Iowa · Public charity
Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift Fund
Making cash grants to other organizations exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and which are not private foundations under Section 509 of the Internal Revenue Code.
- $6.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 105
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 102
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $5.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $407,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 89 to 114
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 22
- Total assets, FY2024
- $25M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EducationHuman ServicesReligionHealthPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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 year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 101 | $5.4M | 24% |
| FY2023 | 102 | $5.8M | 45% |
| FY2021 | 114 | $4.5M | 42% |
| FY2020 | 89 | $3.8M | n/a |
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What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Religion$10MEducation$3.7MHuman Services$1.5MHealth$1.2MInternational$1.1MYouth Development$414kArts & Culture$392kPhilanthropy$375kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
ID
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IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IA
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PA
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CO
NE
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KY
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MD
AZ
KS
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DC
LA
GA
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FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living on the Edge Ministries Inc | $1,682,400 | 4 | 8% |
| Gospel Missionary Union | $1,610,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Life Action Ministries | $1,250,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Emmaus Bible College | $1,065,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Presbyterian Homes Foundation | $750,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Turning Point for God | $735,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa Inc | $655,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $651,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $551,900 | 4 | n/a |
| Parkview Evangelical Free Church | $497,076 | 4 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living on the Edge Ministries Inc | $1,682,400 | 4 | 8% |
| Gospel Missionary Union | $1,610,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Life Action Ministries | $1,250,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Emmaus Bible College | $1,065,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Presbyterian Homes Foundation | $750,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Turning Point for God | $735,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa Inc | $655,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $651,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $551,900 | 4 | n/a |
| Parkview Evangelical Free Church | $497,076 | 4 | n/a |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $476,031 | 4 | 0% |
| Heritage Christian School | $458,443 | 4 | 18% |
| Faithlife Lutheran Church | $400,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Insight for Living | $358,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Linn Christian Education Associatio | $309,820 | 3 | 7% |
| Family Research Council Action | $285,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Appanoose Ministries Inc | $266,000 | 4 | 38% |
| Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | 30% |
| Kingdom Life Network of Christian Ministries | $235,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Bishop Noland Episcopal Day School | $205,000 | 1 | 3% |
| St Marks Lutheran Church | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| General Association of Regular Baptist Churches | $196,050 | 2 | n/a |
| Mary's Meals USA Inc | $196,000 | 4 | 1% |
| First Lutheran Church Trust Fund | $186,150 | 4 | n/a |
| Grace Community Church | $144,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Cedar Hills Community Church | $134,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Trinity Episcopal Church | $128,000 | 4 | n/a |
| St Luke's Health Care Foundation | $124,450 | 4 | 0% |
| Iowa State University Foundation | $124,030 | 4 | 0% |
| Brotherhood Prison Ministries Inc | $108,000 | 2 | 77% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Corridor | $100,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stand to Reason | $100,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Grand View Christian School Association Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Faith Baptist Bible College | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Everence Foundation Inc | $99,010 | 1 | n/a |
| Summit Ministries Inc | $99,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Restoring Hope International Inc | $95,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Miracles in Motion Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc | $95,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Faith Academy | $86,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Trinity Episcopal Church | $81,653 | 4 | n/a |
| St Paul's United Methodist | $75,300 | 4 | n/a |
| Nations One for Christ | $75,000 | 2 | 24% |
| Immaculate Heart Media Inc | $74,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Great Commission Foundation of Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $73,300 | 4 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $72,050 | 4 | n/a |
| Charity Navigator | $72,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Warriors for Good | $69,502 | 2 | 100% |
| Rosie's Southside Animal Shelter Inc | $69,215 | 1 | 6% |
| St Ludmilas Church Cedar Rapids Ia | $69,215 | 1 | n/a |
| EdChoice Inc | $67,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Informed Choice of Iowa Corporation | $61,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Southeast Iowa Mennonite Camp Assoc | $60,000 | 1 | 12% |
| The Pregnancy Center | $60,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Iowa Donor Network | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Answers in Genesis Inc | $57,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Cedar Valley Hospice Inc | $53,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wartburg College | $53,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Solon Firefighters Benevolent | $51,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Midwest Theological Forum Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 2% |
| United Way of East Central Iowa | $49,725 | 4 | 0% |
| Iowa Mennonite School | $49,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Veritas Church of Iowa City | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Williamsburg Music Association | $41,775 | 4 | n/a |
| First United Methodist Church | $41,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Breakthrough T1d | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Church | $38,315 | 4 | n/a |
| The Holton Arms School | $37,437 | 1 | 0% |
| Joni and Friends | $36,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Teaching to Transform Inc | $36,000 | 3 | 22% |
| Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hoover Presidential Foundation | $34,400 | 3 | 0% |
| Regina Foundation | $33,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Marion Masonic Foundation | $31,500 | 2 | 14% |
| Children's Relief International | $31,360 | 3 | 1% |
| Connecther | $30,400 | 2 | 3% |
| Marys Holy Voice | $30,000 | 2 | 28% |
| K-Love & Air1 Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Essential Instruction Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 8% |
| His Hands Ministries | $29,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Fairway Christian Church Inc | $29,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Thomas More Church | $29,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sun River Church Inc | $28,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Rotary District 6000 Humanitarian and Educational Foundation Inc | $27,462 | 2 | 6% |
| Chains Interrupted Inc | $27,000 | 1 | 15% |
| University of Northwestern - St Paul | $26,000 | 3 | 0% |
| East Union Mennonite Church | $25,600 | 4 | n/a |
| The Oaknoll Foundation | $25,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Cedar Rapids Community School District Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Community Crisis Services and Food Bank | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Patricks Church | $24,231 | 2 | n/a |
| Ambassadors for Christ International - USA Inc | $24,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Helps Outreach Inc | $24,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $24,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Shelter House Community Shelter and Transition Services | $23,950 | 2 | 0% |
| MIO Frontiers | $23,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Horizons a Family Service Alliance | $23,072 | 1 | 0% |
| Drake University | $23,072 | 1 | 0% |
| Gems of Hope Inc | $23,072 | 1 | 26% |
| Hands of Love Ministry | $23,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Mission Aviation Fellowship | $22,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Amana Church Society | $22,100 | 2 | n/a |
| St Stephen Lutheran Church | $22,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Faith Bible Church | $21,900 | 2 | n/a |
| East Iowa Bible Conference | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mission Pre-Born Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercury One Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Pregnancy Help Center Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Iowa Right to Life-Education Fund | $18,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Sunrise Community Church Corporation | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Empire Gardens | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ELCA World Hunger | $17,500 | 2 | n/a |
| El Kahir Shriners | $16,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Doxa Church | $16,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Riverside Theatre Co | $16,350 | 2 | 2% |
| Arab America Foundation | $16,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $15,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Kids First Law Center | $15,500 | 1 | 2% |
| United Action for Youth | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Foundation for the Iowa City Community School District | $14,750 | 1 | 1% |
| Trees Forever Inc | $14,500 | 1 | 0% |
| First Baptist Church of Iowa City | $14,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Diocese of Davenport | $14,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Abwe Foundation Inc | $13,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Christian Missions in Many Lands | $13,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $13,150 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Europe Mission | $12,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation | $12,650 | 1 | 0% |
| The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success | $12,500 | 1 | 7% |
| Newman Catholic Student Center of Iowa City Iowa | $12,300 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Northern Iowa Foundation | $12,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Linn County Trails Association | $12,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Family Research Council | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Marys Church | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mission of Hope | $12,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Teenpact Leadership Schools Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Starr Workforce Inc | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Antioch Christian Church | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Mary Catholic Church | $11,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornell College | $11,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Stonebridge Church | $11,400 | 2 | n/a |
| St Matthews Church Cedar Rapids Ia | $10,640 | 2 | n/a |
| The Marion Parks & Recreation | $10,599 | 1 | 3% |
| Lutheran Interparish School Association of Williamsburg Iowa I | $10,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Summer of the Arts | $10,100 | 1 | 2% |
| Cedar Valley Christian School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ceo Forum Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Harvest Christian Fellowship | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cottage Grove Place Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa City Hospice Inc | $9,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa 4-H Foundation | $8,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lutheran Interparish Sch Assn of Lutheran Interparish School | $8,383 | 1 | n/a |
| The Englert Civic Theatre Inc | $8,350 | 1 | 0% |
| Hesston College | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tanager Place | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc | $7,225 | 1 | 0% |
| The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dragon Master Initiative | $6,500 | 1 | 2% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $6,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Our Redeemer Lutheran Church | $6,013 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa Right to Life Committee Education Fund Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Keokuk Community School Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Louis University | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| 511 Melrose Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bur Oak Land Trust | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Amana Heritage Society | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Shueyville Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City Light Church Omaha | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mount Vernon Community School District Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Guatemala Project | $5,920 | 1 | 3% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $5,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Norwegian American Genealogical Center | $5,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Save the Storks | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Conception Abbey Inc | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Womens Health Project Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southeast Linn Community Center Corp | $5,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Billy Graham Evangelistic Association | $5,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Kirkwood Community College Foundation | $5,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Filmscene | $5,250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($831k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 118 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 118.
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 Johnson CountyIA58.6× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Johnson County · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · GreenState Credit Union · Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation · The Kenneth K Kinsey Family Foundation · Rpc Inc Charitable Foundation · The Accel Foundation · Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc · United Way of East Central Iowa · Mercy Medical Center · United Fire Group Foundation · Midwestone Bank 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 Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift Fund
- How much does Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift Fund give?
- Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift Fund reported 105 itemized grants totaling $5,485,651, out of $6,097,536 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 89 and 114 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (51%), Education (19%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Living on the Edge Ministries Inc ($1.7M), Gospel Missionary Union ($1.6M), Life Action Ministries ($1.3M).
- Does Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Johnson County, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, GreenState Credit Union.
- Where is Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift Fund based?
- Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift Fund is based in IA.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home