· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k9 grants · $54k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $36k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ARNOLDS PARK LIBRARY FOUND | $12,097 |
| CAMP FOSTER | $11,949 |
| Individual grant recipient | $11,766 |
| UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY | $6,636 |
| IMAGINATION LIBRARY | $6,103 |
| VOLUNTARY ACTION CENTER | $6,015 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $6,015 |
| HOPE HAVEN | $5,949 |
| SPIRIT LAKE YOUTH ATHLETICS | $5,938 |
| IOWA GREAT LAKES FISHING CLUB | $5,936 |
| LAKES AREA SENIOR CITIZENS | $5,711 |
| DISCOVERY HOUSE | $5,444 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–26, $181k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2026, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CFCamp Foster Young Mens Christian Association Inc9× · 2017–2026 · $145k · revenue +22%
- UDUPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY INC8× · 2017–2026 · $47k · revenue +38%
- PLPEARSON LAKES ART CENTER6× · 2019–2025 · $36k · revenue +37%
Funded once
- DCDICKINSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETYone grant, 2025 · $12k · revenue 0%
- FCFAMILY CRISISone grant, 2025 · $11k
- HRHOPE ROLLS INC2× · 2021–2025 · $10k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The purpose of Spencer Little League Association is to firmly implant in our youth the ideals of sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty, courage and respect for leadership while providing opportunities for our youth to play organized baseball and…
Provide counseling and education for the prevention of alcohol and drug related problems to the residents of northwest iowa.
It is the mission of the boy scouts of america to prepare young people to make ethical choices over their lifetime by instilling in them the values of the scout law and oath.
To provide a highly structured environment which emphasizes a safety and security to all juveniles while serving as a deterrent to criminal and anti-social behaviors. Working youth in the center and communities.
Providing service to young men ages 7-21 and young women ages 14-21 within 17 counties of the state of iowa, by promoting the ability of young men and women to do things for themselves and others, training them in scoutcraft and teaching…
We are a state licensed substance abuse facility which functions to provide a clinically managed residence treatment center for women and women with children.
Boy scout council is devoted to promoting the ability of boys, young men, and women to do things for themselves and others, training them in scoutcraft, and teach them patriotism, courage, and self-reliance. the council also prepares them…
Provide hockey coaches, equipment, and maintain an ice arena for youth in the community. member of mn hockey to provide leagues and tournaments.
Organizations mission-to provide a hockey rink and related support buildings, equip., etc., so the area youth can play hockey. to educate the interested in the fundamentals of ice hockey. to promote sportsmanship.
How this is measured
16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Camp Foster Young Mens Christian Association Inc ↗
- Who funds DISCOVERY HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY INC ↗
- Who funds PEARSON LAKES ART CENTER ↗
- Who funds CHERISH CENTER ↗
- Who funds CENTERS AGAINST ABUSE & SEXUAL ASSA ↗
- Who funds DICKINSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds LAKES AREA HOCKEY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds ATLAS OF THE LAKES AREA ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER IOWA ↗
- Who funds HOPE HAVEN INC ↗
- Who funds IOWA GREAT LAKES FISHING CLUB ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF NORTHWEST IOWA ↗
- Who funds ATLAS OF SPENCER ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Good Neighbor Fund-Spirit Lake funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Good Neighbor Fund-Spirit Lake. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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