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Mid-Iowa Health Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$452k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
32
Grants FY2025
43
Organizations funded FY2024
56%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
21 to 43
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$20M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 56% of the organizations Mid-Iowa Health Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionEducationCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving25$452k36%
FY202443$452k56%
FY202321$381k33%
FY202224$513k58%
FY202132$489k16%
FY202043$619k33%
FY201936$704k53%
FY201825$565k32%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.5MPhilanthropy$583kYouth Development$525kHuman Services$515kEducation$416kCivil Rights$332kEmployment$316kArts & Culture$239kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IA
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
DC
LA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 88 grantees
All grantees of Mid-Iowa Health Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Community Youth Concepts$230,50095%
Iowa Public Radio Inc$230,00051%
Iowa Public Health Association Foundation$198,834610%
Latinas Latinos Al Exito Inc$173,666619%
United Way of Central Iowa$156,60860%
De Beaumont Foundation Inc$155,00021%
Iowa Aces 360$148,833528%
Des Moines Area Religious Council$131,00041%
Coalition for Family and Children's Services in Iowa Inc$130,00037%
By Degrees Foundation$100,50037%
Healthy Birth Day Inc$95,83489%
Please Pass the Love$82,00055%
AMOS A Mid-Iowa Organizing Strategy$80,0002n/a
Child and Family Policy Center$79,47352%
Polk County Housing Trust Fund$77,50061%
Primary Health Care Inc$69,83330%
Youth Policy Institute of Iowa$68,33342%
Mercy Foundation of Des Moines Iowa$60,85020%
Iowa Healthiest State Initiative$60,00044%
Iowa Primary Care Association Inc$60,00021%
Young Women's Resource Center$58,50032%
Youth and Shelter Services Inc$55,70030%
Amos Institute of Public Life$55,000225%
Future Net Incorporated$54,96026%
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland Inc$54,00040%
Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice$46,00022%
Iowa Department of Human Rights$44,5161n/a
Orchard Place$43,00090%
Foundations Inc$41,16740%
Iowa Caregivers$40,000113%
Ellipsis Inc$35,50020%
Disability Rights Iowa$33,00021%
Proteus Inc$30,33330%
Kids First Law Center$25,00014%
Project Iowa$25,00012%
Knock and Drop Iowa$24,00031%
My City My Health Inc$23,0001n/a
National Alliance on Mental Illness-Iowa Inc$20,80013%
Eat Greater Des Moines$20,33435%
Iowa Coalition for Collective Change$20,33431%
United Way of Story County Inc$20,33331%
Street Collective$20,33333%
The Directors Council$20,20029%
Central Iowa Trauma Recovery Center$20,00015%
Polk County Iowa$20,0001n/a
Camp Fire Heart of Iowa$20,0001n/a
Family Planning Council of Iowa$20,00011%
Prevent Child Abuse Iowa$20,00012%
Science Center of Iowa$17,50020%
Dental Connections Inc$15,00011%
Community Housing Initiatives Inc$15,00010%
Urban Dreams$15,00042%
Community Financial Resources$14,52711%
Youth Emergency Services & Shelter of Iowa$11,00020%
Homes of Oakridge Human Services$10,50020%
Food Bank of Iowa$10,00010%
Iowa Center for Children's Justice$10,0001n/a
Grantmakers in Health$9,22530%
Iowa Black Doula Collective$8,00014%
Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc$6,50010%
Drake University$6,50030%
United Ways of Iowa$5,00010%
Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation$4,00010%
SCKIC Inc$2,5001n/a
Iowa Dental Foundation$2,50015%
Waukee Area Christian Services Waypoint Resources$2,00010%
Our Lady of the Americas Catholic Church Polk County Iowa$2,0002n/a
Children and Families of Iowa$2,00010%
One Iowa$2,00020%
Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence$2,00010%
Nisaa African Family Services$1,00010%
Friends of Iowa Casa & Icfcrb$1,00020%
Iowa Congolese Organization and Center for Healing$1,00010%
Broadlawns Medical Center Foundation$1,00020%
Grace Fitness$1,00011%
Link Associates$1,00010%
We Lift Job Search Center$1,00011%
Corinthian Baptist Church Inc$1,0001n/a
Black Women 4 Healthy Living Inc$1,0001n/a
Impact Community Action Partnership Inc$1,00010%
Iowa Council of Foundations$75910%
This is My Brave Inc$75010%
B Well Foundation Inc$50010%
Youth Homes of Mid America Foundation$50010%
Eastern Iowa Community Bond Project$50011%
Grand View University$50010%
Mentor Iowa$50010%
Tori's Angels Foundation Inc$30010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Mid-Iowa Health Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 78 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCommunity Youth Concepts: $230,500 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetIowa Public Radio Inc: $230,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetIowa Public Health Association Foundation: $198,834 over 6y, 10% of budgetLatinas Latinos Al Exito Inc: $173,666 over 6y, 19% of budgetUnited Way of Central Iowa: $156,608 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetDe Beaumont Foundation Inc: $155,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetIowa Aces 360: $148,833 over 5y, 28% of budgetDes Moines Area Religious Council: $131,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetCoalition for Family and Children's Services in Iowa Inc: $130,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetBy Degrees Foundation: $100,500 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetHealthy Birth Day Inc: $95,834 over 8y, 8.9% of budgetPlease Pass the Love: $82,000 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetChild and Family Policy Center: $79,473 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetPolk County Housing Trust Fund: $77,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetPrimary Health Care Inc: $69,833 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYouth Policy Institute of Iowa: $68,333 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetMercy Foundation of Des Moines Iowa: $60,850 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetIowa Healthiest State Initiative: $60,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetIowa Primary Care Association Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetYoung Women's Resource Center: $58,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetYouth and Shelter Services Inc: $55,700 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAmos Institute of Public Life: $55,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetFuture Net Incorporated: $54,960 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of the Heartland Inc: $54,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetIowa Migrant Movement for Justice: $46,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetOrchard Place: $43,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFoundations Inc: $41,167 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetIowa Caregivers: $40,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetEllipsis Inc: $35,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDisability Rights Iowa: $33,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetProteus Inc: $30,333 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetKids First Law Center: $25,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetProject Iowa: $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetKnock and Drop Iowa: $24,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNational Alliance on Mental Illness-Iowa Inc: $20,800 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetEat Greater Des Moines: $20,334 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetIowa Coalition for Collective Change: $20,334 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetUnited Way of Story County Inc: $20,333 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetStreet Collective: $20,333 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetThe Directors Council: $20,200 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetCentral Iowa Trauma Recovery Center: $20,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetFamily Planning Council of Iowa: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPrevent Child Abuse Iowa: $20,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetScience Center of Iowa: $17,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDental Connections Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCommunity Housing Initiatives Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUrban Dreams: $15,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetCommunity Financial Resources: $14,527 over 1y, 1.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 78.

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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.

United Way of Central IowaIA93.7× affinity43 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Central Iowa · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation · Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa · The Hws Charitable Foundation Inc · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · EMC Insurance Foundation · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Chrysalis Foundation · Telligen Community Initiative · Ita Group 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.

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About Mid-Iowa Health Foundation

How much does Mid-Iowa Health Foundation give?
Mid-Iowa Health Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $452,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 43 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Mid-Iowa Health Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (29%), Philanthropy (11%), Youth Development (10%).
Who are Mid-Iowa Health Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Community Youth Concepts ($231k), Iowa Public Radio Inc ($230k), Iowa Public Health Association Foundation ($199k).
Does Mid-Iowa Health Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Mid-Iowa Health Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Mid-Iowa Health Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Central Iowa, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc.
Where is Mid-Iowa Health Foundation based?
Mid-Iowa Health Foundation is based in IA.

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 129 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-PF 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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