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$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$167k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$758kCommunity Improvement$600kArts & Culture$289kEducation$255kHuman Services$75kEnvironment$50kRecreation & Sports$50kPhilanthropy$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $408,334, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,124,558 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $716,224 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 · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $83k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $325k
$75,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SW IA Nonprofit - Coll Impact$166,668
Council Bluffs Schools Fdn$83,334
East Mills Child Care Solutio$75,000
CHI Health FdnMercy Hsp Fdn$33,333
Jennie Edmundson Mem Hsp Fdn$33,333
Community Fdn For Western IA$16,666
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%East Mills Child Care Solutio: $75k → 9%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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 7 repeat orgs$145k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue -9% since the first grant, against -13% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
3

Total granted

$1.9M
$70k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-9%
-13%

Still filing today

86%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthCommunity ImprovementEducationRecreation & SportsArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
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

  • PC
    Pottawattamie County Development Corporation
    3× · 2021–2023 · $600k · revenue -9%
  • SI
    SOUTHWEST IOWA NONPROFIT FOR COLLECTIVE IMPACT
    4× · 2021–2024 · $575k · revenue -47% · 26% of their budget
  • CB
    COUNCIL BLUFFS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $255k · revenue -65%

Funded once

  • CB
    COUNCIL BLUFFS SOCCER CLUB
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -43%
  • CO
    CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • OC
    OMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -13%
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
Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc

Chamber of commerce foundation

Philanthropy
2
Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce

Strengthen businesses and build partnerships that promote economic growth and community development.

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3
Central Iowa Christian School

Provision of christ centered education with scholastic excellence.

Education
4
Council Bluffs Convention and Visitors Bureau

The Council Bluffs Convention and Visitors Bureau conducts a comprehensive marketing program for the purpose of promoting Council Bluffs and Pottawattamie County in a manner that results in a positive economic impact through travel,…

Community Improvement
5
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
6
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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7
Iowa Business Council

The mission of the iowa business council is to engage the personal commitment of its executive members in active leadership roles on major initiatives that offer opportuinities to enhance iowa's overall economic vitality.

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8
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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9
Iowa College Foundation

The foundation is organized to further the growth and development of private colleges and universities of higher education in iowa.

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10
Twin Cities Development Association

The mission of twin cities development is to promote economic and community development in scotts bluff county and other surrounding communities in western nebraska.

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11
Community Foundation of Jackson County

Benefit charitable and educational community projects in the jackson county area.

Philanthropy
12
Community Action of Eastern Iowa

Community action of eastern iowa respectfully partners with people to improve their health, finances, and education.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is East Mills Child Care Solutions. 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

11 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. 11 of the 13 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
4/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SOUTHWEST IOWA NONPROFIT FOR COLLECTIVE IMPACT: $575,000 · HealthSOUTHWEST IOWA NONPROFIT FOR COLLECTIVE …CHI HEALTH FOUNDATION: $91,666 · HealthCHI HEALTH FOUNDATIONJENNIE EDMUNDSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $91,666 · HealthJENNIE EDMUNDSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUND…Pottawattamie County Development Corporation: $600,000 · Community ImprovementPottawattamie County Developmen…BLUFFS ARTS COUNCIL: $250,000 · OtherBLUFFS ARTS COUNC…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $50,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSER…POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: $29,279 · OtherPOTTAWATTAMIE COU…+1 more: $10,000 · OtherCOUNCIL BLUFFS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $255,000 · EducationCOUNCIL BLUFF…EAST MILLS CHILD CARE SOLUTIONS: $75,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN IOWA: $50,000 · PhilanthropyCOUNCIL BLUFFS SOCCER CLUB: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsOMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Health$758,332Community Improvement$600,000Other$339,279Education$255,000Human Services$75,000Philanthropy$50,000Recreation & Sports$50,000Arts & Culture$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPottawattamie County Development Corporation: $600,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetSOUTHWEST IOWA NONPROFIT FOR COLLECTIVE IMPACT: $575,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetCOUNCIL BLUFFS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $255,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetBLUFFS ARTS COUNCIL: $250,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetCHI HEALTH FOUNDATION: $91,666 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetJENNIE EDMUNDSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $91,666 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetEAST MILLS CHILD CARE SOLUTIONS: $75,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN IOWA: $50,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCOUNCIL BLUFFS SOCCER CLUB: $50,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetOMAHA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Iowa West FoundationCommunity Foundation …Charles E Lakin Found…The Nelson Family Fou…Peter Kiewit Foundati…The Lozier FoundationThe Sherwood Foundati…Robert B Daugherty Fo…Union Pacific Foundat…Tides FoundationAmerican Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…
Iowa West FoundationIA24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Iowa West Foundation · Community Foundation for Western Iowa · Charles E Lakin Foundation Inc · The Nelson Family Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · Tides Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Southwest Iowa Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Southwest Iowa Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 13 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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