Iowa · Private foundation
Kleckner 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.
- $59k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,750
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,092
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 12
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations Kleckner Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $59k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $44k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $19k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 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, FY2023 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 Zen Center | $33,699 | 3 | n/a |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $19,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Des Moines Area Religious Council | $16,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Ryumonji Zen Monastery | $5,100 | 3 | n/a |
| Hope Ministries | $4,400 | 3 | 0% |
| Central Iowa Shelter & Services | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Japan America Society of Iowa Inc Tanaka | $3,537 | 3 | 1% |
| Dmacc Foundation | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| American Lung Association | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa Bird Rehabilitation | $25 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Des Moines Zen Center | $33,699 | 3 | n/a |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $19,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Des Moines Area Religious Council | $16,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Ryumonji Zen Monastery | $5,100 | 3 | n/a |
| Hope Ministries | $4,400 | 3 | 0% |
| Central Iowa Shelter & Services | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Japan America Society of Iowa Inc Tanaka | $3,537 | 3 | 1% |
| Dmacc Foundation | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| American Lung Association | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa Bird Rehabilitation | $25 | 1 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $25 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($34k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kleckner 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: Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Kleckner Foundation
- How much does Kleckner Foundation give?
- Kleckner Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $58,874 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 12 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Kleckner Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (45%), Arts & Culture (24%), Food & Nutrition (15%).
- Who are Kleckner Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Des Moines Zen Center ($34k), Food Bank of Iowa ($19k), Des Moines Area Religious Council ($17k).
- Does Kleckner Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kleckner 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 Kleckner Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Kleckner Foundation based?
- Kleckner Foundation is based in IA.
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