Iowa · Private foundation
Merchant Foundation of Iowa
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $36k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Merchant Foundation of Iowa funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 7 | $36k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $57k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $67k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $43k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $34k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $48k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $42k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $44k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Food Prize Foundation | $65,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Dmacc Foundation | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| East-West University | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Universal Medical Institute Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sehgal Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sonia Shah Organization | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Greater Des Moines Committee | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Association of Physicians Ofpakistani-Descent of North America | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Al Mustafa Relief Aid USA Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($213k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Merchant Foundation of Iowa 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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Merchant Foundation of Iowa
- How much does Merchant Foundation of Iowa give?
- Merchant Foundation of Iowa reported 7 grants totaling $35,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Merchant Foundation of Iowa fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (64%), Food & Nutrition (18%), Health (4%).
- Who are Merchant Foundation of Iowa's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: World Food Prize Foundation ($65k), Dmacc Foundation ($50k), East-West University ($30k).
- Does Merchant Foundation of Iowa fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Merchant Foundation of Iowa accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Merchant Foundation of Iowa?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Merchant Foundation of Iowa based?
- Merchant Foundation of Iowa is based in IA.
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