· Private foundation
Kansky Walter & Ida Char 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF IOWA | $5,000 |
| IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $5,000 |
| COE COLLEGE | $5,000 |
| UNIV OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DIST | $4,000 |
| PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| NATL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM & LIBRARY | $500 |
| ST LUKES HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION | $500 |
| ARC OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA | $500 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $500 |
| CAMP COURAGEOUS | $500 |
| WAYPOINT | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION7× · 2019–2025 · $40k · revenue +57%
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION7× · 2019–2025 · $40k · revenue +22%- CCCOE COLLEGE7× · 2019–2025 · $35k · revenue +5%
Funded once
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The university of iowa center for advancement's mission is to advance the university of iowa through engagement and philanthropy. we serve our alumni and friends in the state and the region, throughout the country, and around the world. we…
Our mission is to strengthen the university of iowa through alumni engagement. we do this through our communications, alumni programs, and events.
Engages, equips and empowers learners to explore their vocations, fulfill their potential and serve the world.
The university of iowa research foundation's (uirf) mission is to: advance, develop, increase and extend the progress of science and useful arts through encouraging and assisting investigation, research and education at the state…
The union works to advocate and advance a public policy agenda to support and protect the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of iowa. it works to maintain throughout the united states the rights of free…
Cornell college offers an innovative and rigorous learning community where faculty and staff collaborate with students to develop the intellectual curiosity, creativity and moral courage necessary for a lifetime of learning and engaged…
To promote the common business interests of member companies without profit and without the inuring of income to the benefit of any member company or individual. to present the executive, legislative, judicial and regulatory bodies…
To facilitate the lifetime connection of alumni, students, and friends with iowa state university and each other.
The university of iowa facilities corporation acquires and holds property for the benefit and use of the university of iowa.
Upper iowa university provides quality educational opportunities accessible through varied delivery methods to inspire success and empower lives.
Steadfast in jesus christ as revealed in the holy scriptures, concordia university chicago promotes academic rigor in its liberal arts and professional programs; grounds students in objective truth, integrity, and excellence; and practices…
Founded by the norwegian evangelical lutheran church in 1861, luther college is a four-year, residential liberal arts institution. luther welcomes students of all backgrounds to engage in a way of learning that moves beyond immediate…
How this is measured
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 18 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL CZECH & SLOVAK MUSEUM & LIBRARY INC ↗
- Who funds WAYPOINT SERVICES ↗
- Who funds CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA ↗
- Who funds ST LUKE'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE ARC OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA ↗
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 · United Fire Group Foundation · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Kansky Walter & Ida Char Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kansky Walter & Ida Char Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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