Iowa · Public charity
Good Neighbor Fund-Spirit Lake
Solicit local donations by community wide appeal and redistribute to local charitable agencies requesting donations that meet prescribed conditions set by the board.
- $122k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2026
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Itemized, FY2026
- $90k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2026
- $6,015
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $12,097
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 55% of the organizations Good Neighbor Fund-Spirit Lake funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 12 | $90k | 33% |
| FY2025 | 20 | $201k | 55% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $23k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $39k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $57k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $68k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $100k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $72k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Foster Young Mens Christian Association Inc | $144,516 | 9 | 1% |
| American Red Cross | $62,217 | 10 | n/a |
| Discovery House Inc | $55,277 | 9 | 8% |
| Upper Des Moines Opportunity Inc | $46,584 | 8 | 0% |
| Pearson Lakes Art Center | $35,686 | 6 | 1% |
| Voluntary Action Center of the Iowa Great Lakes Inc | $34,432 | 6 | n/a |
| Lakes Area Senior Citizens Center | $33,918 | 6 | n/a |
| Cherish Center | $27,486 | 6 | 1% |
| Centers Against Abuse & Sexual Assa | $23,781 | 5 | 1% |
| Spirit Lake Youth Athletics | $17,103 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Foster Young Mens Christian Association Inc | $144,516 | 9 | 1% |
| American Red Cross | $62,217 | 10 | n/a |
| Discovery House Inc | $55,277 | 9 | 8% |
| Upper Des Moines Opportunity Inc | $46,584 | 8 | 0% |
| Pearson Lakes Art Center | $35,686 | 6 | 1% |
| Voluntary Action Center of the Iowa Great Lakes Inc | $34,432 | 6 | n/a |
| Lakes Area Senior Citizens Center | $33,918 | 6 | n/a |
| Cherish Center | $27,486 | 6 | 1% |
| Centers Against Abuse & Sexual Assa | $23,781 | 5 | 1% |
| Spirit Lake Youth Athletics | $17,103 | 2 | n/a |
| Dickinson County Historical Society | $12,313 | 1 | 5% |
| Lakes Area Hockey Association | $11,329 | 3 | 2% |
| Hope Rolls Inc | $10,014 | 2 | n/a |
| Kings and Queens Local Inc | $7,844 | 2 | n/a |
| Atlas of the Lakes Area | $7,635 | 1 | 7% |
| Caasa | $7,298 | 2 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa | $7,284 | 2 | 0% |
| Respite Angels Inc | $6,976 | 1 | n/a |
| Time Out Nursery | $6,967 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope Haven Inc | $5,949 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa Great Lakes Fishing Club | $5,936 | 1 | n/a |
| Humane Society of Northwest Iowa | $5,775 | 2 | n/a |
| Atlas of Spencer | $1,285 | 2 | 1% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($139k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Good Neighbor Fund-Spirit Lake 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: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Anne Thorne Weaver Family Foundation Inc · Iowa Lakes Electric Members Charitable Foundation · Dwight and Marilyn Conover Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Good Neighbor Fund-Spirit Lake
- How much does Good Neighbor Fund-Spirit Lake give?
- Good Neighbor Fund-Spirit Lake reported 12 itemized grants totaling $89,559, out of $122,381 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2025.
- What does Good Neighbor Fund-Spirit Lake fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Human Services (47%), Public Safety & Disaster (9%), Housing & Shelter (8%).
- Who are Good Neighbor Fund-Spirit Lake's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Camp Foster Young Mens Christian Association Inc ($145k), American Red Cross ($62k), Discovery House Inc ($55k).
- Does Good Neighbor Fund-Spirit Lake fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Good Neighbor Fund-Spirit Lake?
- 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, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, Anne Thorne Weaver Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Good Neighbor Fund-Spirit Lake based?
- Good Neighbor Fund-Spirit Lake is based in IA.
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