Iowa · Private foundation
Marion Jerome Foundation Inc
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.
- $152k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
97% of Marion Jerome Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Marion Jerome Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $152k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $32,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Marion Jerome Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 20 | $152k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $150k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $138k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $144k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $117k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $124k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $122k | 10% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $114k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barron Area Education Foundation Inc | $143,500 | 9 | 22% |
| Iowa 4-H Foundation | $92,108 | 9 | 1% |
| Decorah Comm School Dist Foundation | $77,000 | 3 | 13% |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Decorah Community Food Pantry | $48,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Spectrum Industries | $42,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Winneshiek Medical Center Foundation | $42,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Winneshiek County Celebration of Life Inc | $29,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Decorah Community Free Clinic | $20,000 | 4 | n/a |
| University of South Florida Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barron Area Education Foundation Inc | $143,500 | 9 | 22% |
| Iowa 4-H Foundation | $92,108 | 9 | 1% |
| Decorah Comm School Dist Foundation | $77,000 | 3 | 13% |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Decorah Community Food Pantry | $48,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Spectrum Industries | $42,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Winneshiek Medical Center Foundation | $42,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Winneshiek County Celebration of Life Inc | $29,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Decorah Community Free Clinic | $20,000 | 4 | n/a |
| University of South Florida Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Thunder Rode Inc | $16,000 | 6 | 19% |
| Arthaus Inc | $14,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Oneota Valley Community Orchestra | $7,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Decorah Music Boosters | $6,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Guardians of Northeast Iowa Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Iowa Composers Forum | $1,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Decorah Athletic Booster Club | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($528k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Marion Jerome Foundation Inc 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: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Marion Jerome Foundation Inc
- How much does Marion Jerome Foundation Inc give?
- Marion Jerome Foundation Inc reported 20 grants totaling $151,711 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Marion Jerome Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (71%), Education (15%), Youth Development (3%).
- Who are Marion Jerome Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Barron Area Education Foundation Inc ($144k), Iowa 4-H Foundation ($92k), Decorah Comm School Dist Foundation ($77k).
- Does Marion Jerome Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Marion Jerome Foundation Inc 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 Marion Jerome Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Marion Jerome Foundation Inc based?
- Marion Jerome Foundation Inc is based in IA.
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