Iowa · Private foundation
Perrin Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $154k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 40
- Grants FY2026
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,050
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $33,333
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 12
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 7
- Total assets, FY2026
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 20% of the organizations Perrin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 99% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 16 | $154k | 56% |
| FY2025 | 10 | $143k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $89k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $102k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $78k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $90k | 58% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $80k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $76k | 58% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Liggett School | $332,000 | 10 | 0% |
| United Way of Central Iowa | $131,275 | 6 | 0% |
| Lutheran Church of Hope | $106,734 | 4 | n/a |
| St Mark's School of Texas | $40,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Paws New England | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Cost of Freedom Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Arizona Animal Welfare League | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blank Park Zoo Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Liggett School | $332,000 | 10 | 0% |
| United Way of Central Iowa | $131,275 | 6 | 0% |
| Lutheran Church of Hope | $106,734 | 4 | n/a |
| St Mark's School of Texas | $40,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Paws New England | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Cost of Freedom Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Arizona Animal Welfare League | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blank Park Zoo Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Des Moines Christian Schools | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Des Moines Golf and Country Club Educational Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Vietnamese American Community in Iowa Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Come and See Foundation Inc | $1,030 | 1 | n/a |
| Strands of Strength Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Story County Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reigning Grace Ranch | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Americans of Faith | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marys Helping Hands | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Heart Association Inc | $514 | 1 | n/a |
| Ames Public Library Friends Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Peace of Mind Dog Rescue | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $264 | 1 | n/a |
| The Guardsmen | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Foothills Food Bank | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($260k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Perrin Foundation 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: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · American Endowment Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · United Way Worldwide · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
About Perrin Foundation
- How much does Perrin Foundation give?
- Perrin Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $154,341 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Perrin Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (44%), Religion (31%), Philanthropy (14%).
- Who are Perrin Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: University Liggett School ($332k), United Way of Central Iowa ($131k), Lutheran Church of Hope ($107k).
- Does Perrin Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Perrin Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Perrin Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, American Endowment Foundation, Arthur J Gallagher Foundation.
- Where is Perrin Foundation based?
- Perrin Foundation is based in IA.
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