Iowa · Private foundation
James W and Frances M Ackerman Charitable 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.
- $33k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $7,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $786k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations James W and Frances M Ackerman Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 7 | $33k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $58k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $59k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $42k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $43k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $48k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $49k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 24 | $43k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Trinity Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Texas Christian University | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Creighton University | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Iowa Central Community College Foundation | $2,750 | 1 | 1% |
| Loras College | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Badger Lake Dragon Boat Association | $900 | 3 | n/a |
| Iowa College Foundation | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| Study Club | $300 | 2 | n/a |
| Main Street Fort Dodge Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Trinity Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Texas Christian University | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Creighton University | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Iowa Central Community College Foundation | $2,750 | 1 | 1% |
| Loras College | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Badger Lake Dragon Boat Association | $900 | 3 | n/a |
| Iowa College Foundation | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| Study Club | $300 | 2 | n/a |
| Main Street Fort Dodge Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Christian Schools | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Dodge Fine Arts Association | $250 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($314k), 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.
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How this is measured
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About James W and Frances M Ackerman Charitable Foundation
- How much does James W and Frances M Ackerman Charitable Foundation give?
- James W and Frances M Ackerman Charitable Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $33,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does James W and Frances M Ackerman Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (69%), Religion (15%), Philanthropy (11%).
- Who are James W and Frances M Ackerman Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Trinity Foundation ($40k), Texas Christian University ($6k), Creighton University ($5k).
- Does James W and Frances M Ackerman Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James W and Frances M Ackerman Charitable 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 James W and Frances M Ackerman Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Catherine Vincent Deardorf Charitable Foundation.
- Where is James W and Frances M Ackerman Charitable Foundation based?
- James W and Frances M Ackerman Charitable Foundation is based in IA.
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