Iowa · Private foundation
Gary Wicklund Family 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.
- $33k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 39
- Grants FY2025
- 41
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $400
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 37 to 43
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $717k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Gary Wicklund Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 38 | $33k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 41 | $19k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 41 | $17k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 42 | $20k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 43 | $24k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $19k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchestra Iowa Inc | $12,860 | 4 | 0% |
| Vail Performing Arts Academy | $9,400 | 6 | 1% |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Foundation for the Iowa City Community School District | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Paul Taylor Dance Foundation Inc | $4,400 | 6 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $4,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Balletx | $3,520 | 6 | 0% |
| The Englert Civic Theatre Inc | $3,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Joffrey Ballet | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Vilar Performing Arts Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($49k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gary Wicklund Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: GreenState Credit Union · Community Foundation of Johnson County · The Kenneth K Kinsey Family Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Rpc Inc Charitable Foundation · Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift Fund · Dne Caplan Family Foundation · United Way of Johnson & Washington Count · Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc · Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation · Reuben & Muriel Savin Fdn · Hodge Family Foundation
How this is measured
About Gary Wicklund Family Foundation
- How much does Gary Wicklund Family Foundation give?
- Gary Wicklund Family Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $32,604 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 43 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Gary Wicklund Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (40%), Education (23%), Community Improvement (19%).
- Who are Gary Wicklund Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Orchestra Iowa Inc ($13k), Vail Performing Arts Academy ($9k), State University of Iowa Foundation ($6k).
- Does Gary Wicklund Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gary Wicklund Family 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 Gary Wicklund Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include GreenState Credit Union, Community Foundation of Johnson County, The Kenneth K Kinsey Family Foundation.
- Where is Gary Wicklund Family Foundation based?
- Gary Wicklund Family Foundation is based in IA.
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