· Private foundation
Paul and Julie Maass Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k8 grants · $36k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $78k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| WE WILL COLLECTIVE | $50,000 |
| FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND | $33,334 |
| UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS | $15,000 |
| MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEBRASKA | $10,000 |
| BOYS TOWN | $10,000 |
| OMAHA NORTH HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL | $10,000 |
| FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $7,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY | $5,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS | $5,000 |
| NEBRASKA DIAPER BANK SPONSORSHIP | $5,000 |
| MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY IDAHO | $2,500 |
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 (FY22–25, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 8 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, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $84k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FBFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND3× · 2023–2025 · $100k · revenue +9%
FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION3× · 2023–2025 · $38k · revenue +62%- MFMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEBRASKA INC2× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +48%
Funded once
- AHAMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2024 · $25k
- SVST VINCENT DE PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCHone grant, 2024 · $10k
- BTBREAKTHROUGH T1Dgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +27%
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.
Our mission is to strengthen the university of iowa through alumni engagement. we do this through our communications, alumni programs, and events.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
Nebraska wesleyan university is an academic community dedicated to intellectual and personal growth within the context of a liberal arts education and in an environment of christian concern.
The missouri western state university foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organization that functions solely to support the mission of missouri western state university, as stated in the university's mission statement. the foundation…
The Foundation was created to assist in the promotion, development and enhancement of the financial resources for Washburn University of Topeka, as well as to receive and hold in trust any assets given in benefit of the University.
The university of iowa research foundation's (uirf) mission is to: advance, develop, increase and extend the progress of science and useful arts through encouraging and assisting investigation, research and education at the state…
The university of iowa center for advancement's mission is to advance the university of iowa through engagement and philanthropy. we serve our alumni and friends in the state and the region, throughout the country, and around the world. we…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
To facilitate the lifetime connection of alumni, students, and friends with iowa state university and each other.
The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.
Unite realtor boards to be able to influence matters affecting real estate state wide, unify laws and regulations and promote education among members
How this is measured
16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 36 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 STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WE WILL COLLECTIVE INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
- Who funds FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NEBRASKA INC ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
- Who funds Father Flanagan's Boys' Home ↗
- Who funds WAYNE STATE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds DOANE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds DREAMWEAVER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE BENJAMIN H RYAN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FREMONT AREA ART ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds COLLEGE WORLD SERIES OF OMAHA 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: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Edward Jones Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Paul and Julie Maass Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul and Julie Maass Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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