Iowa · Private foundation
McLeod Charitable Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $154k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $24,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 46% of the organizations McLeod Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k 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 | 6 | $154k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $101k | 46% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $27k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $74k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $70k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $37k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $73k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $172k | 60% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monarch Research Project | $410,000 | 7 | 30% |
| Engage Iowa | $40,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation | $33,200 | 7 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Corridor | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cedar Rapids Comm School District | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Healthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Four Oaks Family and Children's Services | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Groundtruth Project Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cedar Rapids Museum of Art | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Indian Creek Nature Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monarch Research Project | $410,000 | 7 | 30% |
| Engage Iowa | $40,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation | $33,200 | 7 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Corridor | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cedar Rapids Comm School District | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Healthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Four Oaks Family and Children's Services | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Groundtruth Project Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cedar Rapids Museum of Art | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Indian Creek Nature Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Matthew 25 | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Last Hope Animal Rescue Inc | $2,700 | 3 | 0% |
| March of Dimes Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Homegrown National Park Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Waypoint Services | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Summit Schools Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa Women's Foundation | $450 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($198k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
McLeod Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 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: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · United Fire Group Foundation · GreenState Credit Union · Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation · Rohde Family Charitable Foundation · Carleen and Eugene Grandon Charitable Foundation · John P & Lawrence J Giacoletto Fnd · The Hall-Perrine Foundation · The Kenneth K Kinsey Family Foundation · Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc · The Slappey Family Foundation · TrueNorth Legacy Foundation
How this is measured
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About McLeod Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does McLeod Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- McLeod Charitable Foundation Inc reported 6 grants totaling $154,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does McLeod Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (60%), Health (12%), Education (7%).
- Who are McLeod Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Monarch Research Project ($410k), Engage Iowa ($40k), Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation ($33k).
- Does McLeod Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does McLeod Charitable Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as McLeod Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, United Fire Group Foundation, GreenState Credit Union.
- Where is McLeod Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- McLeod Charitable Foundation Inc is based in IA.
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