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South Central Iowa Community Founda

Improve lives of South Central Iowa Community

$512k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$82k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$1.2MRecreation & Sports$504kArts & Culture$429kEnvironment$394kCommunity Improvement$365kPublic Benefit$331kPhilanthropy$242kHuman Services$212kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 26 grants below total $386,470, the rows itemized in this filing. The $512,226 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $125,756 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

  • Under $10k12 grants · $83k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $221k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $82k
$11,560
Median grant
1
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Decatur County Conservation$82,350
Individual grant recipient$28,500
Ringgold County Public Health$24,990
Southwestern Community College$23,300
Graceland University$23,220
Iowa State University$19,960
Princess Theater$17,910
University of Iowa$12,900
Southern Prairie Family Fitness Cen$12,780
Ringgold County Teen Center$12,280
Diagonal Community School$12,230
Mayflower Heritage Christian School$11,850
Lamoni Community School$11,560
Lucas County Salvation Army$10,000
Ringgold County Community Foundatio$9,900
02The need
03

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 (FY18–24, $87k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%Funshine Learning Center: $8k → 18%Southern Prairie Family Fitness Center: $11k → 13%HOPE LEARNING CENTER: $8k → 16%Southern Prairie Family Fitness Center: $10k → 13%SOUTHERN PRAIRIE YMCA INC: $8k → 13%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $18k → 13%Family Resource Center: $15k → 13%Family Resource Center: $6k → 13%RINGGOLD COUNTY CHILD CARE: $5k → 13%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 63 repeat orgs$837k to everyone else

63 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 50 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

63
63

Total granted

$3.4M
$647k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-1%
+18%

Still filing today

30%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $189k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • MH
    MAYFLOWER HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
    8× · 2018–2025 · $92k · revenue +47%
  • DC
    DECATUR COUNTY DEVELOPMENT CORP
    3× · 2019–2022 · $69k · revenue +48% · 30% of their budget
  • MA
    MATURA ACTION CORPORATION
    2× · 2019–2020 · $51k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • RC
    Ringgold County Fair Board
    one grant, 2024 · $30k
  • UC
    Union County Conservation Board
    one grant, 2024 · $30k
  • PT
    PRAIRIE TRAILS WELLNESS CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $26k · revenue -19% · 37% of their budget
How this is measured

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

04Its 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
Keokuk County Fair

To provide a county fair for rural iowa

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2
Webster County Agricultural Associa

To provide a 4-h county fair.

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3
Wasco Co Historical Museum
Arts & Culture
4
Fremont County Historical Society

Restoration and display of historical items pertinent to fremont county, iowa

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5
Four County Fair

To provide entertainment and food at the four county fair in dunlap, ia.

Youth Development
6
Des Moines Co Historical Society

To maintain, improve and restore 3 historical properties

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7
Roane County Heritage Commission

Restoration and preservation of historical landmark building

Arts & Culture
8
Pennington County Historical Society Inc

Preserve History of Area

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9
Columbia County Fair Association

Columbia county fair

Recreation & Sports
10
Audubon Community Cinema

The organization was formed to provide affordable, family-oriented entertainment to the greater audubon county, iowa, area.

Arts & Culture
11
Ringgold County Bowling Association

Provide recreational activities

Recreation & Sports
12
Lee County Fair

To support agriculture education and development for youths in lee county, iowa.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ringgold County Outdoor Alliance; the most unlike its peers is Union County Historical Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 141 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/41
Grantees still filing
22/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF MOUNT AYR: $264,605 · OtherCITY OF MOUNT AYRRINGGOLD COUNTY CONSERVATION: $215,273 · OtherRINGGOLD COUNTY CONSERVATIONMOUNT AYR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $157,850 · OtherDIAGONAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $113,469 · Other+108 more: $2,556,919 · Other+108 morePRINCESS THEATER TROUPE INC: $144,182 · Arts & CultureCORNING OPERA HOUSE CULTURAL CENTER ATTN JIM HEATON: $46,030 · Arts & CultureDECATUR COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureWAYNE THEATRE INC: $19,132 · Arts & CultureWAYNE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION: $12,332 · Arts & CultureADAMS COUNTY FAIR AND RACING ASSN: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $21,204 · Arts & CultureGRACELAND UNIVERSITY: $149,030 · EducationMAYFLOWER HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $91,870 · EducationDECATUR COUNTY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $68,626 · Community ImprovementMATURA ACTION CORPORATION: $51,083 · Community ImprovementLucas County Fair Association: $40,000 · Community ImprovementLEON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $36,000 · Community ImprovementDIAGONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $20,150 · Community ImprovementCHARITON CHAMBER AND DEVELOPMENT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $11,098 · Community ImprovementWAYNE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $98,526 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN: $55,931 · PhilanthropyAPPANOOSE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC: $17,496 · PhilanthropyHIGH LAKES OUTDOOR ALLIANCE: $39,000 · Recreation & SportsPRAIRIE TRAILS WELLNESS CENTER: $26,218 · Recreation & SportsRINGGOLD COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION: $24,363 · Recreation & SportsUNION COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION OF AFTON UNION COUNTY IOWA: $23,891 · Recreation & SportsRINGGOLD COUNTY OUTDOOR ALLIANCE: $6,546 · Recreation & SportsRINGGOLD COUNTY CHILD CARE CENTER: $43,074 · Human ServicesSOUTHERN PRAIRIE FAMILY FITNESS CENTER: $28,430 · Human ServicesLAMONI COMMUNITY DAY CARE dba FUNSHINE LEARNING CENTER: $8,000 · Human ServicesHOPE LEARNING CENTER: $7,500 · Human Services
Other$3,308,116Arts & Culture$277,880Education$240,900Community Improvement$226,957Philanthropy$171,953Recreation & Sports$120,018Human Services$87,004

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGRACELAND UNIVERSITY: $149,030 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPRINCESS THEATER TROUPE INC: $144,182 over 7y, 36% of budgetWAYNE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $98,526 over 3y, 27% of budgetMAYFLOWER HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $91,870 over 8y, 7.0% of budgetRINGGOLD COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $90,500 over 8y, 100% of budgetDECATUR COUNTY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $68,626 over 3y, 30% of budgetCOMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN: $55,931 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LAMONI FOOD PANTRY: $51,298 over 5y, 11% of budgetMATURA ACTION CORPORATION: $51,083 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCORNING OPERA HOUSE CULTURAL CENTER ATTN JIM HEATON: $46,030 over 2y, 33% of budgetRINGGOLD COUNTY CHILD CARE CENTER: $43,074 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetLucas County Fair Association: $40,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetHIGH LAKES OUTDOOR ALLIANCE: $39,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetLEON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $36,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetSOUTHERN PRAIRIE FAMILY FITNESS CENTER: $28,430 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetPRAIRIE TRAILS WELLNESS CENTER: $26,218 over 1y, 37% of budgetUNION COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION OF AFTON UNION COUNTY IOWA: $23,891 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetAPPANOOSE COMMUNITY CARE SERVICES: $22,500 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetDIAGONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $20,150 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetAPPANOOSE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC: $17,496 over 2y, 19% of budgetUNION COUNTY CHILD CARE CENTER: $15,600 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetFOOD BANK OF IOWA: $14,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUCAS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $12,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetIOWA LIONS FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCHARITON CHAMBER AND DEVELOPMENT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $11,098 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetADAMS COUNTY FAIR AND RACING ASSN: $10,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetSCIT Theater Two Incorporated: $8,922 over 1y, 17% of budgetCRESTON AREA FOOD PANTRY INC: $8,200 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetLAMONI COMMUNITY DAY CARE dba FUNSHINE LEARNING CENTER: $8,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetHOPE LEARNING CENTER: $7,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetLUCAS COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL: $7,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetRINGGOLD COUNTY OUTDOOR ALLIANCE: $6,546 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetWAYNE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5,282 over 1y, 8.1% 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.

  • Who funds GRACELAND UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PRINCESS THEATER TROUPE INC ↗
  • Who funds WAYNE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAYFLOWER HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds RINGGOLD COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DECATUR COUNTY DEVELOPMENT CORP ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ↗
  • Who funds THE LAMONI FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds MATURA ACTION CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CORNING OPERA HOUSE CULTURAL CENTER ATTN JIM HEATON ↗
  • Who funds RINGGOLD COUNTY CHILD CARE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Lucas County Fair Association ↗
  • Who funds HIGH LAKES OUTDOOR ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds LEON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗

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…Dekko Foundation IncThe Vredenburg Founda…Ef & Sylvia Schildber…First Interstate Banc…Delta Dental of Iowa …Dwight and Marilyn Co…Csb FoundationThe Morgan E Cline Pe…The Wellmark Foundati…Alliant Energy Founda…Center for Technology…
Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community FdnIA82.4× affinity58 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 · Dekko Foundation Inc · The Vredenburg Foundation · Ef & Sylvia Schildberg Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation · Dwight and Marilyn Conover Foundation · Csb Foundation · The Morgan E Cline Perpetual Charitable Foundation · The Wellmark Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Center for Technology and Civic Life

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 South Central Iowa Community Founda funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from South Central Iowa Community Founda. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's 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
    19report 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
    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 141 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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