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Fnnb Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$26k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
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.

Education$43kPublic Benefit$29kHuman Services$29kHealth$21kPhilanthropy$16kFood & Nutrition$7kArts & Culture$5kRecreation & Sports$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$1,800
Median grant
1
States reached
$4k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WESLEYLIFE FOUNDATION$15,000
DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$2,500
DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS$2,000
NEWTON SALVATION ARMY$1,800
UNITED WAY OF JASPER COUNTY$1,800
MERCY ONE FOUNDATION$1,700
JASPER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA$500
JASPER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$300
IOWA COLLEGE FOUNDATION$100
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%JASPER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%UNITY POINT FOUNDATION: $4k → 10%SKIFF MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 9%UNITY POINT HOSPITALS: $2k → 10%CITY OF NEWTON IOWA: $2k → 9%UNITY POINT FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%NEWTON DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS: $2k → 9%IOWA HOSPITAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%NEWTON SALVATION ARMY: $2k → 9%IOWA HOSPITAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%NEWTON DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS: $2k → 9%DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS: $2k → 9%NEWTON SALVATION ARMY: $2k → 9%NEWTON DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS: $2k → 9%CITY OF NEWTON IOWA: $2k → 9%NEWTON SALVATION ARMY: $2k → 9%DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS: $2k → 9%DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS: $2k → 9%NEWTON DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS: $2k → 9%UNITED WAY OF JASPER COUNTY: $2k → 9%UNITED WAY OF JASPER COUNTY: $2k → 9%UNITED WAY OF JASPER COUNTY: $2k → 9%DES MOINES AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%UNITED WAY OF JASPER COUNTY: $2k → 9%NEWTON SALVATION ARMY: $2k → 9%WESLEYLIFE FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%UNITED WAY OF JASPER COUNTY: $2k → 9%MERCY HOSPITAL: $3k → 10%NEWTON SALVATION ARMY: $2k → 9%MERCY HOSPITAL: $2k → 10%NEWTON SALVATION ARMY: $2k → 9%MERCY ONE FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%UNITED WAY OF JASPER COUNTY: $2k → 9%MERCY ONE FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%NEWTON SALVATION ARMY: $2k → 9%MERCY ONE FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%NEWTON SALVATION ARMY: $2k → 9%IOWA SCULPTURE FESTIVAL: $2k → 9%CITY OF NEWTON IOWA: $2k → 9%NEWTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $2k → 9%NEWTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $2k → 9%NEWTON CHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOL ASSN: $2k → 9%NEWTON CHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOL ASSN: $2k → 9%CITY OF NEWTON IOWA: $2k → 9%NEWTON CHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOL ASSN: $2k → 9%NEWTON CHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOL ASSN: $2k → 9%NEWTON YMCA: $1k → 9%NEWTON PUBLIC LIBRARY: $1k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$117k · 21 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +47% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
15

Total granted

$117k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+47%

Still filing today

38%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationHealthEnvironmentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF JASPER COUNTY
    6× · 2017–2025 · $11k · revenue +50%
  • NC
    NEWTON CHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOL ASSN
    6× · 2017–2024 · $7k · revenue +117%
  • IH
    IOWA HOSPITAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2021 · $5k · revenue +162%

Funded once

  • SU
    STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $9k · revenue +12%
  • SM
    SKIFF MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • IS
    IOWA SCULPTURE FESTIVAL
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +3%
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
Iowa Automotive Heritage Foundation
Science & Tech
2
Union County Historical Society

Preservation of union county iowa hisorical information and artifacts.

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3
Des Moines Co Historical Society

To maintain, improve and restore 3 historical properties

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4
Iowa Historical Foundation

Promoting, for the benefit and education of the general public, the preservation and interpretation of the history of the state of iowa.

Arts & Culture
5
Dawson County Historical Society

Operation of Historical Museum for the collection, preparation and display of artifacts from Dawson County Nebraska and disseminate and educate the public about Dawson County and it's historical treasures.

Arts & Culture
6
Iowa Newspaper Association

To improve member newspapers

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7
Newton Housing Development Corporation

Increase the quantity and quality of housing in newton, iowa

Housing & Shelter
8
The Iowa Clinic Healthcare Foundation

To provide ongoing philanthropic support to charitable organizations in central iowa.

Health
9
Iowa West Foundation
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10
Newton Public Library Foundation

Support the newton public library

Education
11
Jasper County Economic Development Corporation

Promotion of economic growth in jasper county, iowa

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12
Jefferson County Health Center Foundation Inc

To receive contributions and gifts and to disburse funds to assist in supporting jefferson county hospital, jefferson county, iowa.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jasper Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Centre for Arts and Artists. 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

18 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. 18 of the 39 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEWTON SALVATION ARMY: $14,900 · OtherNEWTON SALVATION ARMYUNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $12,200 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATIONUNITED WAY OF JASPER COUNTY: $10,800 · OtherUNITED WAY OF JASPER COUNTYCITY OF NEWTON IOWA: $8,350 · OtherCITY OF NEWTON IOWANEWTON DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS: $8,200 · OtherNEWTON DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARSNEWTON CHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOL ASSN: $7,400 · OtherNEWTON CHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOL ASSNNEWTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DIST: $7,350 · OtherNEWTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTUNITY POINT FOUNDATION: $7,000 · OtherUNITY POINT FOUNDATIONMERCY ONE FOUNDATION: $6,665 · OtherMERCY ONE FOUNDATIONDOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS: $6,000 · OtherUNITY POINT HOSPITALS: $4,500 · Other+16 more: $19,913 · Other+16 moreWESLEYLIFE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyWESLEYLIFE FOU…JASPER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,800 · PhilanthropyJASPER COMMUNI…+1 more: $250 · PhilanthropySTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $9,200 · EducationDMACC FOUNDATION: $2,500 · EducationMHIC: $5,900 · HealthIOWA HOSPITAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $4,900 · HealthCENTRE FOR ARTS AND ARTISTS: $1,000 · Arts & CultureNewton Main Street: $500 · Arts & CultureJASPER COUNTY MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $500 · Arts & CultureNEWTON ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $1,300 · EnvironmentPI FOUNDATION: $750 · Housing & Shelter
Other$113,278Philanthropy$20,050Education$11,700Health$10,800Arts & Culture$2,000Environment$1,300Housing & Shelter$750

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF JASPER COUNTY: $10,800 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $9,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEWTON CHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOL ASSN: $7,400 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMHIC: $5,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA HOSPITAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $4,900 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetJASPER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,800 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetNEWTON YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $2,563 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDMACC FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJASPER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA: $1,750 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetIOWA SCULPTURE FESTIVAL: $1,700 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetNEWTON ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $1,300 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCENTRE FOR ARTS AND ARTISTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPI FOUNDATION: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIOWA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNewton Main Street: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJASPER COUNTY MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $250 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 WESLEYLIFE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF JASPER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEWTON CHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOL ASSN ↗
  • Who funds MHIC ↗
  • Who funds IOWA HOSPITAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JASPER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEWTON YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds DMACC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JASPER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA ↗
  • Who funds IOWA SCULPTURE FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds NEWTON ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRE FOR ARTS AND ARTISTS ↗
  • Who funds PI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds IOWA COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Newton Main Street ↗
  • Who funds JASPER COUNTY MUSEUM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

Smith Family Foundati…Donald C & Doris K By…Community Fdn of Grea…Schiller Family Found…The Geisler-Penquite …B D Charitable TrustFred Maytag Family Fo…Pella Rolscreen Found…The Blackbaud Giving …Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Smith Family Foundation TrustMI20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Smith Family Foundation Trust · Donald C & Doris K Byers Charitable Trust · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Schiller Family Foundation · The Geisler-Penquite Foundation · B D Charitable Trust · Fred Maytag Family Foundation · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Fnnb Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fnnb Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 Fnnb Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Fnnb 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 39 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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