,00021%
Feed Iowa First$20,00014%
Job Foundation$18,50051%
Cedar Valley Friends of the Family Inc$18,50040%
Willis Dady Emergency Shelter Inc$18,00040%
Ecumenical Community Center Foundation$16,00062%
Operation Fresh Start Inc$15,00020%
Crescent Community Health Center$15,00030%
Family Advocates Inc$15,00041%
Presentation Lantern$14,00022%
Christian Community Development$12,50030%
Families Helping Families$12,50062%
Dubuque Museum of Art$12,50020%
Riverview Center Inc$11,00020%
Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois Inc$10,50040%
The Fountain of Youth Program$10,00021%
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Habitat for Humanity of Dane County Inc$10,00020%
Madison Northside Planning Council Inc$10,00020%
The Dream Center$10,00022%
Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity$10,00010%
Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity$10,00010%
Dubuque Dream Center Inc$10,00010%
Opening Doors$10,00010%
Project Iowa$10,00021%
Stonehill Benevolent Foundation$10,00011%
Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity Inc$10,00020%
House of Hope$10,00041%
Waypoint Services$10,00010%
Sinsinawa Dominicans Inc$10,0001n/a
Hope Community Development Assoc$10,0001n/a
247 Blac$10,00012%
Marion Independent School Foundation and Alumni Association$8,50051%
YWCA Madison Inc$7,00020%
The Arc of East Central Iowa$6,50020%
Marion Cares Inc$6,00031%
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa Inc$5,63540%
Hills and Dales Child Development Center$5,50020%
The Dubuque Visiting Nurse Association$5,50030%
Camp Albrecht Acres of the Midwest$5,30021%
His Hands Ministries$5,05030%
Iowa Center for Economic Success$5,00010%
Homes of Oakridge Human Services$5,00010%
Friends of St Mary's$5,0001n/a
United Way of Dane County Inc$5,0001n/a
Common Wealth Development Inc$5,0001n/a
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Northeastern Iowa Inc$5,00021%
Operation Enpower$5,0001n/a
One Cedar Valley$5,0001n/a
The New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative Inc$5,00010%
Jesse Cosby Neighborhood Center Inc$5,00011%
Junior League of Cedar Rapids Inc$5,00023%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque$5,0001n/a
Potosi Rescue Squad Inc$5,00013%
Together We Achieve$5,00022%
Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program Inc$5,00020%
Peosta Elementary Parents$5,0001n/a
Southwest Opportunities Center Inc$5,00010%
Leader Valley Foundation$4,00011%
Tri-County Child and Family Development Council Inc$4,00010%
Family & Children's Council of Black Hawk County$4,00021%
Tanager Place$4,00040%
Finley Health Foundation Inc$4,00020%
United Way of Northwest Illinois Inc$3,86530%
March of Dimes Inc$3,82550%
Dubuque Montessori School Inc$3,73011%
St Florian Fire & Burn Foundation$3,50021%
Dream Iowa$3,0001n/a
Grin & Grow Ltd$3,00011%
Dubuque Regional Humane Society$2,50020%
Creative Adventure Lab Inc$2,40010%
Jane Boyd Community House$2,00010%
River Bend Food Reservoir$2,00010%
Lutheran Services in Iowa Inc$2,00010%
Iowa Dental Foundation$2,00011%
Young Parents Network$2,00010%
Mindful Minutes$2,00014%
Amani Community Service$2,00011%
Red Basket Project$2,00021%
Wisconsin Badger Camp Inc$1,50010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa$1,50010%
Camp Courageous of Iowa$1,50010%
Dubuque Community Y$1,50010%
Lba Foundation$1,0001n/a
Mercy Medical Center$1,00010%
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 1,444 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEmergency Assistance Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFour Oaks Family and Children's Services: $45,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTwo By Two Character Development: $36,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetCatherine McAuley Center Inc: $28,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetKey City Creative Center: $25,280 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetOne City United: $25,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetNewbo City Market: $25,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFeed Iowa First: $20,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetJob Foundation: $18,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCedar Valley Friends of the Family Inc: $18,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWillis Dady Emergency Shelter Inc: $18,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEcumenical Community Center Foundation: $16,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetOperation Fresh Start Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCrescent Community Health Center: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Advocates Inc: $15,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetPresentation Lantern: $14,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetChristian Community Development: $12,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFamilies Helping Families: $12,500 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetDubuque Museum of Art: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRiverview Center Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGirl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois Inc: $10,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Fountain of Youth Program: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSouthwest Wisconsin Technical College Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Dane County Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMadison Northside Planning Council Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Dream Center: $10,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCedar Valley Habitat for Humanity: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetIowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDubuque Dream Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOpening Doors: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetProject Iowa: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetStonehill Benevolent Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetGreater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHouse of Hope: $10,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetWaypoint Services: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget247 Blac: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMarion Independent School Foundation and Alumni Association: $8,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetYWCA Madison Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Arc of East Central Iowa: $6,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMarion Cares Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetJunior Achievement of Eastern Iowa Inc: $5,635 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHills and Dales Child Development Center: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Dubuque Visiting Nurse Association: $5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCamp Albrecht Acres of the Midwest: $5,300 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHis Hands Ministries: $5,050 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetIowa Center for Economic Success: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHomes of Oakridge Human Services: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetConsumer Credit Counseling Service of Northeastern Iowa Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 80.

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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.

Alliant Energy Foundation IncWI87.7× affinity51 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · GreenState Credit Union · Heartland Charitable Trust · James B & Melita a McDonough Foundation · Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation · Otto Schoitz Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque · Max and Helen Guernsey Charitable Foundation · Dubuque Racing Association Ltd · Spahn & Rose Lumber Co Charitable Fdtn · Lsb Foundation · The Accel 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.

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About Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation

How much does Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation give?
Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation reported 141 grants totaling $440,408 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 177 and 252 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (17%), Education (13%), Housing & Shelter (5%).
Who are Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Emergency Assistance Foundation Inc ($100k), Four Oaks Family and Children's Services ($45k), Two By Two Character Development ($36k).
Does Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 96% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, GreenState Credit Union, Heartland Charitable Trust.
Where is Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation based?
Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation is based in IA.

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 1538 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-PF 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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