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Falb Family 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.

$82k
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$36k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Arts & Culture$400kEducation$230kYouth Development$214kAnimals$121kCommunity Improvement$105kFood & Nutrition$71kRecreation & Sports$27kHuman Services$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k25 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $53k
$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Dubuque Symphony Orchestra (Arts Trek)$36,000
Dubuque Food Pantry$16,500
Dubuque Museum of Art$2,500
University of Dubuque$2,500
Boys and Girls Club Greater Dubuque$2,500
Friends of St Mary's (dba Steeple Square LLC)$2,000
Hillcrest Family Services$2,000
Dubuque Arts Council$2,000
Dubuque Rescue Mission$2,000
Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa$1,500
Dubuque Regional Humane Society$1,500
Northeast Iowa Council - Scouting America$1,500
Carnegie Stout Library Foundation$1,500
Junior Achievement of the Heartland$1,000
American Red Cross$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

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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
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 40 repeat orgs$161k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
12

Total granted

$1.1M
$159k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+11%

Still filing today

60%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthRecreation & SportsYouth 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • DS
    DUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
    2× · 2021–2022 · $108k · revenue +186%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $106k · revenue +47%
  • NI
    Northeast Iowa Community College Foundation Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $101k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • LD
    LEGION-AIRES DRUM AND BUGLE CORPSgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $95k · revenue +243%
  • DC
    DUBUQUE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (AKA NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM &
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • ML
    MIRACLE LEAGUE OF DUBUQUE
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue -97%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

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.

1
Dubuque Area Convention and Visitors Bureau

The Dubuque Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) will lead tourism destination promotion and development to enhance and expand the Dubuque Area experience.

Community Improvement
2
Dubuque County Historical Society

To inspire stewardship by creating educational experiences where history and rivers come alive.

Arts & Culture
3
United Way of North Central Iowa

Seeking to build a stronger, more caring community by forming partnerships with businesses, community experts, education & health & human service agencies to achieve targeted outcomes & sustained changes in community conditions which will…

Philanthropy
4
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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5
Hospice of Dubuque

Providing compassionate care for persons with serious and terminal illness and their loved ones.

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6
United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States

To connect people and resources to advance the health, education, and income of those in need in our community.

Philanthropy
7
Food Bank of Iowa

The organization receives, warehouses, and distributes salvageable food items to non-profit tax exempt member agencies to feed the ill, needy, and infants.

Food & Nutrition
8
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.

—
9
State University of Iowa Foundation

The university of iowa center for advancement's mission is to advance the university of iowa through engagement and philanthropy. we serve our alumni and friends in the state and the region, throughout the country, and around the world. we…

Education
10
Iowa Credit Union Foundation

Founded in 1995 as the philanthropic arm of the iowa credit union league and guided by the credit union philosophy of "people helping people", the iowa credit union foundation (the foundation) works to champion financial well-being for…

Unclassified
11
Dubuque County Early Childhood Inc

Dubuque County Early Childhood builds community collaboration, commitment, and advocacy for a quality early childhood system.

Community Improvement
12
The Dubuque Visiting Nurse Association

The visiting nurse association exists to promote and improve the health, wellness, and safety of individuals and communities through provision of comprehensive, home, and community based initiatives and services.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque; the most unlike its peers is Miracle League of Dubuque. 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

34 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. 34 of the 55 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
23/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Colts Youth Organization Colts Drum and Bugle Corps: $155,000 · OtherColts Youth Organization Colts Drum and Bugle CorpsDubuque Symphony Orchestra (Arts Trek): $108,500 · OtherDubuque Symphony Orchestra (Arts Trek)DUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $108,000 · OtherDUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRANortheast Iowa Community College Foundation Inc: $101,200 · OtherNortheast Iowa Community College Foundation IncDUBUQUE FOOD PANTRY: $68,200 · OtherDUBUQUE FOOD PANTRYDUBUQUE RESCUE MISSION: $41,200 · OtherDUBUQUE RESCUE MISSIONDUBUQUE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (AKA NATIONAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM &: $25,000 · Other+33 more: $140,166 · Other+33 moreLEGION-AIRES DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS: $95,000 · Arts & CultureLEGION-AIRE…DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART: $22,500 · Arts & CultureDUBUQUE MUS…Creative Adventure Lab Inc: $5,000 · Arts & CultureFOUR MOUNDS FOUNDATION: $4,500 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE: $106,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY…Clarke University of Dubuque Iowa: $4,000 · Education+1 more: $2,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF ST MARY'S: $104,000 · Community ImprovementFRIENDS O…DUBUQUE REGIONAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $76,400 · AnimalsHillcrest Family Services Inc: $17,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $9,000 · Human ServicesDUBUQUE COMMUNITY Y: $4,500 · Human ServicesStonehill Benevolent Foundation: $1,600 · Human ServicesMIRACLE LEAGUE OF DUBUQUE: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS IOWA INC: $2,250 · Recreation & Sports
Other$747,266Arts & Culture$127,000Education$112,000Community Improvement$104,000Animals$76,400Human Services$32,100Recreation & Sports$27,250

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $108,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE: $106,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF ST MARY'S: $104,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetNortheast Iowa Community College Foundation Inc: $101,200 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetLEGION-AIRES DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS: $95,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetDUBUQUE REGIONAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $76,400 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetDUBUQUE FOOD PANTRY: $68,200 over 9y, 12% of budgetMIRACLE LEAGUE OF DUBUQUE: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetDUBUQUE ARTS COUNCIL: $22,766 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetDUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART: $22,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetHillcrest Family Services Inc: $17,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS INC: $14,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFINLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $10,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEAST IOWA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS: $6,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetOPENING DOORS: $5,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCreative Adventure Lab Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFoundation for Dubuque Public Schools: $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLORAS COLLEGE: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDUBUQUE COMMUNITY Y: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFOUR MOUNDS FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetClarke University of Dubuque Iowa: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS IOWA INC: $2,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCONVIVIUM URBAN FARMSTEAD: $2,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetStonehill Benevolent Foundation: $1,600 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTwo By Two Character Development: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVETERANS FREEDOM CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE HEARTLAND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY SOLUTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMT PLEASANT HOME: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHEAST IOWA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUBUQUE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF IOWA INC: $500 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.

  • Who funds DUBUQUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF ST MARY'S ↗
  • Who funds Northeast Iowa Community College Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds LEGION-AIRES DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS ↗
  • Who funds DUBUQUE REGIONAL HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds DUBUQUE FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds MIRACLE LEAGUE OF DUBUQUE ↗
  • Who funds DUBUQUE ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds Hillcrest Family Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS INC ↗
  • Who funds FINLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST IOWA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS ↗
  • Who funds OPENING DOORS ↗
  • Who funds Creative Adventure Lab Inc ↗
  • Who funds Foundation for Dubuque Public Schools ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER DUBUQUE ↗
  • Who funds LORAS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds DUBUQUE COMMUNITY Y ↗
  • Who funds FOUR MOUNDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Clarke University of Dubuque Iowa ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS IOWA INC ↗
  • Who funds CONVIVIUM URBAN FARMSTEAD ↗

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.

James B & Melita a Mc…Heartland Charitable …Community Foundation …Dubuque Racing Associ…Alliant Energy Founda…Sirk Family FoundationAy McDonald Charitabl…Spahn & Rose Lumber C…The Butler Family Fou…Crescent Electric Cha…Schoen Family Charita…Mathis Pfohl Foundati…
James B & Melita a McDonough FoundationIA53.6× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: James B & Melita a McDonough Foundation · Heartland Charitable Trust · Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque · Dubuque Racing Association Ltd · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Sirk Family Foundation · Ay McDonald Charitable Foundation · Spahn & Rose Lumber Co Charitable Fdtn · The Butler Family Foundation · Crescent Electric Charitable Foundation · Schoen Family Charitable Trust · Mathis Pfohl 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Falb Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Falb Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 Falb Family Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Falb Family Charitable 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 55 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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