Iowa · Private foundation
Grey Sparrow Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $360k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 22
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Grey Sparrow Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $360k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $370k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $500k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $498k | 77% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $272k | 73% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $395k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope Assembly of God | $637,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Family Research Council | $125,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Des Moines Christian Schools | $110,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $110,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Christ Unlimited Ministries Inc | $90,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Hope Ministries | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Woodson Center | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Joppa | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Grand View Christian School Association Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bibleproject | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope Assembly of God | $637,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Family Research Council | $125,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Des Moines Christian Schools | $110,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $110,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Christ Unlimited Ministries Inc | $90,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Hope Ministries | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Woodson Center | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Joppa | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Grand View Christian School Association Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bibleproject | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Cornerstone Institute Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Save the Storks | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Disaster Relief Missions Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Garden Gate Ranch Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Godspeed Equine | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Marthas House of Hope Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Grey Sparrow Foundation 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 · Meredith Corporation Foundation · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · United Way Worldwide · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Grey Sparrow Foundation
- How much does Grey Sparrow Foundation give?
- Grey Sparrow Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $360,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 22 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Grey Sparrow Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (44%), Food & Nutrition (15%), Human Services (15%).
- Who are Grey Sparrow Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: New Hope Assembly of God ($638k), Family Research Council ($125k), Des Moines Christian Schools ($110k).
- Does Grey Sparrow Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Grey Sparrow Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Grey Sparrow Foundation?
- 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, Meredith Corporation Foundation, Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc.
- Where is Grey Sparrow Foundation based?
- Grey Sparrow Foundation is based in IA.
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