Iowa · Private foundation
Josh and Susie Kimelman 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.
- $25k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $446k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Josh and Susie Kimelman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 11 | $24k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $22k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $21k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $25k | 35% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $26k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $24k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $25k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Des Moines Metro Opera Inc | $45,300 | 8 | 0% |
| Har Zion Temple | $24,025 | 8 | n/a |
| Congregation Beth El | $17,750 | 5 | n/a |
| Des Moines Symphony Association | $11,250 | 8 | 0% |
| Edmundson Art Foundation Inc | $9,550 | 8 | 0% |
| Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Iowa Public Radio Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind | $875 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Des Moines Metro Opera Inc | $45,300 | 8 | 0% |
| Har Zion Temple | $24,025 | 8 | n/a |
| Congregation Beth El | $17,750 | 5 | n/a |
| Des Moines Symphony Association | $11,250 | 8 | 0% |
| Edmundson Art Foundation Inc | $9,550 | 8 | 0% |
| Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Iowa Public Radio Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind | $875 | 1 | 0% |
| Animal Rescue League of Iowa Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($76k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Josh and Susie Kimelman Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: The Levitt Foundation · Bookey Family Foundation · Brenton Foundation · Meredith Corporation Foundation · Lauridsen Family Foundation · Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner · Mary K and Daniel M Kelly Family Foundation C/O Dan Kelly · The Seidler Foundation · Weathertop Foundation F/K/A Thomas Nelson Urban Jr · Fred Maytag Family Foundation · EMC Insurance Foundation · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Josh and Susie Kimelman Foundation with peer funders
About Josh and Susie Kimelman Foundation
- How much does Josh and Susie Kimelman Foundation give?
- Josh and Susie Kimelman Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $24,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Josh and Susie Kimelman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (54%), Arts & Culture (35%), Philanthropy (5%).
- Who are Josh and Susie Kimelman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Des Moines Metro Opera Inc ($45k), Har Zion Temple ($24k), Congregation Beth El ($18k).
- Does Josh and Susie Kimelman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Josh and Susie Kimelman 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 Josh and Susie Kimelman Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Levitt Foundation, Bookey Family Foundation, Brenton Foundation.
- Where is Josh and Susie Kimelman Foundation based?
- Josh and Susie Kimelman Foundation is based in IA.
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