Iowa · Private foundation
Olberg Family Charitable Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $16k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $102k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Olberg Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 26 | $16k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $16k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $15k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $18k | 23% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $21k | 35% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $18k | 35% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $12k | 23% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $16k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Rapids Museum of Art | $24,895 | 8 | 0% |
| Indian Creek Nature Center | $5,200 | 7 | 0% |
| Vassar College | $4,000 | 8 | 0% |
| President and Trustees of Bates College | $4,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Brown Ledge Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $3,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Kids First Law Center | $3,200 | 5 | 0% |
| Waypoint Services | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Linn County Historical Society | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Trees Forever Inc | $2,050 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Rapids Museum of Art | $24,895 | 8 | 0% |
| Indian Creek Nature Center | $5,200 | 7 | 0% |
| Vassar College | $4,000 | 8 | 0% |
| President and Trustees of Bates College | $4,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Brown Ledge Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $3,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Kids First Law Center | $3,200 | 5 | 0% |
| Waypoint Services | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Linn County Historical Society | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Trees Forever Inc | $2,050 | 4 | 0% |
| Area Substance Abuse Council Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Green Lake Association | $2,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Iowa State University Foundation | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Lyme Land Conservation Trust Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Prospect Park Alliance Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Foundation 2 Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cedar Rapids Garden Club | $895 | 3 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Courageous of Iowa | $250 | 3 | 0% |
| Dubuque County Historical Society | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Mothers Against Media Addiction | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Cedar Rapids Parks Foundation | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Eastern Iowa Arts Academy | $50 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($64k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Olberg Family Charitable Trust 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: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · United Fire Group Foundation · Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation · The Linge Foundation · Rohde Family Charitable Foundation · The McIntyre Foundation · Bryant Foundation Inc · The Hall-Perrine Foundation · The Accel Foundation · GreenState Credit Union · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The Slappey Family Foundation
How this is measured
About Olberg Family Charitable Trust
- How much does Olberg Family Charitable Trust give?
- Olberg Family Charitable Trust reported 26 grants totaling $16,285 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Olberg Family Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (28%), Arts & Culture (25%), Religion (13%).
- Who are Olberg Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Cedar Rapids Museum of Art ($25k), Indian Creek Nature Center ($5k), Vassar College ($4k).
- Does Olberg Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Olberg Family Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Olberg Family Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, United Fire Group Foundation, Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation.
- Where is Olberg Family Charitable Trust based?
- Olberg Family Charitable Trust is based in IA.
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