Iowa · Private foundation
Krause Gentle 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.
- $6.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $34,431
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,439,148
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 55
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 45% of the organizations Krause Gentle Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $69k 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 | 3 | $6.5M | 33% |
| FY2024 | 33 | $782k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 38 | $922k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 36 | $1.1M | 42% |
| FY2021 | 44 | $999k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 36 | $1.1M | 42% |
| FY2019 | 41 | $786k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 55 | $740k | 64% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle J & Sharon Krause Family Foundation | $6,439,148 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Central Iowa | $1,823,627 | 8 | 2% |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines | $1,115,074 | 3 | n/a |
| Italian-American Cultural Center of Iowa | $803,932 | 4 | 18% |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $632,618 | 7 | 0% |
| Ballet Des Moines | $69,312 | 2 | 1% |
| St Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa Soccer Development Foundation Inc | $49,654 | 1 | 1% |
| St Gabriel Communications | $40,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 108 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 91 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Krause Gentle 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: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Meredith Corporation Foundation · EMC Insurance Foundation · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Fred Maytag Family Foundation · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · John Ruan Foundation Trust · William C Knapp Charitable Fdn · Bookey Family Foundation · Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust
How this is measured
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About Krause Gentle Foundation
- How much does Krause Gentle Foundation give?
- Krause Gentle Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $6,477,179 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 55 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Krause Gentle Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (61%), Religion (16%), Education (14%).
- Who are Krause Gentle Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Kyle J & Sharon Krause Family Foundation ($6.4M), United Way of Central Iowa ($1.8M), Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines ($1.1M).
- Does Krause Gentle Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Krause Gentle 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 Krause Gentle Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc, Meredith Corporation Foundation.
- Where is Krause Gentle Foundation based?
- Krause Gentle Foundation is based in IA.
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