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Fred Maytag Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
62
Grants FY2024
61
Organizations funded FY2023
11%
First-time grantees FY2023
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59% of Fred Maytag Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Nature Conservancy, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 21 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Fred Maytag Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 45 organizations, $7M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

48
’17
51
’18
55
’19
48
’20
48
’21
53
’22
44
’23
45
’24
21
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2024
$40,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,995,637
Organizations funded a year
61 to 77
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
17
Total assets, FY2024
$58M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Fred Maytag Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $442k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHealthEducationEnvironmentPublic BenefitYouth 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
FY2024still arriving61$7.0M16%
FY202361$4.1M11%
FY202265$2.8M23%
FY202166$7.7M14%
FY202069$2.9M10%
FY201975$12M24%
FY201871$5.7M21%
FY201777$4.1Mn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$27MHuman Services$5.9MArts & Culture$5.7MEducation$5.5MPhilanthropy$5.3MHealth$4.2MYouth Development$1.5MSocial Science$1.3MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
NV
WY
IA
IN
PA
NJ
CA
NE
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
DC
MS
GA
TX
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 100 grantees
All grantees of Fred Maytag Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Save the Redwoods League$14,130,027814%
Central College$3,283,92294%
Wesley Retirement Services Inc$2,999,42683%
Newton Young Mens Christian Association$1,995,637136%
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County$1,499,503150%
Community Music Center$996,699112%
Free to Choose Network Inc$901,43969%
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc$600,00080%
Friends of Craft Inc$595,640313%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa$586,137714%
Direct Relief$570,41370%
Clearview Recovery Inc$518,618825%
Wesleylife$494,39614%
Hearing Health Foundation$445,00082%
Property and Environment Research Center$400,00082%
American Council of Trustees and Alumni$400,00081%
Orchard Place$400,00070%
Providence St Mel School$400,00091%
Center for Immigration Studies Inc$400,00046%
Iowa Barn Foundation$350,000752%
Des Moines Symphony Association$350,00064%
Des Moines Metro Opera Inc$340,00062%
Institute for Justice$340,00090%
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden$335,00082%
Ethics and Public Policy Center Inc$315,00082%
Edmundson Art Foundation Inc$290,00081%
Ballet Des Moines$280,00086%
National Association of Scholars Inc$260,00043%
Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa$250,00016%
Iowa Youth Chorus$240,000826%
Science Center of Iowa$215,00071%
Civic Music Association Des Moines$210,00086%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$205,00050%
Children and Families of Iowa$205,00070%
Living History Farms Foundation$200,00081%
Hudson Institute Inc$200,00080%
Mercy Foundation of Des Moines Iowa$189,84212%
Iowa Legal Aid$185,00060%
Hoover Presidential Foundation$175,00052%
Des Moines Performing Arts$165,00071%
Momentum Wheels for Humanity$160,00041%
Iowa Historical Foundation$150,00059%
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship$150,00060%
Newton Shooting Sports$143,0002n/a
Arizona Land and Water Trust Inc$132,13072%
Mid-Iowa Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc$120,00051%
The International Dark-Sky Association Inc$120,00062%
Vox Press Inc$117,0548n/a
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History$110,17520%
Camp Fire Heart of Iowa$110,00042%
Iowa Arboretum Inc$105,00073%
Newton Medical Center Foundation$100,00023%
Foundation for Cultural Review$100,00012%
Desert Botanical Garden Inc$80,00040%
Center for Equal Opportunity$80,00028%
Bipartisan Policy Center Inc$75,00030%
Jasper County Historical Museum$70,000399%
Mind and Spirit Counseling Center$70,00031%
Iowa 4-H Foundation$70,00071%
San Francisco Performances Inc$67,70013%
Newton Village Inc$62,0001n/a
Mosaic La$60,0003n/a
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum$55,00020%
Great Rivers Council - Boy Scouts of America$50,00012%
Dmacc Foundation$50,00011%
Sierra County Land Trust$50,000154%
Prelude Behavioral Services$50,00040%
Certell Inc$50,00011%
Mosaic$45,00020%
Miracle Flights$45,00050%
Newton Community Theatre Inc$45,000326%
United Way of Jasper County$40,00026%
Catching the Dream$40,00025%
Children's Cancer Center Inc$39,00050%
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa$35,00020%
Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc$35,00020%
Free Wheelchair Mission$33,00060%
Childserve Inc$32,25050%
National Forest Foundation$30,00010%
Food Bank of Iowa$25,00010%
Iowa Legal Aid Foundation$25,00013%
American Cancer Society Inc$25,00050%
Montana State University Foundation Inc$25,00010%
National Forensic League D/B/A National Speech and Debate Assoc$25,00010%
The Center for the Study of Technology and Society$25,00015%
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation$20,00010%
The Tvrc Education Foundation Inc$20,00011%
Just Facts Inc$20,00015%
Pace$20,0001n/a
Montana Wilderness School$15,00012%
Childserve Foundation Inc$12,00020%
American Heart Association Inc$11,00030%
Seed Savers Exchange Inc$10,00010%
National Ttt Society$10,00013%
Lifeline Inc$5,00011%
Progress Industries$5,00010%
Great Outdoors Foundation$5,00011%
Des Moines Social Club$5,00010%
Jasper County Concert Association Inc$4,4508n/a
Prevent Blindness Iowa$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 62 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Fred Maytag Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 93 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSave the Redwoods League: $14,130,027 over 8y, 14% of budgetCentral College: $3,283,922 over 9y, 4.3% of budgetWesley Retirement Services Inc: $2,999,426 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetNewton Young Mens Christian Association: $1,995,637 over 1y, 36% of budgetThe Land Trust for Santa Barbara County: $1,499,503 over 1y, 50% of budgetCommunity Music Center: $996,699 over 1y, 12% of budgetFree to Choose Network Inc: $901,439 over 6y, 8.6% of budgetManhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc: $600,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetFriends of Craft Inc: $595,640 over 3y, 13% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa: $586,137 over 7y, 14% of budgetDirect Relief: $570,413 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetClearview Recovery Inc: $518,618 over 8y, 25% of budgetWesleylife: $494,396 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetHearing Health Foundation: $445,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetProperty and Environment Research Center: $400,000 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetAmerican Council of Trustees and Alumni: $400,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetOrchard Place: $400,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetProvidence St Mel School: $400,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetCenter for Immigration Studies Inc: $400,000 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetIowa Barn Foundation: $350,000 over 7y, 52% of budgetDes Moines Symphony Association: $350,000 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetDes Moines Metro Opera Inc: $340,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetInstitute for Justice: $340,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Des Moines Botanical Garden: $335,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetEthics and Public Policy Center Inc: $315,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetEdmundson Art Foundation Inc: $290,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetBallet Des Moines: $280,000 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetNational Association of Scholars Inc: $260,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetVariety - the Children's Charity of Iowa: $250,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetIowa Youth Chorus: $240,000 over 8y, 26% of budgetScience Center of Iowa: $215,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetCivic Music Association Des Moines: $210,000 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $205,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetChildren and Families of Iowa: $205,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetLiving History Farms Foundation: $200,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetHudson Institute Inc: $200,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Foundation of Des Moines Iowa: $189,842 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetIowa Legal Aid: $185,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHoover Presidential Foundation: $175,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetDes Moines Performing Arts: $165,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetMomentum Wheels for Humanity: $160,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetIowa Historical Foundation: $150,000 over 5y, 9.3% of budgetNetwork for Teaching Entrepreneurship: $150,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetArizona Land and Water Trust Inc: $132,130 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetMid-Iowa Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc: $120,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetThe International Dark-Sky Association Inc: $120,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetThe Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: $110,175 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCamp Fire Heart of Iowa: $110,000 over 4y, 2.1% 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 93.

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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.

EMC Insurance FoundationIA50.6× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: EMC Insurance Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Meredith Corporation Foundation · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Bookey Family Foundation · William C Knapp Charitable Fdn · John Ruan Foundation Trust · Ita Group Foundation · Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust

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 Fred Maytag Family Foundation

How much does Fred Maytag Family Foundation give?
Fred Maytag Family Foundation reported 62 grants totaling $7,164,231 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 61 and 77 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Fred Maytag Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (43%), Human Services (10%), Arts & Culture (9%).
Who are Fred Maytag Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Save the Redwoods League ($14M), Central College ($3.3M), Wesley Retirement Services Inc ($3.0M).
Does Fred Maytag Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Fred Maytag Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Fred Maytag Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include EMC Insurance Foundation, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc.
Where is Fred Maytag Family Foundation based?
Fred Maytag Family Foundation is based in CA.

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 166 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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