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Peoples Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Peoples Charitable 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.

$8k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$593kHuman Services$58kEducation$55kCommunity Improvement$33kRecreation & Sports$20kEnvironment$10kHousing & Shelter$10kPublic Benefit$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$421k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Hope Haven Foundation$5,000
Promise Community Health Center$2,500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 18%. 0% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 18%City of Jasper: $5k → 9%Pipestone County Medical Center: $5k → 11%Wet Nose Rescue: $3k → 22%City of Hinton: $3k → 7%Merrill Pioneer Community Hospital: $100k → 7%Northwest Iowa Community College: $5k → 8%Special Youth Challenges Ministries: $3k → 10%Miracle League: $3k → 13%Partners Worldwide-Maxima: $2k → 11%Kingdom Boundries: $25k → 9%Babes for Community Enhancement: $3k → 7%Merrill Pioneer Community Hospital: $50k → 7%Sheldon Rec Department: $3k → 8%Sleep in Heavenly Peace: $3k → 13%Akron Opera House: $3k → 7%Merrill Pioneer Community Hospital: $50k → 7%Hegg Memorial Health Center: $100k → 8%Merrill Pioneer Community Hospital: $25k → 7%Hegg Memorial Health Center: $100k → 8%Merrill Pioneer Comm Hosp: $25k → 7%Hegg Memorial Health Center: $100k → 8%Lester Development Corporation: $10k → 7%Hope Haven Foundation: $18k → 8%Lester Visioning: $5k → 7%Hope Haven Foundation: $10k → 8%Hegg Memorial Health Center: $10k → 8%Hegg Memorial Health Center: $10k → 8%Hope Haven Foundation: $8k → 8%Hope Haven Foundation: $8k → 8%Hope Haven Foundation: $8k → 8%Hope Haven Foundation: $8k → 8%Hope Haven Foundation: $5k → 8%Hope Haven Foundation: $5k → 8%Hope Haven Foundation: $5k → 8%Faith Reformed Church: $3k → 8%Project Youth Daycare: $3k → 8%Friends of Rock Valley: $3k → 8%Hawarden Regional Healthcare: $20k → 8%Hawarden Regional Healthcare: $20k → 8%Sioux County Conservation Board-Nature Center: $10k → 8%Hawarden Fire Department: $5k → 8%Northwestern College: $20k → 8%Northwestern College: $15k → 8%Awakening Grace: $3k → 8%Dordt College: $15k → 8%Katelyn's Fund: $3k → 8%Promise Community Health Center: $3k → 8%Midwest Honor Flight: $3k → 8%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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$693k · 5 repeat orgs$149k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
25

Total granted

$693k
$147k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+76%

Still filing today

60%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • HM
    HEGG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL D/B/A HEGG HEALTH CENTER
    5× · 2017–2021 · $320k · revenue +60%
  • MP
    MERRILL PIONEER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $225k · revenue +93%
  • NC
    NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE
    2× · 2019–2020 · $35k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • MP
    Merrill Pioneer Comm Hosp
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • DU
    DORDT UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +66%
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
Sioux City Lewis & Clark Association
Arts & Culture
2
North Dakota Natural Resources Trust
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3
Des Moines Golf and Country Club Educational Foundation
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4
Madison Community Hospital

Madison regional health system serves as a community health focal point through the provision of compassionate, quality, and innovative care.

Health
5
Greater Des Moines Partnership Foundation
Philanthropy
6
Mid-Iowa Health Foundation
Religion
7
Rock Rapids Development Corporation Inc

To retain and develop industrial, commercial and retail businesses in rock rapids, iowa. to promote our community as a great place to live, work, play and conduct business

Membership Benefit
8
Saints Peter & Paul Clear Creek Her

Preservation of historical building which is part of the rich heritage of catholic roots in this part of keokuk county, iowa

Religion
9
Avera McKennan

Avera is a health ministry rooted in the Gospel. Our mission is to make a positive impact in the lives and health of persons and communities by providing quality services and guided by Christian values.

Health
10
Iowa Automotive Heritage Foundation
Science & Tech
11
Henry County Health Center Inc

Henry county health center is committed to enhancing the health of individuals and our communities through high quality, effective and efficient services.

Health
12
Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center Inc

Southeast iowa regional medical center is dedicated to improving the region's health by providing high-quality care, world-class customer service, and uncompromising value for our patients and their families.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Merrill Pioneer Community Hospital Inc; the most unlike its peers is Akron Opera House. 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

10 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. 10 of the 31 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HEGG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL D/B/A HEGG HEALTH CENTER: $320,000 · HealthHEGG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL D/B/A HEGG HEALTH CENTERMERRILL PIONEER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC: $225,000 · HealthMERRILL PIONEER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC+1 more: $2,500 · HealthHope Haven Foundation: $73,100 · OtherHope Haven FoundationHAWARDEN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE: $40,000 · OtherHAWARDEN REGIONAL HEALTHCAREMerrill Pioneer Comm Hosp: $25,000 · OtherMerrill Pioneer Comm HospIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSioux County Conservation Board-Nature Center: $10,000 · Other+16 more: $51,500 · Other+16 moreNORTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $35,000 · EducationDORDT UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationLESTER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $10,000 · Community ImprovementFRIENDS OF ROCK VALLEY: $2,500 · Community ImprovementAKRON OPERA HOUSE: $2,500 · Arts & CultureMIDWEST HONOR FLIGHT - IA & SD: $2,500 · Arts & CultureSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $2,500 · Housing & Shelter
Health$547,500Other$224,600Education$50,000Community Improvement$12,500Arts & Culture$5,000Housing & Shelter$2,500

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 budgetHEGG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL D/B/A HEGG HEALTH CENTER: $320,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMERRILL PIONEER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC: $225,000 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetNORTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLESTER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF ROCK VALLEY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMIDWEST HONOR FLIGHT - IA & SD: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER SIOUX COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 HEGG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL D/B/A HEGG HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MERRILL PIONEER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds DORDT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LESTER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds AKRON OPERA HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF ROCK VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds MIDWEST HONOR FLIGHT - IA & SD ↗
  • Who funds GREATER SIOUX COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE 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.

Premier Communication…Interstates FoundationPella Rolscreen Found…American Heart Associ…Amazonsmile Foundation
Premier Communications FoundationIA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Premier Communications Foundation · Interstates Foundation · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · American Heart Association 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 Peoples Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Peoples Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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

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    How do I get to Peoples Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Peoples Charitable 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 31 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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