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Henry G & Norma Peterson Charitable Tr at a glance

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Henry G & Norma Peterson Charitable Tr

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$128k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$43k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$402kArts & Culture$201kHuman Services$169kHealth$97kScience & Tech$46kPhilanthropy$45kRecreation & Sports$35kYouth Development$23kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $71k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $58k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION$42,824
ORCHARD PLACE FOUNDATION$15,000
EDMUNDSON ART FOUNDATION$9,900
DES MOINES SYMPHONY$7,500
FRIENDS OF DES MOINES PARKS$7,500
VARIETY CLUB OF IOWA INC$5,847
IOWA PUBLIC RADIO$5,000
SEEDS$5,000
ELLIPSIS$5,000
BLANK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$5,000
YOUTH & SHELTER SERVICES$5,000
DES MOINES METRO OPERA$5,000
DES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS$5,000
SCIENCE CENTER OF IOWA$4,900
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $148k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%YOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES: $15k → 17%YOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES: $8k → 17%YOUTH & SHELTER SERVICES: $5k → 17%IOWA HOMELESS YOUTH CENTERS: $10k → 10%IOWA HOMELESS YOUTH CENTERS: $10k → 10%IOWA HOMELESS YOUTH CENTERS: $10k → 10%IOWA HOMELESS YOUTH CENTERS: $10k → 10%IOWA HOMELESS YOUTH CENTERS: $10k → 10%IOWA HOMELESS YOUTH CENTERS: $5k → 10%CHILDREN & FAMILIES OF IOWA: $5k → 10%CHILDREN & FAMILIES OF IOWA: $5k → 10%CHILDREN & FAMILIES OF IOWA: $5k → 10%CHILDREN & FAMILIES OF IOWA: $5k → 10%ORCHARD PLACE FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%ORCHARD PLACE FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%ORCHARD PLACE FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%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.
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 21 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against -10% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
2

Total granted

$1.0M
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
-10%

Still filing today

67%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationAnimalsCommunity ImprovementOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • YA
    YOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $83k · revenue +110%
  • EA
    Edmundson Art Foundation Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $53k · revenue +53%
  • EI
    ELLIPSIS INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $50k · revenue +201%

Funded once

  • TT
    TALLGRASS THEATRE COMPANY
    one grant, 2024 · $4k · revenue -10%
  • CF
    CAMP FIRE HEART OF IOWA
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue -12%
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.

04Its 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
Des Moines Childrens Museum

To build the foundation of lifelong learning by promoting the power of play.

Arts & Culture
2
Des Moines Public Library Foundation

Raise funds and advocate provide for the des moines public library system.

Philanthropy
3
Des Moines Social Club

To provide a physical location for greater des moines residents to pursue their artistic passions.

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4
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art

To excite, engage and educate through the arts.

Arts & Culture
5
Des Moines Arts Festival Inc

The mission of the des moines arts festival is to enrich the quality of life in central iowa by creating an opportunity for people of all ages, cultures and backgrounds to embrace the arts.

Philanthropy
6
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden

Exploring, explaining and celebrating the world of plants.

Environment
7
Childrens Museum of Southern Minnesota

Ignite the natural curiousity of every child through the power of play in a dynamic, awe-inspiring environment.

Arts & Culture
8
Dubuque Museum of Art

To excite, engage & educate constituents through the presentation of collections, exhibitions, and programming; to form mutually beneficial partnerships that will enhance the role of the arts within the community.

Arts & Culture
9
Common Good Iowa

Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.

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10
Des Moines Water Works Park Foundation

The des moines water works park foundation is dedicated to developing and executing the master plan created for water works park. the plan turns the park into a national model incorporating recreation, education and conservation within the…

Recreation & Sports
11
Orchestra Iowa Inc

To foster the enjoyment of, and support for, fine symphonic music through quality performances, education and community involvement.

Arts & Culture
12
Greater Des Moines Partnership

None

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Des Moines Community Playhouse; the most unlike its peers is Iowa Public Radio Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $345,121 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATIONORCHARD PLACE CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER: $75,400 · OtherORCHARD PLACE CHILD GUIDANCE CENTERBLANK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $47,500 · OtherBLANK CHILDREN'S HOSPITALFRIENDS OF DES MOINES PARKS: $35,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF DES MOINES PARKSIndividual grant recipient: $32,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+4 more: $41,847 · Other+4 moreEdmundson Art Foundation Inc: $52,900 · Arts & CultureEdmundson Art Foundatio…SCIENCE CENTER OF IOWA: $46,400 · Arts & CultureSCIENCE CENTER OF IOWAIOWA PUBLIC RADIO INC: $42,000 · Arts & CultureIOWA PUBLIC RADIO INCDES MOINES SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $37,500 · Arts & CultureDES MOINES SYMPHONY ASS…DES MOINES METRO OPERA INC: $24,300 · Arts & CultureDES MOINES METRO OPERA …DES MOINES COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE: $13,000 · Arts & CultureDES MOINES COMMUNITY PL…+1 more: $3,933 · Arts & CultureYOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES INC: $83,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH AND SHELTE…ORCHARD PLACE FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Human ServicesORCHARD PLACE FO…CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF IOWA: $20,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN AND FAM…ELLIPSIS INC: $49,500 · HealthDRAKE UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationDES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS: $14,500 · Community ImprovementBLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · Animals
Other$576,868Arts & Culture$220,033Human Services$148,000Health$49,500Education$25,000Community Improvement$14,500Animals$12,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES INC: $83,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEdmundson Art Foundation Inc: $52,900 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetELLIPSIS INC: $49,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSCIENCE CENTER OF IOWA: $46,400 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetORCHARD PLACE FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetIOWA PUBLIC RADIO INC: $42,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetDES MOINES SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $37,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetDRAKE UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDES MOINES METRO OPERA INC: $24,300 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF IOWA: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS: $14,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDES MOINES COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE: $13,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF IOWA: $10,847 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTALLGRASS THEATRE COMPANY: $3,933 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCAMP FIRE HEART OF IOWA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds YOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Edmundson Art Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds ELLIPSIS INC ↗
  • Who funds SCIENCE CENTER OF IOWA ↗
  • Who funds ORCHARD PLACE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds IOWA PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
  • Who funds DES MOINES SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds DRAKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DES MOINES METRO OPERA INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF IOWA ↗
  • Who funds DES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds DES MOINES COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds BLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF IOWA ↗
  • Who funds TALLGRASS THEATRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds CAMP FIRE HEART OF IOWA ↗

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.

EMC Insurance Foundat…Meredith Corporation …The Merchants Bonding…Prairie Meadows Race …The West Bancorporati…Community Fdn of Grea…Thomas & Linda Koehn …John Ruan Foundation …Fred Maytag Family Fo…Ita Group FoundationWt and Edna M Dahl Tr…Bookey Family Foundat…
EMC Insurance FoundationIA28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: EMC Insurance Foundation · Meredith Corporation Foundation · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Thomas & Linda Koehn Foundation · John Ruan Foundation Trust · Fred Maytag Family Foundation · Ita Group Foundation · Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust · Bookey Family 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Henry G & Norma Peterson Charitable Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Henry G & Norma Peterson Charitable Tr. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.

    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 23 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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