How much does Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines give?

Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines reported 81 itemized grants totaling $9,947,920, out of $10,675,574 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 63 and 78 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

Who are Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Des Moines Metro Opera Foundation Inc ($1.3M), Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa ($1.1M), Mercy Foundation of Des Moines Iowa ($1.1M).

Does Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

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Iowa · Public charity

Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines

To support the community foundation of greater des moines and serve as the host charitable organization for one or more charity golf tournaments in the greater des moines area.

$11M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 81
Itemized grants FY2025: 72
Organizations funded FY2024: 6%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $9.9M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $137,500
Largest grant, FY2025: $187,500
Organizations funded a year: 63 to 78; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 2
Total assets, FY2025: $2.8M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $353k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Arts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	77	$9.8M	14%
FY2024	72	$8.3M	6%
FY2023	77	$6.7M	6%
FY2022	78	$6.7M	9%
FY2021	74	$6.7M	9%
FY2020	68	$6.0M	10%
FY2019	71	$5.0M	25%
FY2018	63	$3.8M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$12MArts & Culture$9.2MYouth Development$9.0MHuman Services$6.0MEducation$3.3MRecreation & Sports$3.1MPhilanthropy$2.0MFood & Nutrition$1.7MOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Des Moines Metro Opera Foundation Inc	$1,280,571	8	24%
Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa	$1,079,519	8	5%
Mercy Foundation of Des Moines Iowa	$1,058,000	8	2%
Junior Achievement of Central Iowa Inc	$1,013,500	8	16%
Wildwood Hills Inc	$972,654	8	9%
Central Iowa Hospital Corporation	$953,750	8	0%
Clive Community Services	$927,314	7	79%
Lutheran Services in Iowa Inc	$917,740	8	0%
Pinky Swear Foundation	$916,500	8	6%
Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation	$915,342	8	6%

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All grantees of Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Des Moines Metro Opera Foundation Inc	$1,280,571	8	24%
Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa	$1,079,519	8	5%
Mercy Foundation of Des Moines Iowa	$1,058,000	8	2%
Junior Achievement of Central Iowa Inc	$1,013,500	8	16%
Wildwood Hills Inc	$972,654	8	9%
Central Iowa Hospital Corporation	$953,750	8	0%
Clive Community Services	$927,314	7	79%
Lutheran Services in Iowa Inc	$917,740	8	0%
Pinky Swear Foundation	$916,500	8	6%
Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation	$915,342	8	6%
Dowling Catholic High School	$910,280	8	n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa	$907,100	8	4%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa	$885,000	8	11%
Young Women's Resource Center	$856,125	8	n/a
Miracle Travel Works Inc	$830,257	8	76%
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa	$812,500	7	2%
Cultureall Inc	$809,252	7	45%
Mentor Iowa	$805,000	7	56%
Iowa Mediation Service Inc	$805,000	7	21%
Ballet Des Moines	$803,620	7	19%
Iowa FFA Foundation Inc	$802,500	6	31%
Cradling New Life Inc	$783,833	8	99%
House of Mercy	$775,500	7	2%
The Build Lincoln Higher Booster Club	$764,500	7	37%
Tori's Angels Foundation Inc	$750,986	8	28%
Children's Cancer Connection	$750,000	7	13%
Food Bank of Iowa	$745,980	7	0%
O Donnell & Friends Charities	$742,000	7	95%
Refugee & Immigrant Voices in Action	$738,412	7	6%
Genesis Inc	$731,500	7	55%
Kids First Law Center	$723,110	7	11%
Freestore	$699,057	7	15%
Can Play	$695,000	6	30%
Dubuque Museum of Art	$682,445	7	15%
Salisbury House Foundation	$672,651	7	15%
Arts for the City Inc	$667,550	6	80%
Des Moines Christian Schools	$641,600	6	1%
On With Life Foundation	$640,000	6	24%
Des Moines Community Playhouse	$631,169	7	6%
Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation	$631,055	8	49%
Heartland Youth Choir	$615,766	6	51%
Stagewest Theater Company	$601,869	6	42%
Iowa Healthiest State Initiative	$585,000	5	10%
Iowa Heart Foundation	$583,942	6	20%
No Foot Too Small	$580,000	5	16%
Josiah White's Quakerdale Foundation	$555,735	5	11%
Mid-Iowa Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc	$540,100	5	5%
Lutheran Church of Hope	$540,000	5	n/a
Quakerdale Family Services	$529,558	5	34%
Iowa Pga Foundation	$513,000	7	20%
Employee & Family Resources Inc	$501,200	7	5%
Des Moines Area Religious Council	$500,752	6	2%
Homes of Oakridge Human Services	$492,150	6	4%
Beyond the Fairways Foundation	$477,619	6	70%
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden	$472,927	6	4%
Childserve Foundation Inc	$470,000	4	2%
The Easter Seal Society Foundation	$455,500	4	14%
Science Center of Iowa	$455,250	4	2%
Dream Team Des Moines	$445,780	5	71%
Businessolver Foundation	$445,000	4	33%
Iowa Sports Foundation	$436,574	4	8%
Opportunity on Deck	$416,900	4	80%
Dental Connections Inc	$416,000	4	4%
Des Moines Valley Golf Club Inc	$372,500	3	n/a
Fellowship of Christian Athletes	$360,368	6	0%
Broadlawns Medical Center Foundation	$337,500	3	24%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa Inc	$330,050	3	5%
Youth Policy Institute of Iowa	$330,000	3	8%
Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc	$330,000	3	2%
The Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Des Moines	$310,984	4	1%
Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity Inc	$272,500	2	0%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Iowa Inc	$264,412	4	8%
Avenue Scholars Iowa	$258,828	3	4%
Rebuilding Together Greater Des Moi	$258,820	8	14%
National Alliance on Mental Illness-Iowa Inc	$237,500	2	15%
Anawim Housing Inc	$236,608	4	2%
Iowa Amputee Golf Association	$232,716	6	n/a
Tech Journey Inc	$228,099	6	46%
Easter Seals Iowa	$225,634	2	n/a
Quakerdale	$210,100	2	29%
By Degrees Foundation	$200,000	2	18%
Blood Cancer United Inc	$188,860	2	0%
Prevent Blindness Iowa	$183,700	4	28%
Des Moines Youth Hockey Association Inc	$181,000	2	8%
Blank Park Zoo Foundation Inc	$176,361	3	1%
Family Promise of Greater Des Moines	$159,204	6	23%
United Way of Central Iowa	$145,000	2	0%
The Actuarial Foundation	$137,600	1	4%
Safe Families for Children Alliance	$137,500	1	1%
Meals From the Heartland Inc	$137,500	1	n/a
On With Life Inc	$137,500	1	1%
Des Moines Performing Arts	$137,500	1	1%
Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates Inc	$137,500	1	1%
The Foundation for the Iowa City Community School District	$137,500	1	8%
Des Moines Educational Foundation	$135,000	1	29%
Friends of Iowa Casa & Icfcrb	$125,000	1	56%
Iowa Youth Chorus	$120,084	6	26%
Des Moines Childrens Museum	$117,400	3	13%
Roosevelt High School Foundation	$116,522	4	6%
Civic Music Association Des Moines	$106,953	7	6%
New Chapters	$104,280	6	n/a
Greater Des Moines Partnership Foundation	$87,479	1	n/a
Camp Fire Heart of Iowa	$84,839	2	0%
Special Olympics Iowa Inc	$74,923	3	1%
Iowa College Access Network	$67,954	6	1%
Freedom for Youth Ministries	$58,850	3	2%
Iowa Golf Association Foundation	$57,510	1	n/a
My Happy Place	$53,000	1	19%
Norwalk Easter Public Library Foundation	$52,975	1	n/a
Rock in Prevention Inc	$51,260	2	6%
Iowa SIDS Foundation	$44,834	7	8%
Youth Emergency Services & Shelter of Iowa	$44,177	3	0%
Des Moines Young Artists Theatre	$40,904	2	n/a
Des Moines Choral Society	$38,500	1	33%
Edmundson Art Foundation Inc	$35,275	3	0%
Building Brighter Dreams	$31,042	1	n/a
Vocal Arts Ensemble Of Greater Des Moines	$25,109	3	23%
Bethany Christian Services	$17,600	3	0%
The Iowa Shakespeare Experience	$14,795	2	n/a
Des Moines Symphony Association	$12,980	2	0%
Des Moines Social Club	$11,275	1	1%
The Git-R-Done Foundation	$10,000	1	3%

Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 27 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 108 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 108.

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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.

Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community FdnIA114.2× affinity77 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · EMC Insurance Foundation · Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Meredith Corporation Foundation · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Iowa · Ita Group Foundation · Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc · Lsb Foundation · GreenState Credit Union

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 Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines

How much does Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines give?: Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines reported 81 itemized grants totaling $9,947,920, out of $10,675,574 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 63 and 78 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines fund?: By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (23%), Arts & Culture (17%), Youth Development (16%).
Who are Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Des Moines Metro Opera Foundation Inc ($1.3M), Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa ($1.1M), Mercy Foundation of Des Moines Iowa ($1.1M).
Does Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc, EMC Insurance Foundation.
Where is Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines based?: Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines is based in IA.