Iowa · Private foundation
Mahana-Cong Church Scholar Found
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.
- $113k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $22,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 53% of the organizations Mahana-Cong Church Scholar Found funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k 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 | 14 | $113k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $102k | 53% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $88k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $105k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $100k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $86k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell College | $19,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Briar Cliff University | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Teachers College Columbia University | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Sioux Falls | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of the Incarnate Word | $9,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Liberty University Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Bellevue University | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Coe College | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Drake University | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern College | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell College | $19,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Briar Cliff University | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Teachers College Columbia University | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Sioux Falls | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of the Incarnate Word | $9,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Liberty University Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Bellevue University | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Coe College | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Drake University | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern College | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Upper Iowa University | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Bradley University | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand View University | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Buena Vista University | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Catherine University | $2,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Wartburg College | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($479k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mahana-Cong Church Scholar Found supplied at peak.
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: Paul & Mary Collins Trust · Willard E and Ella P Thompson Educational Fund · Fahrney Education Fdtn Trust · Marguerite V Brown · W E Ruebush Foundation · Roy J Carver Charitable Trust · United Way Worldwide · Louis J Elbert Trust · Joseph J Sinek Scholarship Trust · Bernice E Peterson Scholarship Trust · Bestenlehner D and F Educational Tr · Iowa College Foundation
How this is measured
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About Mahana-Cong Church Scholar Found
- How much does Mahana-Cong Church Scholar Found give?
- Mahana-Cong Church Scholar Found reported 14 grants totaling $112,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Mahana-Cong Church Scholar Found fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are Mahana-Cong Church Scholar Found's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Cornell College ($19k), Briar Cliff University ($11k), Teachers College Columbia University ($11k).
- Does Mahana-Cong Church Scholar Found fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mahana-Cong Church Scholar Found 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 Mahana-Cong Church Scholar Found?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Paul & Mary Collins Trust, Willard E and Ella P Thompson Educational Fund, Fahrney Education Fdtn Trust.
- Where is Mahana-Cong Church Scholar Found based?
- Mahana-Cong Church Scholar Found is based in IA.
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