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Orchard Place

Our mission at ORCHARD PLACE is "developing strong futures" for the children and youth of iowa.

$307k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$9k
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.

Human Services$558k
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $20,600, the rows itemized in this filing. The $307,186 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $286,586 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.
$5,800
Median grant
1
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT$9,000
BEAR CREEK KIDS CAMPUS$5,800
GROWING GREATNESS LEARNING CENTER$5,800
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 (FY21–24, $67k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%STEPPING STONES EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $5k → 8%GRINNELL DAYCARE CENTER INC: $7k → 9%THE VILLAGE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $6k → 12%MAGICAL BEGINNINGS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC: $6k → 15%LAMONI COMMUNITY DAY CARE: $6k → 18%INSPIRATIONS CHILD CARE & PRESCHOOL: $5k → 9%YOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES INC: $8k → 17%CHILD CARE JUNCTION INC: $5k → 9%UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY CHILDCARE: $6k → 17%AMES COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL CENTER: $6k → 17%CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF IOWA CDC: $6k → 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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

44%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$243k · 15 repeat orgs$315k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
38

Total granted

$243k
$295k

Still filing today

0%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthReligionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TY
    TENDER YEARS DAYCARE
    2× · 2018–2022 · $22k
  • LL
    LILYPAD LEARNING CENTER & RESEARCH PARK
    2× · 2022–2023 · $21k
  • IS
    IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2022–2024 · $21k

Funded once

  • BH
    BRIGHT HORIZONS CHILDRENS CENTERS LLC DBA DISCOVERY PRESCHOO
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
  • LC
    LIL' CUBS
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
  • ZL
    ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
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
Riceville Community Daycare Inc
Human Services
2
Tlc Child Care Inc

Provide christian based daycare and pre-school

Human Services
3
Beggining Child Care Center

Child care services and child preschool instruction

Education
4
Childcare Village Inc
Human Services
5
Dublin Community Preschool

Preschool education and childcare

Education
6
Village Early Learning Center

Child care and pre-school program open year round for children ages fifteen months to five years of age.

Education
7
Apple Daycare Inc

Provide a well rounded, affordable and dependable daycare facility for parents with children growing up in a rural north iowa area.

Human Services
8
Little Lambs Childcare Center
Human Services
9
Giggles & Grace Early Learning Center

Giggles & grace early learning center, inc., with community, parents and teachers, is committed to providing a safe, nurturing christian environment emphasizing the total development of each child; spiritual, intellectual, emotional,…

Human Services
10
Kids World Inc

Provide day care services to the children in and around sac city, iowa

Human Services
11
Children's Discovery Center

Education and social developement center to provide preschool and after school care to children while promoting a child's emotional, educational and physical growth.

Education
12
Grand View Child Development Center Inc

Provide affordable child care services to residents of des moines and surrounding communities

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Child Care Junction Inc; the most unlike its peers is House of Mercy. 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

18 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. 18 of the 56 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TENDER YEARS DAYCARE: $22,075 · OtherLILYPAD LEARNING CENTER & RESEARCH PARK: $21,000 · OtherIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY: $21,000 · OtherSTORY BOOK CHILD CARE & PRESCHOOL: $20,250 · OtherShining Stars I: $20,000 · OtherSS SERVICES LLC DBA LITTLE SPROUTS: $18,000 · OtherTraditions Children's Center II - Bldg 100: $16,000 · OtherClive Children's Center: $16,000 · OtherClive Children's Center II: $16,000 · OtherTraditions Children's Center I: $16,000 · Other+30 more: $270,600 · Other+30 moreYOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES INC: $7,950 · Human ServicesYOUTH AND SHE…GRINNELL COMMUNITY DAY CARE: $7,000 · Human ServicesGRINNELL COMM…The Village Ltd: $6,100 · Human ServicesThe Village L…MAGICAL BEGINNINGS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $6,000 · Human ServicesMAGICAL BEGIN…AMES COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL CENTER: $6,000 · Human ServicesAMES COMMUNIT…CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF IOWA: $6,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN AND …University Community Childcare Inc: $6,000 · Human ServicesUniversity Co…LAMONI COMMUNITY DAY CARE dba FUNSHINE LEARNING CENTER: $6,000 · Human ServicesLAMONI COMMUN…CHILD CARE JUNCTION INC: $5,250 · Human ServicesCHILD CARE JU…STEPPING STONES EARLY LEARNING CENTER INC: $5,200 · Human ServicesSTEPPING STON…INSPIRATIONS CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOL CENTER: $5,200 · Human ServicesINSPIRATIONS …ADVENTURES PRESCHOOL: $11,300 · EducationALBIA PRESCHOOL&DAYCARE CENTER INC: $5,600 · EducationKID-VILLE INC BAXTER EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $6,500 · Youth DevelopmentHOUSE OF MERCY: $6,000 · HealthTOGETHER FOR STORY COUNTY INC: $5,250 · Religion
Other$456,925Human Services$66,700Education$16,900Youth Development$6,500Health$6,000Religion$5,250

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetADVENTURES PRESCHOOL: $11,300 over 1y, 17% of budgetYOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES INC: $7,950 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRINNELL COMMUNITY DAY CARE: $7,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKID-VILLE INC BAXTER EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $6,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPECK CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $6,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe Village Ltd: $6,100 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMAGICAL BEGINNINGS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $6,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAMES COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL CENTER: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF IOWA: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity Community Childcare Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLAMONI COMMUNITY DAY CARE dba FUNSHINE LEARNING CENTER: $6,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHOUSE OF MERCY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALBIA PRESCHOOL&DAYCARE CENTER INC: $5,600 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTOGETHER FOR STORY COUNTY INC: $5,250 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCHILD CARE JUNCTION INC: $5,250 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTIGER TOTS COMMUNITY CHILD CARE CENTER CORP: $5,250 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSTEPPING STONES EARLY LEARNING CENTER INC: $5,200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetINSPIRATIONS CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOL CENTER: $5,200 over 1y, 1.6% 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.

  • Who funds ADVENTURES PRESCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds GRINNELL COMMUNITY DAY CARE ↗
  • Who funds KID-VILLE INC BAXTER EARLY LEARNING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PECK CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds The Village Ltd ↗
  • Who funds MAGICAL BEGINNINGS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AMES COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL CENTER ↗

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 Fdn of Grea…Chrysalis FoundationUnited Way of Central…Prairie Meadows Race …The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community FdnIA22.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Chrysalis Foundation · United Way of Central Iowa · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Orchard Place funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Orchard Place. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 56 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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