Iowa · Private foundation
Jb Dahm Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $47k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $938k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Jb Dahm Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $47k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $46k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $47k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $45k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $42k | 35% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $41k | 47% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $29k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $46k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Pella | $75,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Pella Regional Health Center | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Crossroads of Pella | $13,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Lutheran Church of Hope | $10,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Hope Ministries | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Des Moines Symphony Association | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wonder Spelen | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Christian Home Assn - Children's Square USA | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Pella Historical Society | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Little Things Matter Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($207k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jb Dahm Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Pella Community Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Mark & Kay Decook Charitable Founda · Weiler Foundation · Boat Foundation Inc · Peter H and E Lucille Gaass Kuyper Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Marion County Bank Charitable Found · Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines · Vermeer Charitable Foundation · Meredith Corporation Foundation
How this is measured
About Jb Dahm Foundation
- How much does Jb Dahm Foundation give?
- Jb Dahm Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $47,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Jb Dahm Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (20%), Public Benefit (19%), Health (18%).
- Who are Jb Dahm Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: City of Pella ($75k), Pella Regional Health Center ($40k), Crossroads of Pella ($13k).
- Does Jb Dahm Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jb Dahm 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 Jb Dahm Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pella Rolscreen Foundation, Pella Community Foundation, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn.
- Where is Jb Dahm Foundation based?
- Jb Dahm Foundation is based in IA.
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