Iowa · Public charity
Greater Shenandoah Foundation
The GREATER SHENANDOAH FOUNDATION is a tax-exempt foundation authoreized under irc 501(c)3 to accept tax-deductible donations, grandts and bequests which can be used to fund worthy projects, institutions and charitable causes to improve the quality of life in shenandoah.
- $282k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $206k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $91,264
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations Greater Shenandoah Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $97k 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 | 8 | $206k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $333k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $325k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $354k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $344k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $129k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $131k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $503k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Shenandoah Historical Society | $256,366 | 3 | 83% |
| Shenandoah Medical Center | $116,649 | 3 | 0% |
| Veterans Memorial Museum Inc | $83,685 | 5 | n/a |
| City of Shenandoah Parks | $18,978 | 3 | n/a |
| Shenandoah War Memorial Trust | $12,965 | 1 | 13% |
| Essex Child Center | $10,202 | 1 | 3% |
| Ormas Orphans | $10,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Vision Shenandoah | $7,500 | 1 | 8% |
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: The Cy Rapp and Carolyn Rapp Charitable Trust
How this is measured
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About Greater Shenandoah Foundation
- How much does Greater Shenandoah Foundation give?
- Greater Shenandoah Foundation reported 8 itemized grants totaling $205,723, out of $282,180 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Greater Shenandoah Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (32%), Education (16%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are Greater Shenandoah Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Greater Shenandoah Historical Society ($256k), Shenandoah Medical Center ($117k), Veterans Memorial Museum Inc ($84k).
- Does Greater Shenandoah Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Greater Shenandoah Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cy Rapp and Carolyn Rapp Charitable Trust.
- Where is Greater Shenandoah Foundation based?
- Greater Shenandoah Foundation is based in IA.
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