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Rotary Club of Des Moines Foundation
The Rotary Club of Des Moines Foundation is founded on our commitment to the Rotary value of Service Above Self. The Foundation advances the collective charitable and educational goals of the club with the community we share.
- $127k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $67k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Rotary Club of Des Moines Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 | 2 | $67k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $56k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $56k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $60k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $57k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $57k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $61k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $47k | 80% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotary International | $168,718 | 9 | n/a |
| Ellipsis Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| SCKIC Inc | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Attain | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Des Moines Public Library Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Polk County Iowa | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Can Play | $40,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Catholic Council for Social Concern Inc Catholic Charities | $5,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $5,750 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotary International | $168,718 | 9 | n/a |
| Ellipsis Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| SCKIC Inc | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Attain | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Des Moines Public Library Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Polk County Iowa | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Can Play | $40,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Catholic Council for Social Concern Inc Catholic Charities | $5,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $5,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Des Moines Council of St Vincent de Paul Society | $5,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Youth Emergency Services & Shelter of Iowa | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
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: Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · United Way of Central Iowa · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · EMC Insurance Foundation · R & R Realty Group Foundation · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner · Mid-Iowa Health Foundation · Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa · Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
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About Rotary Club of Des Moines Foundation
- How much does Rotary Club of Des Moines Foundation give?
- Rotary Club of Des Moines Foundation reported 2 itemized grants totaling $67,325, out of $126,875 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Rotary Club of Des Moines Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (35%), Human Services (20%), Environment (17%).
- Who are Rotary Club of Des Moines Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rotary International ($169k), Ellipsis Inc ($50k), SCKIC Inc ($40k).
- Does Rotary Club of Des Moines Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Rotary Club of Des Moines Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc, United Way of Central Iowa, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn.
- Where is Rotary Club of Des Moines Foundation based?
- Rotary Club of Des Moines Foundation is based in IA.
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