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Ohnward Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$140k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$184kHuman Services$130kCommunity Improvement$114kArts & Culture$42kFood & Nutrition$30kEnvironment$30kRecreation & Sports$25kHealth$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $39k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $51k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$6,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YMCA OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY$50,000
SPRINGBROOK HISTROICAL GOLF FOUNDATION$20,000
Individual grant recipient$16,000
FRIENDS OF JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATION$15,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUBUQUE$7,500
INNOVATE 120 INC$7,000
DEWITT THEATER COMPANY$6,000
OHNWARD FINE ARTS CENTER$5,000
CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB$5,000
PAUL B SHARAR FOUNDATION$3,000
MAQUOKETA ARTS EXPERIENCE LTD$2,500
CAMP COURAGEOUS$2,500
BELL TOWER THEATER$25
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CAMP COURAGEOUS: $3k → 11%CAMP COURAGEOUS: $3k → 11%CAMP COURAGEOUS: $3k → 11%MAQUOKETA AREA FAMILY YMCA: $55k → 10%CAMP COURAGEOUS: $3k → 11%MAQUOKETA AREA FAMILY YMCA: $5k → 10%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 26% of Ohnward Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in IA; by stated purpose, 76%.

Ohnward Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$317k · 15 repeat orgs$170k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
8

Total granted

$317k
$73k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+25%

Still filing today

73%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $97k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementHealthEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
    2× · 2020–2022 · $60k · revenue +53%
  • I1
    INNOVATE 120 INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $21k · revenue +1%
  • PB
    PAUL B SHARAR FOUNDATION - CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $18k · revenue +322%

Funded once

  • MA
    MAQUOKETA AG LEARNING CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $30k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $15k
  • JC
    JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    one grant, 2021 · $9k · revenue +10%
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
Dubuque County Fine Arts Society

To provide fine arts to dubuque county

Arts & Culture
2
Keokuk County Fair

To provide a county fair for rural iowa

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3
Jefferson Chamber of Commerce

Promote economic development in jefferson wi for its members

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4
Fort Madison Area Chamber of Commerce

The mission of the fort madison chamber of commerce is to promote retail and commercial development as well as tourism in fort madison and the surrounding area.

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5
Maquoketa Area Chamber of Commerce

The chamber will support and strengthen member success, which enhances the quality of life, economic well-being and opportunities in the community we serve.

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6
Madison County Historical Society
Arts & Culture
7
Jackson Madison County Bicentennial Commission

This commission is established as a once-in-a-lifetime commemoration of 200 years of history, culture, and community of both the city of jackson and madison county, which will both celebrate bicentennial anniversaries respectively in 2022…

Arts & Culture
8
Madison Art Gallery
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9
Iowa City Area Development Group Inc

The organization promotes, develops and advances the business community in iowa city and the surrounding area. in addition, the organization connects business and industry with federal, state and local resources to enable and stimulate…

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10
Clarke Historical Museum

The acquisition, preservation and educational display of objects relating to the history of eureka and humboldt county's heritage.

Arts & Culture
11
Marshalltown Central Business District Inc

Promote the community's (that being marshalltown, iowa) economic development and the revitalization and historic preservation of the downtown.

Community Improvement
12
Graettinger Economic Development Council

Engage in, assist and contribute to the support of economical and industrial development of the city of graettinger, iowa, including the assistance, encouragement and preservation of existing businesses and industries

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque; the most unlike its peers is Figge Art Museum. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

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

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
11/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YMCA OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY: $50,000 · OtherYMCA OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEYIndividual grant recipient: $36,007 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMAQUOKETA AG LEARNING CENTER: $30,000 · OtherMAQUOKETA AG LEARNING CENTERINNOVATE 120 INC: $21,000 · OtherINNOVATE 120 INCCLINTON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORP: $20,000 · OtherCLINTON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORPIndividual grant recipient: $16,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMAQUOKETA BETTERMENT CORPORATION: $13,500 · OtherSPRINGBROOK HISTORICAL GOLF FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherSPRINGBROOK HISTORICAL GOLF FOUNDATIONPAUL B SHARAR FOUNDATION - CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $18,000 · OtherPAUL B SHARAR FOUNDATION - CLINTON COMMUNITY C…+9 more: $33,200 · Other+9 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON COUNTY: $160,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUBUQUE: $23,500 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY: $60,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S…CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $10,000 · Human ServicesCAMP COURAG…JACKSON COUNTY ECONOMIC ALLIANCE: $59,000 · Community ImprovementJACKSON C…MAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE LTD: $16,000 · Arts & CultureJACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $9,450 · Arts & CultureMAQUOKETA FINE ARTS CENTER: $7,500 · Arts & CultureFIGGE ART MUSEUM: $2,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF JACKSON CO CONSERVATION: $30,000 · EnvironmentCROSSROADS HEALTH FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Health
Other$272,707Philanthropy$183,500Human Services$70,000Community Improvement$59,000Arts & Culture$35,450Environment$30,000Health$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON COUNTY: $160,000 over 2y, 82% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY: $60,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJACKSON COUNTY ECONOMIC ALLIANCE: $59,000 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF JACKSON CO CONSERVATION: $30,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUBUQUE: $23,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINNOVATE 120 INC: $21,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetCLINTON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORP: $20,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetCROSSROADS HEALTH FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetSPRINGBROOK HISTORICAL GOLF FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetPAUL B SHARAR FOUNDATION - CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $18,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetMAQUOKETA ART EXPERIENCE LTD: $16,000 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetMAQUOKETA BETTERMENT CORPORATION: $13,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $9,450 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetMAQUOKETA FINE ARTS CENTER: $7,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetMAQUOKETA FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION: $4,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetFIGGE ART MUSEUM: $2,500 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.

Community Foundation …Quad Cities Golf Clas…Allison Everett Pears…James B & Melita a Mc…Dubuque Racing Associ…Alliant Energy Founda…Flynn Family Foundati…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Community Foundation of Greater DubuqueIA21.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque · Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation · Allison Everett Pearson Foundation · James B & Melita a McDonough Foundation · Dubuque Racing Association Ltd · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Flynn Family Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Ohnward Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ohnward Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Ohnward Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Ohnward Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 30 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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