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Great West Casualty Company Foundation at a glance

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Great West Casualty Company Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$159k
Granted FY2024still arriving
56
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 56 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k49 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $113k
$750
Median grant
8
States reached
$117k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
United Way of Siouxland$30,000
Siouxland Recovery Fund$25,100
Goodwill Industries$15,000
Western Iowa Tech$12,500
University of Tennesee$10,000
Siouxland Freedom Park$10,000
IU Varsity Club$10,000
University of Tennessee Foundation$5,000
Goodwill of the Great Plains$4,000
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation$3,000
MercyOne Siouxland Foundation$2,500
Smoky Mountain Service Dogs$2,500
Individual grant recipient$1,500
Cocke County Relief Fund$1,400
Cardinal Education Foundation$1,250
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 44% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%Smoky Mountain Service Dogs: $3k → 10%Siouxland Foster Closet: $1k → 13%Siouxland Center for Active Generations: $500 → 13%Partners for Patriots: $500 → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
IA
IN
CA
NE
TN
NC
OK
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

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.

1
Siouxland Community Foundation

The siouxland community foundation is a trusted organization that connects people who care with causes that matter by providing a means to receive gifts and distribute grants in response to community needs.

Philanthropy
2
Sioux City Lewis & Clark Association
Arts & Culture
3
Sioux City Housing Trust Fund Inc

To act as the local governing board of sioux city housing trust fund by collecting and disbursing revenue for the purpose of encouraging the development and redevelopment of affordable housing for sioux city's income qualified residents.

Housing & Shelter
4
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Foundation

The siue foundation exists to support the mission, vision, and values of southern illinois university edwardsville. on behalf of the university, the foundation provides fundraising coordination and implementation, serves as the steward for…

Education
5
Siouxland Medical Education Foundation Inc

The foundation is dedicated to supporting medical and health education in the siouxland community through education, outreach, community programs, and partnerships that promote public health and wellness.

Health
6
Siouxland Chamber of Commerce

Improve the quality of the siouxland area

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7
Sioux City Public School Foundation

This foundation develops resources that enhance the quality of educaion for students following the mission of the sioux city community school disrict

Education
8
Sioux Falls Environmental Access Inc
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9
State University of Iowa Alumni Association

Our mission is to strengthen the university of iowa through alumni engagement. we do this through our communications, alumni programs, and events.

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10
Sioux Falls Development Foundation Inc

To collaboratively create quality economic growth and workforce development in sioux falls.

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11
Sioux City Public Library Foundation

Sioux City Public Library enhancement and support

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12
Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc

In partnership with donors, sioux falls area community foundation (sfacf) provides philanthropic leadership that assures the quality of life in our area, for good, for ever.the community foundation cultivates philanthropy by inspiring new…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Siouxland Senior Center; the most unlike its peers is North Stars Band Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 54 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
16/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Siouxland Recovery Fund: $25,100 · OtherSiouxland Recovery FundGoodwill Industries: $15,000 · OtherGoodwill IndustriesWestern Iowa Tech: $12,500 · OtherWestern Iowa TechIU Varsity Club: $10,000 · OtherIU Varsity ClubUniversity of Tennesee: $10,000 · OtherUniversity of Tennesee+30 more: $21,382 · Other+30 moreUNITED WAY OF SIOUXLAND INC: $30,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SIOUXLA…SIOUXLAND FREEDOM PARK INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsSIOUXLAND YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EducationCARDINAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,250 · EducationIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationKEUKA COLLEGE: $1,000 · EducationBRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY: $650 · Education+1 more: $258 · EducationPediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc: $3,000 · HealthMERCY MEDICAL CENTER - SIOUX CITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 · HealthALS IN THE HEARTLAND INC: $200 · Health+1 more: $60 · HealthSmoky Mountain Service Dogs: $2,500 · Human ServicesSIOUXLAND FOSTER CLOSET: $1,000 · Human ServicesPARTNERS FOR PATRIOTS INC: $500 · Human ServicesSIOUXLAND SENIOR CENTER: $500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $200 · Human ServicesGOODWILL OF THE GREAT PLAINS: $4,000 · Employment
Other$93,982Philanthropy$30,000Recreation & Sports$11,000Education$9,158Health$5,760Human Services$4,700Employment$4,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF SIOUXLAND INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSIOUXLAND FREEDOM PARK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOODWILL OF THE GREAT PLAINS: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSmoky Mountain Service Dogs: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMERCY MEDICAL CENTER - SIOUX CITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITY IN ACTION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCARDINAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSIOUXLAND YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSIOUXLAND FOSTER CLOSET: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEUKA COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SIOUXLAND: $920 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF SIOUX CITY INC: $750 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFOOD BANK OF SIOUXLAND INC: $660 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY: $650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOYT SHERMAN PLACE FOUNDATION: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS FOR PATRIOTS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSupport Siouxland Soldiers: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSIOUXLAND SENIOR CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOODBURY CO CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSIOUXLAND HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $258 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Stars Band Inc: $252 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetALS IN THE HEARTLAND INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPONCA COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $60 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Missouri River Histor…Siouxland Community F…The Roth & Letch Fami…Waitt FoundationBaird Foundation IncThe Chesterman Family…Ronald B and Joan B K…Peterson Family Found…United Way of Siouxla…Nexstar Charitable Fo…Bnsf Railway Foundati…Renaissance Charitabl…
Missouri River Historical Development IncIA38.6× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Missouri River Historical Development Inc · Siouxland Community Foundation · The Roth & Letch Family Charitable Foundation · Waitt Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · The Chesterman Family Foundation · Ronald B and Joan B Krage Foundation · Peterson Family Foundation · United Way of Siouxland Inc · Nexstar Charitable Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Great West Casualty Company Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Great West Casualty Company Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Great West Casualty Company Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Great West Casualty Company Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 54 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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