Iowa · Private foundation
Gifts of Inspiration 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)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,858
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 19
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations Gifts of Inspiration Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 9 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $59k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $79k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pella Community Food Shelf | $25,000 | 2 | 3% |
| 818 Forward With Faith Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Pregnancy Center of Central Iowa Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $3,700 | 4 | 0% |
| Best Christmas Ever Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pella Athletic Booster Club | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pinky Swear Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Final Salute Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Traveling Team Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($126k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gifts of Inspiration 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: Pella Rolscreen Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Gifts of Inspiration Foundation
- How much does Gifts of Inspiration Foundation give?
- Gifts of Inspiration Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $32,858 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 19 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Gifts of Inspiration Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (15%), Public Safety & Disaster (14%), Food & Nutrition (13%).
- Who are Gifts of Inspiration Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Pella Community Food Shelf ($25k), 818 Forward With Faith Inc ($20k), Pregnancy Center of Central Iowa Inc ($5k).
- Does Gifts of Inspiration Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gifts of Inspiration 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 Gifts of Inspiration Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pella Rolscreen Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Gifts of Inspiration Foundation based?
- Gifts of Inspiration Foundation is based in IA.
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