Iowa · Public charity
Promise Partners
To empower a caring community that promises the well-being of every child. Thriving Families Alliance works together through interagency and cross-discipline collaboration to better coordinate efforts to effectively address the needs of children and families in Southwest Iowa.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $27,173
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $400,028
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Promise Partners funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 24 | $1.6M | 83% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $884k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $797k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $1.1M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Visiting Nurse Foundation | $2,473,999 | 9 | 88% |
| Family Inc | $2,363,757 | 6 | 33% |
| West Central Community Action | $1,536,246 | 9 | 2% |
| Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc | $1,285,438 | 9 | 1% |
| Southwest Iowa Families Inc | $1,075,482 | 9 | 13% |
| Pottawattamie County Health Department | $154,748 | 3 | n/a |
| Council Bluffs Community School District | $144,039 | 2 | n/a |
| Cass County Memorial Hospital | $95,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Burgess Health Center | $85,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Harrison County Home and Public Hea | $85,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 32 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Visiting Nurse Foundation | $2,473,999 | 9 | 88% |
| Family Inc | $2,363,757 | 6 | 33% |
| West Central Community Action | $1,536,246 | 9 | 2% |
| Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc | $1,285,438 | 9 | 1% |
| Southwest Iowa Families Inc | $1,075,482 | 9 | 13% |
| Pottawattamie County Health Department | $154,748 | 3 | n/a |
| Council Bluffs Community School District | $144,039 | 2 | n/a |
| Cass County Memorial Hospital | $95,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Burgess Health Center | $85,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Harrison County Home and Public Hea | $85,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mills County Public Health | $69,730 | 1 | n/a |
| Shelby County Chris a Myrtue Memorial Hospital | $60,506 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Home Assn - Children's Square USA | $58,973 | 2 | 0% |
| ISU Extension & Outreach Page Count | $49,987 | 1 | n/a |
| ISU Extension & OutreachFremont | $49,466 | 1 | n/a |
| Matura Action Corporation | $27,173 | 1 | 1% |
| Anita Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Lakin Foundation Child Development Center of Griswold | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Our House Child Dev | $23,100 | 1 | 4% |
| Kids in the Village | $22,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Building Blocks Childcare Academy | $20,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Essex Child Center | $16,800 | 1 | 5% |
| Lewis Central School | $15,569 | 1 | n/a |
| Ahst Community Schools | $15,569 | 1 | n/a |
| Nishna Valley Family Young Mens Christian Association | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kountry Kids Child Care | $14,073 | 1 | n/a |
| Rising Stars Learning Center | $12,560 | 1 | n/a |
| Riverside Community School District | $12,348 | 1 | n/a |
| Southwest Iowa Planning Council | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Full Circle Therapy | $9,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Tri-Center Community Schools | $9,127 | 1 | n/a |
| Underwood Community Schools | $5,589 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($42k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Promise Partners supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Foundation for Western Iowa · Iowa West Foundation · Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Clarinda Foundation Inc · Todd and Mary Heistand Family Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Promise Partners
- How much does Promise Partners give?
- Promise Partners reported 24 grants totaling $1,629,647 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Promise Partners fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (37%), Education (31%), Human Services (31%).
- Who are Promise Partners's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Visiting Nurse Foundation ($2.5M), Family Inc ($2.4M), West Central Community Action ($1.5M).
- Does Promise Partners fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Promise Partners?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Western Iowa, Iowa West Foundation, Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation.
- Where is Promise Partners based?
- Promise Partners is based in IA.
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