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Polk County Housing Trust Fund at a glanceAlso receives grants: funding profile →

· Public charity

Polk County Housing Trust Fund

To create/support affordable housing and related services in polk county.

$4.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $3,791,326, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,239,171 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $447,845 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.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $1.0M
  • $250k+4 grants · $2.6M
$121,303
Median grant
2
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY HOUSING INITIATIVES INC$1,019,770
CUTLER DEVELOPMENT$684,036
ANAWIM HOUSING$475,371
POLK COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS$457,817
GDM HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$244,169
HOME INC$157,345
MID-IOWA PLANNING ALLIANCE (MIPA)$122,085
CITY OF DES MOINES$122,085
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE$121,303
REBUILDING TOGETHER DSM$76,303
IOWA HOMELESS YOUTH CENTERS$70,000
OAKRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES$65,000
PARAMOUNT DEVELOPMENT INC$61,042
IOWA LEGAL AID$30,000
FAMILIES FORWARD$25,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $257k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%IOWA HOMELESS YOUTH CENTERS: $70k → 17%MID-IOWA PLANNING ALLIANCE (MIPA): $122k → 10%OAKRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES: $65k → 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 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
Habitat for Humanity of Central Iowa Inc

Habitat for humanity of central iowa, inc. works in partnership with god and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to develop communities with god's people in need by building houses, so that there are decent houses in decent…

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2
Homeward Iowa

Our mission is to create solutions to homelessness in polk county by collaborating with partners and maximizing resources for a healthy, housed community.

Human Services
3
North Central Kansas Housing Opportunities Inc
Community Improvement
4
Heart of Iowa Habitat for Humanity

To provide low-cost housing to eligible families.

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5
Housing Plus

Innovatively utilize resources to preserve & create quality affordable multi-family housing committed to fulfilling individual housing needs and stabilize neighborhoods.

Housing & Shelter
6
Family Promise of Greater Des Moines

To provide shelter and services to families experiencing homelessness

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7
Innovative Housing Inc

Develop, preserve and operate affordable housing for low and moderate- income households and provde services to residents to maintain housing stability, improve quality of life and break the cycle of poverty.

Housing & Shelter
8
Invest Dsm

Provide holistic and innovative solutions that strengthen neighborhoods. we do this through strategic investments in real estate and partnerships to improve quality of life.

Housing & Shelter
9
Affordable Housing Developers Inc

To provide and be dedicated to the development, preservation and management of decent, safe and affordable housing for lower income households in north dakota.

Housing & Shelter
10
Residential Opportunities Inc

We partner with children and adults with disabilities and their families so they may live more meaningful, healthy, and independent lives in their homes and communities.

Human Services
11
Council of Governments Housing Inc

Promote rural housing and the general welfare of the community by acquiring, constructing, rehabilitation, and/or operating housing and related facilities for the benefit of eligible occupants

Housing & Shelter
12
Mennonite Housing Rehabilitation Services Inc

Provide low-income housing for the elderly and disabled through hud housing programs that provide low-income families with homes

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Housing Initiatives Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Des Moines. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

15 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. 15 of the 18 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
4/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CUTLER DEVELOPMENT: $684,036 · OtherCUTLER DEVELOPMENTANAWIM HOUSING INC: $475,371 · OtherANAWIM HOUSING INCPOLK COUNTY IOWA: $457,817 · OtherPOLK COUNTY IOWACITY OF DES MOINES: $122,085 · OtherCITY OF DES MOINES+3 more: $65,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY HOUSING INITIATIVES INC: $1,019,770 · Housing & ShelterCOMMUNITY HOUSING INITIATIVES INCGREATER DES MOINES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $244,169 · Housing & ShelterGREATER DES MOINES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INCHOME OPPORTUNITIES MADE EASY INC: $157,345 · Housing & ShelterHOME OPPORTUNITIES MADE EASY INCPARAMOUNT DEVELOPMENT INC: $61,042 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterMID-IOWA PLANNING ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY: $122,085 · Human ServicesYOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesHOMES OF OAKRIDGE HUMAN SERVICES: $65,000 · Human ServicesPRIMARY HEALTH CARE INC: $121,303 · HealthREBUILDING TOGETHER GREATER DES MOI: $76,303 · PhilanthropyIowa Legal Aid: $30,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,804,309Housing & Shelter$1,502,326Human Services$257,085Health$121,303Philanthropy$76,303Crime & Legal$30,000

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 budgetGREATER DES MOINES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $244,169 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHOME OPPORTUNITIES MADE EASY INC: $157,345 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetMID-IOWA PLANNING ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY: $122,085 over 1y, 12% of budgetPRIMARY HEALTH CARE INC: $121,303 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES INC: $70,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOMES OF OAKRIDGE HUMAN SERVICES: $65,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPARAMOUNT DEVELOPMENT INC: $61,042 over 1y, 29% of budgetFAMILIES FORWARD: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER DES MOINES: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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…Prairie Meadows Race …United Way of Central…Chrysalis FoundationIta Group FoundationMid-Iowa Health Found…Greenstate FoundationBravo Greater Des Moi…The West Bancorporati…GreenState Credit Uni…Meredith Corporation …Wells Fargo Foundation
Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community FdnIA26.8× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover 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 · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · United Way of Central Iowa · Chrysalis Foundation · Ita Group Foundation · Mid-Iowa Health Foundation · Greenstate Foundation · Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · GreenState Credit Union · Meredith Corporation Foundation · Wells Fargo 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 Polk County Housing Trust Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Polk County Housing Trust Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 18 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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