Iowa · Private foundation
Molony Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $163k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $37,720
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Molony Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k 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 | 30 | $163k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $160k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $103k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $99k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $44k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $19k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $37k | 64% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $125k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resources Unite | $148,792 | 7 | 9% |
| Latino Empowerment and Development | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Research for the Kids | $35,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Presentation Lantern | $25,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Maquoketa Community Cupboard Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey Trappistine Nuns Inc | $15,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Centrally Rooted Mission Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Opening Doors | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| St Stephens Foodbank | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Solutions of Eastern Iowa | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 28 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resources Unite | $148,792 | 7 | 9% |
| Latino Empowerment and Development | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Research for the Kids | $35,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Presentation Lantern | $25,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Maquoketa Community Cupboard Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey Trappistine Nuns Inc | $15,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Centrally Rooted Mission Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Opening Doors | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| St Stephens Foodbank | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Solutions of Eastern Iowa | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Dubuque Dream Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mound Farm Holdings Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Avery Foundation | $7,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Dubuque Rescue Mission | $6,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Convivium Urban Farmstead | $5,200 | 1 | 2% |
| Iowa Public Radio Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hospice of Dubuque | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bernard Rescue Unit Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| ChiArts Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa Pbs Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Regina Catholic Education Center | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa Newspaper Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dream Iowa | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seton Catholic School | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wartburg College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Dubuque | $924 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Iowa Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 59 recipients with no EIN on record ($348k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Molony Foundation 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: Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Dubuque Racing Association Ltd · Heartland Charitable Trust · James B & Melita a McDonough Foundation · Spahn & Rose Lumber Co Charitable Fdtn · Crescent Electric Charitable Foundation · Mathis Pfohl Foundation · Resources Unite · Falb Family Charitable Foundation · Henry Family Foundation · The Butler Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Molony Foundation
- How much does Molony Foundation give?
- Molony Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $162,631 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Molony Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (29%), Human Services (24%), Education (18%).
- Who are Molony Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Resources Unite ($149k), Latino Empowerment and Development ($45k), Research for the Kids ($35k).
- Does Molony Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Molony Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Molony Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, Dubuque Racing Association Ltd.
- Where is Molony Foundation based?
- Molony Foundation is based in IA.
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