Iowa · Private foundation
Special Needs Foundation of Des Moines County
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $81k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,090
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $13,030
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Special Needs Foundation of Des Moines County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 26 | $79k | 19% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $62k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $77k | 26% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $96k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $82k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $93k | 12% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $99k | 32% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $106k | 26% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Ambrose University | $18,575 | 7 | 0% |
| Drake University | $15,910 | 5 | 0% |
| Indian Hills Community College | $13,505 | 5 | 3% |
| Loras College | $12,705 | 7 | 0% |
| Clarke University of Dubuque Iowa | $12,505 | 5 | 0% |
| Creighton University | $12,381 | 6 | 0% |
| Central College | $12,131 | 6 | 0% |
| Grand View University | $8,954 | 3 | 0% |
| Luther College | $7,190 | 4 | 0% |
| Indiana Wesleyan University | $6,990 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Ambrose University | $18,575 | 7 | 0% |
| Drake University | $15,910 | 5 | 0% |
| Indian Hills Community College | $13,505 | 5 | 3% |
| Loras College | $12,705 | 7 | 0% |
| Clarke University of Dubuque Iowa | $12,505 | 5 | 0% |
| Creighton University | $12,381 | 6 | 0% |
| Central College | $12,131 | 6 | 0% |
| Grand View University | $8,954 | 3 | 0% |
| Luther College | $7,190 | 4 | 0% |
| Indiana Wesleyan University | $6,990 | 4 | 0% |
| Iowa Wesleyan University | $6,700 | 4 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $6,005 | 3 | 0% |
| Quinnipiac University | $5,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Wartburg College | $5,165 | 4 | 0% |
| Cornell College | $4,091 | 2 | 0% |
| Quincy University Corporation | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| William Woods University | $3,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $3,828 | 1 | 0% |
| Liberty University Inc | $3,291 | 2 | 0% |
| Allen College | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mound Farm Holdings Inc | $2,775 | 2 | 0% |
| William Penn University | $2,090 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Dubuque | $2,090 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Illinois University Alumni Association | $1,950 | 1 | n/a |
| Coe College | $1,950 | 1 | 0% |
| Morningside University | $1,765 | 1 | 0% |
| Upper Iowa University | $1,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Utah Valley University | $1,290 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($609k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Special Needs Foundation of Des Moines County supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Fahrney Education Fdtn Trust · Roy J Carver Charitable Trust · Mount Saint Clare Education Charitable Trust · J Ralph And Gladys Meier Scholarship Trust · Bestenlehner D and F Educational Tr · Iowa College Foundation · W E Ruebush Foundation · Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Meyerhoff Charitable Trust · Willard E and Ella P Thompson Educational Fund
How this is measured
Compare Special Needs Foundation of Des Moines County with peer funders
About Special Needs Foundation of Des Moines County
- How much does Special Needs Foundation of Des Moines County give?
- Special Needs Foundation of Des Moines County reported 27 grants totaling $80,890 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Special Needs Foundation of Des Moines County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (68%), Recreation & Sports (32%).
- Who are Special Needs Foundation of Des Moines County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Ambrose University ($19k), Drake University ($16k), Indian Hills Community College ($14k).
- Does Special Needs Foundation of Des Moines County fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Special Needs Foundation of Des Moines County accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Special Needs Foundation of Des Moines County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pella Rolscreen Foundation, Fahrney Education Fdtn Trust, Roy J Carver Charitable Trust.
- Where is Special Needs Foundation of Des Moines County based?
- Special Needs Foundation of Des Moines County is based in IA.
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