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Heartland Charitable Trust

Grants to charitable organizations - the trust gathers contributions from individual organizations, then holds these funds until disbursed to sec. 501 (c)(3) organizations

$1.9M
Granted FY2023
29
Itemized grants FY2023
27
Organizations funded FY2023
26%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2023
$791k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2023
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$138,353
Organizations funded a year
20 to 195
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
7
Total assets, FY2023
$7.7M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 26% of the organizations Heartland Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $158k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23
EducationFood & NutritionHuman ServicesAnimalsRecreation & SportsReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202327$653k26%
FY202220$555k25%
FY202126$698k4%
FY2020175$1.0M34%
FY201934$808k9%
FY2018195$1.2Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.

Education$1.8MReligion$1.1MArts & Culture$832kHealth$364kHuman Services$273kPhilanthropy$175kCommunity Improvement$140kAnimals$126kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dubuque Museum of Art$438,900610%
The East Dubuque Library Foundation$401,000420%
Holy Family Catholic Schools$337,1106n/a
St John's University New York$300,00020%
Dubuque County Historical Society$266,24061%
Loras College$252,20060%
First Christian Church$182,7466n/a
Dubuque Mercy Health Foundation$126,00052%
Friends of St Mary's$120,89254%
Trijang Buddhist Institute Inc$118,5005n/a
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All grantees of Heartland Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dubuque Museum of Art$438,900610%
The East Dubuque Library Foundation$401,000420%
Holy Family Catholic Schools$337,1106n/a
St John's University New York$300,00020%
Dubuque County Historical Society$266,24061%
Loras College$252,20060%
First Christian Church$182,7466n/a
Dubuque Mercy Health Foundation$126,00052%
Friends of St Mary's$120,89254%
Trijang Buddhist Institute Inc$118,5005n/a
Church of the Resurrection Dubuque Ia$116,3235n/a
St Columbkille Church Dubuque Ia$110,0006n/a
St Cecilias Congregation$105,8901n/a
Colorado State University Foundation$100,00010%
Friends of the Cottage Grove Community Library Inc$87,4631n/a
Finley Health Foundation Inc$79,23352%
Dubuque Rescue Mission$77,9844n/a
Dubuque Regional Humane Society$58,63432%
Dillon Community Church$56,5002n/a
Clarke University of Dubuque Iowa$54,00040%
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America Inc$54,0004n/a
Church of St John Neumann$52,5004n/a
Hoerner Young Mens Christian Association of Keokuk Iowa Inc$51,25042%
St Marys University of Minnesota$50,00020%
Helping Hands Medical Missions Inc$41,50053%
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Dubuque$40,70041%
St Anthony Church Dubuque Ia$36,0004n/a
St Joseph the Worker Church of Dubuque$35,5503n/a
Opening Doors$34,13424%
Marion Christian Church$32,0003n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$29,40050%
Resources Unite$29,00017%
First Congregational United Church of Christ$28,0002n/a
State University of Iowa Foundation$27,15030%
Center on Business and Poverty Inc$25,0001n/a
New York Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends$25,0001n/a
Dyersville Health Foundation Inc$23,23426%
Kitty City Kansas Rescue Incorporated$22,50028%
University of Dubuque$21,50020%
Dubuque Dream Center Inc$21,00031%
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$20,87020%
Keokuk Public Library Foundation$20,100210%
Mahayana Sutra and Tantric Center of Howell$20,0001n/a
First Christian Church$19,0001n/a
Warsaw Rural Fire$18,0003n/a
St Catherine of Siena Church$16,6352n/a
Captain Robert L Martin Commemoration Committee$16,0001n/a
St Raphael Cathedral Church Dubuque Ia$16,0001n/a
Crescent Community Health Center$15,90030%
Friends of the Cgcl Inc$15,3421n/a
New Hope Pregnancy Center of Sheboygan Inc$15,00041%
Galena Arts & Recreation Center$15,0002n/a
American Friends Service Committee$15,0002n/a
Westminster Presbyterian Church$14,9502n/a
East Dubuque High School$14,2592n/a
Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association Chapter 39-4$14,0001n/a
Holy Spirit Church Dubuque Iowa$13,5003n/a
Culver-Stockton College$13,20030%
Northeast Iowa Community College Foundation Inc$12,80030%
Hillcrest Family Services Inc$12,00030%
Nonesuch Ensemble$12,0001n/a
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation$12,00020%
Schapville Zion Presbyterian Church$11,4572n/a
Keokuk Union Depot Foundation$11,000211%
Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation Inc$10,54220%
Mayo Clinic$10,0001n/a
Marquette University$10,00010%
Asbury United Methodist Church$10,0002n/a
St Augustine University Parish$10,0001n/a
Stonehill Benevolent Foundation$10,00031%
Iowa Newspaper Foundation$10,00012%
Grand Theatre Corporate Foundation$10,0001n/a
Pleasantville Sports Association$10,0001n/a
Kansas City Pet Project$9,50010%
Interfaith Food Pantry Inc$9,35410%
Legion-Aires Drum and Bugle Corps$9,00020%
St Mark Youth Enrichment$8,15030%
Inside Climate News Inc$7,95720%
350org$7,95720%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$7,95720%
The Dubuque Visiting Nurse Association$7,50030%
St Olaf Catholic Church$7,5002n/a
Warrensburg R-Vi School District Foundation Inc$6,80013%
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland Inc$6,50020%
Central College$6,50030%
American Heart Association Inc$6,10030%
St Cloud State University Foundation Inc$6,00020%
Sierra Club Foundation$6,00020%
Smile Train Inc$6,00020%
St Stephens Foodbank$6,00020%
Dubuque County Hockey Association$5,75011%
Monona United Methodist Church$5,5001n/a
Marys Inn$5,50020%
Benedictine Life Foundation of Wisconsin Inc$5,00011%
Best Friends Animal Society$5,00020%
Saint Elias Orthodox Church$5,0001n/a
Solidarity Bridge Inc$5,00010%
The Galena Foundation Inc$5,00013%
Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church$5,0001n/a
Dunrovin Christian Brothers Retreat Center$5,0001n/a
St Michael the Archangel Congregation Dane Cty Wi Inc$5,0002n/a
St Clare Health Care Foundation Inc$5,00012%
The Richmond Symphony$5,00020%
Earthjustice$4,50020%
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$4,50020%
Earlham College Inc$4,50020%
Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey Trappistine Nuns Inc$4,3502n/a
Aiming for Acceptance Inc$3,647112%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$3,50020%
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College Foundation Inc$3,50020%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$3,50020%
Family Advocates Inc$3,20010%
Galena Center for the Arts Inc$3,13512%
Hills and Dales Child Development Center$3,10020%
Virginia Opera Association Inc$3,00020%
Catholic Services Appeal Foundation$3,0001n/a
Four Mounds Foundation$3,00020%
John Knox Presbyterian Kirk$3,0001n/a
Iowa Environmental Council$3,00020%
Iowa Public Radio Inc$3,0002n/a
Chatham University$3,00020%
The Richmond Ballet$3,00020%
Alight$3,00020%
Operation Enpower$3,00013%
Two By Two Character Development$2,60011%
Wisconsin Federation of Museums Ltd$2,5502n/a
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque$2,50010%
Cretin-Derham Hall$2,5001n/a
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$2,50010%
Elizabeth Community Fair and 4-H Show$2,5001n/a
Friends of the Mines of Spain$2,5002n/a
Junior Achievement of the Heartland Inc$2,37520%
Ferris State University$2,0002n/a
Little Sisters of the Poor Los Angeles$2,00020%
Warsaw VFW #9802$2,0001n/a
Iowa-Grant School District$2,0001n/a
St John Evangelist Church$2,0002n/a
St Joseph Parish$2,0001n/a
Camp Gray Inc$2,00010%
Linn County Historical Society$2,00021%
Gunn Memorial Library Inc$2,00010%
Dubuque Symphony Orchestra$1,80020%
Dubuque Arboretum Association Inc$1,70020%
The Neema-Huruma Foundation Inc$1,70011%
Rumsey Hall School Inc$1,50010%
Rotary International$1,5001n/a
Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program Inc$1,50010%
The Land Institute$1,50020%
Community Leadership Alliance of Southwest Wisconsin Inc$1,5001n/a
Boys and Girls Clubs of Tampa Bay$1,5001n/a
Keokuk Animal Services Partners in Rescue Inc$1,5001n/a
Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$1,50010%
Dubuque Area Swimming Hurricanes$1,50010%
The Oeis Foundation Inc$1,5002n/a
Equal Justice Initiative$1,50020%
Friends of Arrow Rock$1,50010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,50020%
Washington Montessori Association Inc$1,50010%
Shedd Aquarium Society$1,50010%
Center for Science in the Public Interest$1,50020%
Justin Turner Foundation$1,50011%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,50020%
Dubuque Community Y$1,40020%
Highland Community College Foundation$1,30010%
Lagrange Community Youth Center$1,3001n/a
Village of Cobb Parks & Rec Department$1,2501n/a
Riverview Center Inc$1,25020%
Dubuque Arts Council$1,20021%
United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States$1,20020%
Multicultural Family Center$1,20021%
Rowan-Cabarrus Young Men's Christian Association$1,20010%
Iowa Pbs Foundation$1,15010%
Presentation Lantern$1,00020%
Salvation Army & Its Components$1,0001n/a
Keokuk City of Christmas Inc$1,0001n/a
Wisconsin Foster and Adoptive Parents Associations Inc$1,0001n/a
National Tay Sachs & Allied Diseases Assoc New Yor$1,0002n/a
Aurora Health Care Foundation$1,0001n/a
The Salvation Army$1,0001n/a
Mt Pleasant Home$1,00010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Keokuk Community Fine Arts Council$1,0001n/a
Breakthrough T1d$1,00010%
City of Cuba City$1,0001n/a
Immaculate Heart Media Inc$1,0001n/a
Friends of Iowa Casa & Icfcrb$1,00011%
Keokuk Art Center$1,0001n/a
Church of the Nativity Dubuque Ia$1,0001n/a
Feeding America$1,00010%
The White Coat Waste Project Inc$1,00010%
Sisters of St Francis Mount St Francis$1,0001n/a
Stonehill Franciscan Services$1,00010%
Diocese of Madison$1,0001n/a
The Dreamyard Project Inc$1,00020%
Brooks School$1,00020%
Missouri Prairie Foundation$90020%
Carnegie-Stout Public Library Found$90021%
Cedar Rapids Board of Realtors Scholarship Fund$7502n/a
Linwood Cemetery Association$75020%
Dubuque Food Pantry$70020%
Center for National Independence in Politics$60020%
THE PRAIRIE ENTHUSIASTs INC$60020%
The Oxford Society$60021%
Iowa Legal Aid Foundation$60020%
Americans United for Separation of Church and State$60010%
Door County Land Trust Inc$60010%
The Fistula Foundation$60020%
The Fountain of Youth Program$50010%
Camp Albrecht Acres Foundation$50010%
Camp Albrecht Acres of the Midwest$50010%
The Harmony Program Inc$50010%
Dubuque Policemens Protective Association$5001n/a
Jamie Barwick Hills & Dales Foundation$50010%
The Friends of the Bridge Inc$5001n/a
Fellowship of Catholic University Students$5001n/a
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi$50010%
The Crane Institute of Sustainability Inc$50010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$50010%
Dubuque County Right to Life Inc$50010%
Ability Kc$50010%
Concordia University St Paul$50010%
American Civil Liberities Union$5001n/a
Junior Auxiliary of the Dubuque Visiting Nurses Association$5001n/a
Four Oaks Family and Children's Services$50010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa Inc$50010%
Iowa Public Television$5001n/a
Inspiring Communty Inc$50010%
Friends of Homacho$5002n/a
Cesa Foundation Inc$50011%
Wisconsin Badger Camp Inc$50010%
Harvesters - the Community Food Network$50010%
American Cancer Society Inc$40010%
National Alzheimers Assn$4001n/a
Purple Martin Conservation Assoc$40020%
Safe Haven$40010%
Perimeter Bicycling Association of America Inc$35010%
Hospice of Dubuque$30020%
Kansas City University$3001n/a
United States Catholic Conference$3001n/a
Sinsinawa Dominicans Inc$3002n/a
Bethany Home$30010%
The Kansas University Endowment Association$30010%
Our Companions Domestic Animal Sanctuary Inc$30010%
Wisconsin Public Radio Association Inc$30020%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$25010%
Washington University$25010%
International Planned Parenthood Federation - Worldwide Inc$25010%
Keokuk Community School Foundation$20010%
American Cancer Society$2001n/a
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Inc$20010%
Montfort Public Library$2001n/a
Vermont Foodbank$20010%
Lincoln University Aka Lincoln College$20010%
Friends of the Keokuk Animal Shelter$2001n/a
American Academy of Dermatology Inc$20020%
Sherrill Fire Protection Association$20010%
The Power of Prayer Inc$20020%
Insight Meditation Society Inc$1501n/a
Keokuk Area Hospital Auxiliary Inc$15010%
Samaritan's Purse$10010%
Church of All Saints$1001n/a
Great River Players Inc$10010%
Divine Word College$1001n/a
Minnesota Land Trust$10010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$10010%
Rand Park Pavilion Commission$1001n/a
St Paul United Church of Christ$1001n/a
The Grand Opera House$10010%
Lambda Chi Alpha Educational Foundation$5010%
Duride$5010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Heartland Charitable Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDubuque Museum of Art: $438,900 over 6y, 10% of budgetThe East Dubuque Library Foundation: $401,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetSt John's University New York: $300,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDubuque County Historical Society: $266,240 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetLoras College: $252,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDubuque Mercy Health Foundation: $126,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetFriends of St Mary's: $120,892 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetColorado State University Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFinley Health Foundation Inc: $79,233 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetDubuque Regional Humane Society: $58,634 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetClarke University of Dubuque Iowa: $54,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHoerner Young Mens Christian Association of Keokuk Iowa Inc: $51,250 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetSt Marys University of Minnesota: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHelping Hands Medical Missions Inc: $41,500 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Greater Dubuque: $40,700 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetOpening Doors: $34,134 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $29,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetResources Unite: $29,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetState University of Iowa Foundation: $27,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDyersville Health Foundation Inc: $23,234 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetKitty City Kansas Rescue Incorporated: $22,500 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetUniversity of Dubuque: $21,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDubuque Dream Center Inc: $21,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetThe Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc: $20,870 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKeokuk Public Library Foundation: $20,100 over 2y, 9.7% of budgetCrescent Community Health Center: $15,900 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNew Hope Pregnancy Center of Sheboygan Inc: $15,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetCulver-Stockton College: $13,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNortheast Iowa Community College Foundation Inc: $12,800 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHillcrest Family Services Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIowa Natural Heritage Foundation: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKeokuk Union Depot Foundation: $11,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetJo Daviess Conservation Foundation Inc: $10,542 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMarquette University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStonehill Benevolent Foundation: $10,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetIowa Newspaper Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetKansas City Pet Project: $9,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInterfaith Food Pantry Inc: $9,354 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLegion-Aires Drum and Bugle Corps: $9,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSt Mark Youth Enrichment: $8,150 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetInside Climate News Inc: $7,957 over 2y, 0.4% of budget350org: $7,957 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $7,957 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Dubuque Visiting Nurse Association: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWarrensburg R-Vi School District Foundation Inc: $6,800 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of the Heartland Inc: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCentral College: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $6,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 174.

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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.

Community Foundation of Greater DubuqueIA114.1× affinity62 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque · Dubuque Racing Association Ltd · James B & Melita a McDonough Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · The Butler Family Foundation · Spahn & Rose Lumber Co Charitable Fdtn · Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation · Ay McDonald Charitable Foundation · Falb Family Charitable Foundation · Sirk Family Foundation · The Klauer Foundation Trust Xxxxx5009 · Crescent Electric Charitable Foundation

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.

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About Heartland Charitable Trust

How much does Heartland Charitable Trust give?
Heartland Charitable Trust reported 29 itemized grants totaling $791,214, out of $1,850,182 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 195 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Heartland Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (36%), Religion (21%), Arts & Culture (16%).
Who are Heartland Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2023: Dubuque Museum of Art ($439k), The East Dubuque Library Foundation ($401k), Holy Family Catholic Schools ($337k).
Does Heartland Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Heartland Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, Dubuque Racing Association Ltd, James B & Melita a McDonough Foundation.
Where is Heartland Charitable Trust based?
Heartland Charitable Trust is based in IA.

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 277 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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