Iowa · Private foundation
F William Beckwith Charitable 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.
- $270k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $110,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations F William Beckwith Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k 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 | 4 | $270k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $357k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $250k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $275k | 92% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $288k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $255k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $300k | 90% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $300k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Courageous of Iowa | $450,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Iowa Grocers Education Foundation | $232,000 | 3 | 28% |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boone County Hospital Foundation | $110,000 | 3 | 17% |
| Boone County Hospital | $105,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Iowa Grocery Industry Association | $100,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Woodberry Forest School | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chris Norton Foundation | $60,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dmacc Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Courageous of Iowa | $450,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Iowa Grocers Education Foundation | $232,000 | 3 | 28% |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boone County Hospital Foundation | $110,000 | 3 | 17% |
| Boone County Hospital | $105,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Iowa Grocery Industry Association | $100,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Woodberry Forest School | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chris Norton Foundation | $60,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dmacc Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trinity Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope Ministries | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Academy | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity Regional Medical Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($812k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
F William Beckwith Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 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.
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How this is measured
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About F William Beckwith Charitable Foundation
- How much does F William Beckwith Charitable Foundation give?
- F William Beckwith Charitable Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $270,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does F William Beckwith Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (28%), Education (28%), Human Services (23%).
- Who are F William Beckwith Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Camp Courageous of Iowa ($450k), Iowa Grocers Education Foundation ($232k), State University of Iowa Foundation ($200k).
- Does F William Beckwith Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does F William Beckwith Charitable 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 F William Beckwith Charitable 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, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is F William Beckwith Charitable Foundation based?
- F William Beckwith Charitable Foundation is based in IA.
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