· Private foundation
Otto Schoitz Foundation
Improve the health and well-being of the community and its individual members within the greater cedar valley region, defined as the geographical area within 30 miles from the center of waterloo, iowa.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k10 grants · $48k
- $10k–50k28 grants · $631k
- $50k–250k10 grants · $724k
- $250k+5 grants · $2.3M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NORTHEAST IOWA FOOD BANK | $800,000 |
| WATERLOO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | $500,000 |
| IOWA HEARTLAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $365,000 |
| CITY OF WATERLOOLEISURE SERVICES | $333,334 |
| CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DBA HOUSE OF HOPE | $325,000 |
| CEDAR FALLS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION | $150,000 |
| SUCCESSLINK | $90,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CEDAR VALLEY | $75,000 |
| CEDAR VALLEY FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY | $75,000 |
| GRIN AND GROW LTD DBA GROWING MINDS EARLY LEARNING CENTER | $63,750 |
| IOWA LEGAL AID | $62,500 |
| ONE CEDAR VALLEY | $57,500 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY OF WATERLOOCEDAR FALLS | $50,000 |
| JESSE COSBY CENTER | $50,000 |
| YWCA OF BLACK HAWK COUNTY | $50,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $1.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.
76 repeat relationships: 42 still active in FY2025, 34 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $611k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IHIOWA HEARTLAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY7× · 2018–2025 · $2.6M · revenue +292% · 55% of their budget
- CVCEDAR VALLEY FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY INC6× · 2020–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +83%
- CCCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT7× · 2018–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +109% · 61% of their budget
Funded once
- COCITY OF WATERLOO - WATERLOO LEISURE SERVICESone grant, 2019 · $331k
- COCITY OF WATERLOOWATERLOO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTone grant, 2021 · $310k
- FVFRIENDSHIP VILLAGE FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $150k · revenue +215%
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.
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.
Seeking to build a stronger, more caring community by forming partnerships with businesses, community experts, education & health & human service agencies to achieve targeted outcomes & sustained changes in community conditions which will…
In partnership with state and federal government, our mission is to administer programs designed to help residents in our 10-county region of southwest iowa achieve self-sufficiency.
Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.
To provide advocacy and services for disadvantaged persons and bring about institutional change for the benefit of the people we serve and the community at large. (see schedule o).to achieve this mission, scicap operates programs to…
ICCJ assists children in custody disputes through child focused education and legal services. ICCJ provides education and legal services on a reduced fee or at no charge based on the ability to pay.
Through dynamic partnerships, quality family services, advocacy and education, neicac advances community development and improves social and economic conditions for individuals and families with limited resources.
Community action of eastern iowa respectfully partners with people to improve their health, finances, and education.
The organization receives, warehouses, and distributes salvageable food items to non-profit tax exempt member agencies to feed the ill, needy, and infants.
Mica helps families experencing poverty meet their needs, build on their strengths, and achieve their goals.
Child day care center
To promote the development, growth and utilization of childrens advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams to better serve Iowas abused and neglected children and their families.
The community foundation for western iowa is dedicated to creating a lasting legacy in our region by engaging our citizens and communities for durable change and fostering a culture of philanthropy. this is where giving grows.
How this is measured
76 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. 76 of the 117 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 IOWA HEARTLAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
- Who funds CEDAR VALLEY FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY INC ↗
- Who funds CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ↗
- Who funds NORTHEAST IOWA FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CEDAR VALLEY ↗
- Who funds PEOPLES COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC INC ↗
- Who funds HAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FDN ↗
- Who funds SUCCESSLINK INC ↗
- Who funds GRIN & GROW LTD ↗
- Who funds WATERLOO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WATERLOO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds COVENANT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CEDAR VALLEY HOSPICE INC ↗
- Who funds REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT VOICES IN ACTION ↗
- Who funds Iowa Legal Aid ↗
- Who funds LEADER VALLEY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OPERATION THRESHOLD INC ↗
- Who funds JESSE COSBY NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds ONE CITY UNITED ↗
- Who funds THE FAMILY YMCA OF BLACK HAWK COUNTY ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JOB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque ↗
- Who funds TRI-COUNTY CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds 1619 FREEDOM SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds NORTH STAR COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds WATERLOO HOUSING TRUST FUND ↗
- Who funds YWCA BLACK HAWK COUNTY ↗
- Who funds CEDAR FALLS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDSHIP VILLAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Youth Art Team ↗
- Who funds Riverview Center Inc ↗
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: Max and Helen Guernsey Charitable Foundation · Black Hawk County Gaming Association · Lsb Foundation · Cedar Valley United Way · R J McElroy Trust · Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation · Van G Miller Family Charitable Foundation · Trustage Foundation Inc · Duroe Family Foundation · The Gallagher Family Foundation · The Accel Foundation · GreenState Credit Union
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Otto Schoitz Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Otto Schoitz Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
How this is measured
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