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Mercy Foundation of Des Moines Iowa

We, mercy foundation of des moines, iowa and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.

$3.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$2.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$50MHuman Services$8.5MReligion$1.7M
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $3,335,470, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,709,340 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $373,870 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $31k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $184k
  • $250k+4 grants · $3.1M
$283,921
Median grant
1
States reached
$99M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES - IOWA CORP$2,161,773
HOUSE OF MERCY$351,286
MERCY CLINICS INC$308,591
MERCY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES$283,921
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER - NEWTON$184,275
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER - CENTERVILLE$31,400
MERCYONE NORTH IOWA MEDICAL CENTER$8,246
MERCY AUXILIARY OF CENTRAL IOWA$5,978
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $8.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHI LIVING COMMUNITIES: $8.5M → 18%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$52M · 7 repeat orgs$8.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
5

Total granted

$52M
$8.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+2%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CH
    CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES - IOWA CORP
    9× · 2017–2025 · $30M · revenue +26%
  • HO
    HOUSE OF MERCY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $9.9M · revenue +13% · 29% of their budget
  • MC
    MERCY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • CL
    CHI LIVING COMMUNITIES
    one grant, 2017 · $8.5M · revenue +2%
  • SO
    STRANDS OF STRENGTH INC
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue 0%
  • AA
    ABOVE AND BEYOND CANCER INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +20%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Central Community Hospital

Central community hospital's mission is to serve with fidelity to the gospel as a compassionate, healing ministry of jesus christ to transform the health of our communities.

Health
2
Mercy Foundation of Des Moines Iowa

We, mercy foundation of des moines, iowa and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mercy foundation of des moines, iowa is a member of…

Health
3
Covenant Medical Center Inc

We, covenant medical center and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. covenant medical center is a member of trinity health.

Health
4
Mercy Medical Center - Clinton Inc

We, mercy health services-iowa and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.mercy medical center - clinton is a member of mercy health…

Health
5
Hospice of North Iowa

We, mercy health services - iowa and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. hospice of north iowa is a member of mercy health services - iowa…

Human Services
6
Genesis Health System

We, genesis health system and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.

Health
7
Genesis Health System

We, genesis health system and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.

Health
8
Mercy Hospital of Franciscan Sisters Inc

We, mercy hospital of franciscan sisters and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mercy hospital of franciscan sisters is a member of…

Health
9
Mercy Health Partners

We, mercy health and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.mercy health partners is a member of mercy health and trinity health.

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10
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center

We, mercy health system of chicago and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.mhmc is a member of mercy health system of chicago and trinity…

Health
11
Oakland Mercy Hospital

We, mercy health services-iowa and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.oakland mercy hospital is a member of mercy health services-iowa and…

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12
Trinity Health Grand Haven Hospital

We, trinity health grand haven hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.trinity health grand haven hospital is a member of trinity…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp; the most unlike its peers is Strands of Strength Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
7/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES - IOWA CORP: $30,255,200 · HealthCATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES - IOWA CORPHOUSE OF MERCY: $9,893,953 · HealthHOUSE OF MERCYMERCY CLINICS INC: $5,140,334 · HealthMERCY CLINICS INCMERCY MEDICAL CENTER - NEWTON: $3,080,895 · HealthMERCY MEDICAL CENTER - NEWTON+4 more: $1,622,699 · HealthCHI LIVING COMMUNITIES: $8,486,700 · Human ServicesCHI LIVING COMM…MERCY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES: $2,005,523 · ReligionMERCY AUXILIARY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $19,152 · OtherIOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · OtherVARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF IOWA: $6,000 · Other
Health$49,993,081Human Services$8,486,700Religion$2,005,523Other$35,152

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES - IOWA CORP: $30,255,200 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetHOUSE OF MERCY: $9,893,953 over 9y, 29% of budgetCHI LIVING COMMUNITIES: $8,486,700 over 1y, 12% of budgetMERCY CLINICS INC: $5,140,334 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetMERCY MEDICAL CENTER - NEWTON: $3,080,895 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetMERCY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES: $2,005,523 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetMERCY MEDICAL CENTER - CENTERVILLE: $1,589,453 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetMERCY AUXILIARY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $19,152 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetSTRANDS OF STRENGTH INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetABOVE AND BEYOND CANCER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetIOWA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMERCY HEALTH SERVICES - IOWA CORP: $8,246 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF IOWA: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Catholic Health Initi…Prairie Meadows Race …Community Fdn of Grea…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa CorpIA19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Mercy Foundation of Des Moines Iowa funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mercy Foundation of Des Moines Iowa. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 13 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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