Iowa · Private foundation
John and Cindy Family 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.
- $990k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $22M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations John and Cindy Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $400k 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 | 10 | $990k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $1.0M | 27% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $775k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $340k | 78% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $30k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $195k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $500k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $550k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brucemore Inc | $1,045,000 | 4 | 40% |
| Matthew 25 | $345,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Monarch Research Project | $330,000 | 4 | 13% |
| Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Community Theatre of Cedar Rapids Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Tanager Place | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Artis-Naples Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Zach Johnson Foundation | $90,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Naples Botanical Garden Inc | $90,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brucemore Inc | $1,045,000 | 4 | 40% |
| Matthew 25 | $345,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Monarch Research Project | $330,000 | 4 | 13% |
| Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation | $200,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Community Theatre of Cedar Rapids Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Tanager Place | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Artis-Naples Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Zach Johnson Foundation | $90,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Naples Botanical Garden Inc | $90,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Cedar Rapids Museum of Art | $70,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Naples Zoo Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| B Well Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Prospect Meadows Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John and Cindy Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · The Hall-Perrine Foundation · GreenState Credit Union · Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation · TrueNorth Legacy Foundation · United Fire Group Foundation · Rohde Family Charitable Foundation · The McIntyre Foundation · John P & Lawrence J Giacoletto Fnd · United Way of East Central Iowa · The Kenneth K Kinsey Family Foundation · The Slappey Family Foundation
How this is measured
About John and Cindy Family Foundation
- How much does John and Cindy Family Foundation give?
- John and Cindy Family Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $990,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John and Cindy Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (27%), Arts & Culture (26%), Human Services (23%).
- Who are John and Cindy Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Brucemore Inc ($1.0M), Matthew 25 ($345k), Monarch Research Project ($330k).
- Does John and Cindy Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John and Cindy Family 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 John and Cindy Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, The Hall-Perrine Foundation, GreenState Credit Union.
- Where is John and Cindy Family Foundation based?
- John and Cindy Family Foundation is based in IA.
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