Iowa · Private foundation
Maser Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $15k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $13,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Maser Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 6 | $15k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $15k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $25k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $27k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $17k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $47k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $28k | 54% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $80k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildwood Nature Preserve | $72,032 | 6 | 100% |
| Historic Arnolds Park Inc | $19,343 | 4 | 0% |
| Pearson Lakes Art Center | $8,075 | 5 | 0% |
| Lakes Area Dog Park | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Le Mars Arts Council Inc | $3,199 | 3 | 1% |
| Okoboji Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Ducks Unlimited Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Foster Young Mens Christian Association Inc | $1,220 | 3 | 0% |
| Trees Forever Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa Great Lakes Association | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildwood Nature Preserve | $72,032 | 6 | 100% |
| Historic Arnolds Park Inc | $19,343 | 4 | 0% |
| Pearson Lakes Art Center | $8,075 | 5 | 0% |
| Lakes Area Dog Park | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Le Mars Arts Council Inc | $3,199 | 3 | 1% |
| Okoboji Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Ducks Unlimited Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Foster Young Mens Christian Association Inc | $1,220 | 3 | 0% |
| Trees Forever Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa Great Lakes Association | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Spirit Lake Protective Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Okoboji Protective Association | $700 | 3 | 1% |
| Lakes Regional Healthcare Foundation | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($136k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Maser Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · The Joseph Andres Family Foundation · Bedell World Citizenship Fund · Steve Pearson Foundation Inc · Peterson Family Foundation · The Quarry Fund · Anne Thorne Weaver Family Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Maser Family Foundation
- How much does Maser Family Foundation give?
- Maser Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $14,760 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Maser Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (61%), Recreation & Sports (14%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are Maser Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wildwood Nature Preserve ($72k), Historic Arnolds Park Inc ($19k), Pearson Lakes Art Center ($8k).
- Does Maser Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Maser Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Maser Family 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, The Joseph Andres Family Foundation, Bedell World Citizenship Fund.
- Where is Maser Family Foundation based?
- Maser Family Foundation is based in IA.
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