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Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$624k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
33
Grants FY2024
31
Organizations funded FY2023
23%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$52,500
Organizations funded a year
29 to 41
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$7.4M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 23% of the organizations Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $104k 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
Civil RightsArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentHousing & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving28$619k7%
FY202331$568k23%
FY202238$619k37%
FY202130$477k20%
FY202029$437k28%
FY201941$445k29%
FY201836$354k50%
FY201729$302kn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Education$933kAnimals$496kArts & Culture$451kReligion$342kEnvironment$337kPhilanthropy$331kHealth$188kPublic Benefit$186kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
MI
NY
IA
AR
NC
SC
DC
HI
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 65 grantees
All grantees of Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Drake University$443,50080%
Assistance Dogs of Hawaii$407,50086%
Des Moines Metro Opera Inc$160,00051%
Iowa Freedom of Information Council$118,070734%
Orchard Place$111,19060%
Bergman Academy$100,00031%
Iowa Center for Children's Justice$85,000316%
Mainframe Studios$80,00022%
Blank Park Zoo Foundation Inc$75,00020%
Edmundson Art Foundation Inc$73,00060%
Simpson College$61,50060%
Youth and Shelter Services Inc$60,00020%
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden$51,00021%
American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa$50,00069%
Alliance for a Better Iowa Education Fund$50,000214%
Urban Dreams$46,00041%
United Way of Central Iowa$45,00030%
Scattergood School$37,5003n/a
New York City Center Inc$37,00050%
Des Moines Area Religious Council$35,00021%
Roosevelt High School Foundation$30,50011%
Des Moines Public Library Foundation$26,00071%
Mind and Spirit Counseling Center$26,00070%
World Food Prize Foundation$25,00010%
Hope Ministries$25,00010%
The Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Des Moines$22,50040%
Iowa Legal Aid Foundation$20,00021%
Iowa Legal Aid$20,00020%
Food Bank of Iowa$20,00010%
Polk County Housing Trust Fund$20,00030%
Families Forward$18,50051%
Latino Political Network$17,500258%
One Iowa$15,00022%
Center at Sixth$15,00010%
Newseum Inc$10,00020%
Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation$10,00020%
Music Under the Stars Inc$10,0001n/a
Carleton College$10,00010%
Living History Farms Foundation$7,50060%
Keawala'I Congregational Church$7,0005n/a
Salisbury House Foundation$7,00050%
Iowa Public Radio Inc$6,50040%
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc$6,50010%
Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation$5,00010%
Rider Baseball Club$5,00012%
Healthy Birth Day Inc$5,00011%
Central Iowa Shelter & Services$5,00010%
Skate Dsm$5,00013%
Progress Now Inc$5,00010%
Above and Beyond Cancer Inc$3,50021%
Can Play$2,50010%
Village Preservation Foundation$2,2503n/a
Balance Autism$2,00020%
Animal Rescue League of Iowa Inc$1,75020%
Puppy Jake Foundation$1,00010%
Ellipsis Inc$1,00010%
Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation$1,00011%
First Friday Breakfast Club$1,00011%
Street Collective$75030%
Shelter Housing Corporation D/B/A the Bridge Home$50010%
AMOS A Mid-Iowa Organizing Strategy$50010%
Trees Forever Inc$50010%
Young Women's Resource Center$25010%
Smithsonian Institution$15010%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 61 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDrake University: $443,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAssistance Dogs of Hawaii: $407,500 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetDes Moines Metro Opera Inc: $160,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetIowa Freedom of Information Council: $118,070 over 7y, 34% of budgetOrchard Place: $111,190 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBergman Academy: $100,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetIowa Center for Children's Justice: $85,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetMainframe Studios: $80,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetBlank Park Zoo Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEdmundson Art Foundation Inc: $73,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSimpson College: $61,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetYouth and Shelter Services Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGreater Des Moines Botanical Garden: $51,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Iowa: $50,000 over 6y, 8.6% of budgetAlliance for a Better Iowa Education Fund: $50,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetUrban Dreams: $46,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetUnited Way of Central Iowa: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNew York City Center Inc: $37,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDes Moines Area Religious Council: $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetRoosevelt High School Foundation: $30,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetDes Moines Public Library Foundation: $26,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetMind and Spirit Counseling Center: $26,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetWorld Food Prize Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHope Ministries: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Des Moines: $22,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetIowa Legal Aid Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetIowa Legal Aid: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFood Bank of Iowa: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPolk County Housing Trust Fund: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFamilies Forward: $18,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetLatino Political Network: $17,500 over 2y, 58% of budgetOne Iowa: $15,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCenter at Sixth: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNewseum Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Des Moines Public Art Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCarleton College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiving History Farms Foundation: $7,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSalisbury House Foundation: $7,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetIowa Public Radio Inc: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHoyt Sherman Place Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRider Baseball Club: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetHealthy Birth Day Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCentral Iowa Shelter & Services: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSkate Dsm: $5,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetProgress Now Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAbove and Beyond Cancer Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCan Play: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% 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 61.

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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.

Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino IncIA68.4× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Meredith Corporation Foundation · Bookey Family Foundation · EMC Insurance Foundation · Ita Group Foundation · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust · Kyle J & Sharon Krause Family Foundation · United Way of Central Iowa · William C Knapp Charitable Fdn · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc

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 Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner

How much does Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner give?
Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner reported 33 grants totaling $624,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 41 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (24%), Animals (12%), Arts & Culture (11%).
Who are Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Drake University ($444k), Assistance Dogs of Hawaii ($408k), Des Moines Metro Opera Inc ($160k).
Does Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Meredith Corporation Foundation.
Where is Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner based?
Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner 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 99 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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