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· Private foundation

Reuben & Muriel Savin Fdn

Its FY2024 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 FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0190% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2024.

Education$1.0MArts & Culture$933kHuman Services$469kPhilanthropy$444kEnvironment$253kInternational$43kFood & Nutrition$14kHousing & Shelter$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$500
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STATE UNIV OF IOWA FDN$5,000
HARVEST PRESERVE FOUNDATION INC$1,000
ORCHESTRA IOWA$500
SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION - IOWA CHAPTER$500
CRISIS CENTER$500
SHELTER HOUSE COMM SHELTER$173
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–24, $44k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%THE CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER: $6k → 9%THE CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER: $2k → 9%THE CATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER: $1k → 9%CRISIS CENTER: $9k → 15%TABLE TO TABLE FOOD DIST NETWORK: $5k → 15%IOWA CITY HOSPICE INC: $4k → 15%CRISIS CENTER: $3k → 15%CRISIS CENTER: $3k → 15%CRISIS CENTER: $2k → 15%TABLE TO TABLE FOOD DIST NETWORK: $2k → 15%IOWA CITY HOSPICE INC: $2k → 15%TABLE TO TABLE FOOD DIST NETWORK: $2k → 15%IOWA CITY HOSPICE INC: $2k → 15%CRISIS CENTER: $500 → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.1M · 24 repeat orgs$519k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
16

Total granted

$2.1M
$519k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+29%

Still filing today

58%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SU
    STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $654k · revenue +21%
  • RT
    RIVERSIDE THEATRE CO
    4× · 2019–2022 · $58k · revenue +70%
  • CC
    COMMUNITY CRISIS SERVICES AND FOOD BANK
    5× · 2019–2024 · $18k · revenue +197%

Funded once

  • CC
    CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTSgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $350k · revenue +29%
  • OM
    OAKLAND MUSEUM OF CA FDN
    one grant, 2019 · $75k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $50k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of Iowa Facilities Corporation

The university of iowa facilities corporation acquires and holds property for the benefit and use of the university of iowa.

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2
Iowa Renewable Fuels Association

To promote the common business interests of member companies without profit and without the inuring of income to the benefit of any member company or individual. to present the executive, legislative, judicial and regulatory bodies…

Community Improvement
3
Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce

Our mission is to inspire the iowa city area to be greater by: 1) elevating business, 2) investing in strategic initiatives, and 3) advocating for the economic resiliency of the greater community.

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4
State University of Iowa Alumni Association

Our mission is to strengthen the university of iowa through alumni engagement. we do this through our communications, alumni programs, and events.

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5
American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa

The union works to advocate and advance a public policy agenda to support and protect the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of iowa. it works to maintain throughout the united states the rights of free…

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6
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
7
Iowa Credit Union Foundation

Founded in 1995 as the philanthropic arm of the iowa credit union league and guided by the credit union philosophy of "people helping people", the iowa credit union foundation (the foundation) works to champion financial well-being for…

Unclassified
8
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Iowa

The foundation works to defend and promote the constitution of the united states, focusing especially on the first, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, and 14th amendments. the foundation also works to defend and promote the constitution of the…

Civil Rights
9
Iowa Corn Promotion Board

The iowa corn promotion board (icpb) works to develop and defend markets, fund research, and provide education about corn and corn products. icpb's mission is to create opportunities for long term iowa corn grower profitability.

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10
Common Good Iowa

Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.

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11
Intertribal Agriculture Council

The intertribal agriculture council was founded in 1987 to pursue and promote the conservation, development and use of our agricultural resources of american indian and alaska native tribes.

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12
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of East Central Iowa and the most unlike its peers is New Israel Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 47 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%4%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%8%10–20yr20%19%20–35yr13%27%35–55yr12%42%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%0%10–20yr20%11%20–35yr13%5%35–55yr12%84%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/29
the rest of the field
11%
3,673/32,413

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 45 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
20/29
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

OAKLAND MUSEUM OF CA — $475,000 · OtherOAKLAND MUSEUM OF CAEAST BAY CENTER FOR THE — $432,500 · OtherEAST BAY CENTER FOR THETHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $230,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYOAKLAND MUSEUM OF CA FDN — $75,000 · OtherOAKLAND MUSEUM OF CA FDNIndividual grant recipient — $50,000 · Other+17 more — $102,673 · Other+17 moreSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION — $654,000 · EducationSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATIO…CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS — $350,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS+1 more — $13,000 · EducationEAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $233,500 · PhilanthropyEAST BAY COMMUN…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JOHNSON COUNTY — $200,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUND…+2 more — $10,000 · PhilanthropyRichmond Art Center — $297,500 · Arts & CultureRichmond Art…RIVERSIDE THEATRE CO — $58,000 · Arts & CultureRIVERSIDE TH…+5 more — $22,500 · Arts & Culture+5 moreCOMMUNITY CRISIS SERVICES AND FOOD BANK — $17,500 · Human ServicesTABLE TO TABLE FOOD DISTRIBUTION NETWORK — $9,000 · Human ServicesCATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER INC — $9,000 · Human ServicesIOWA CITY HOSPICE INC — $8,000 · Human Services+1 more — $1,000 · Human ServicesNEW ISRAEL FUND — $22,500 · InternationalAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC — $20,000 · InternationalIOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $8,000 · EnvironmentTREES FOREVER INC — $7,000 · Environment
Other$1,365,173Education$1,017,000Philanthropy$443,500Arts & Culture$378,000Human Services$44,500International$42,500Environment$15,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION — $654,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS — $350,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRichmond Art Center — $297,500 over 5y, 10% of budgetEAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $233,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $230,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JOHNSON COUNTY — $200,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetRIVERSIDE THEATRE CO — $58,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND — $22,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC — $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY CRISIS SERVICES AND FOOD BANK — $17,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCAL STATE EAST BAY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $13,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTABLE TO TABLE FOOD DISTRIBUTION NETWORK — $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCATHERINE MCAULEY CENTER INC — $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetASSOCIATION OF SMALL FOUNDATIONS — $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetIOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA CITY HOSPICE INC — $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTREES FOREVER INC — $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetORCHESTRA IOWA INC — $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIOWA CITY FREE MEDICAL CLINIC — $5,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCEDAR RAPIDS MUSEUM OF ART — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRICHMOND MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetHARVEST PRESERVE FOUNDATION INC — $4,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetWILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC — $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFILMSCENE — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFEED IOWA FIRST — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Alliant Energy Founda…GreenState Credit Uni…Community Foundation …The Kenneth K Kinsey …Hills Bank Donor Advi…First Interstate Banc…Greater Cedar Rapids …Mercy Medical CenterUnited Fire Group Fou…Washington County Riv…Rohde Family Charitab…Gary Wicklund Family …
Alliant Energy Foundation IncWI34.5× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · GreenState Credit Union · Community Foundation of Johnson County · The Kenneth K Kinsey Family Foundation · Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift Fund · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation · Mercy Medical Center · United Fire Group Foundation · Washington County Riverboat Foundation Inc · Rohde Family Charitable Foundation · Gary Wicklund Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Reuben & Muriel Savin Fdn funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 45 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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