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Steve and Marybeth Allsop Voice of Hope Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Steve and Marybeth Allsop Voice of Hope Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$174k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$125k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Animals$584kHousing & Shelter$125kHealth$94kHuman Services$72kEnvironment$47kYouth Development$31kEducation$26kReligion$24kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $34k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $125k
$7,648
Median grant
4
States reached
$33k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER$125,000
ST LUKES FOUNDATION$21,000
FOUR OAKS$13,017
INDIAN CREEK NATURE CENTER$7,648
THE HISTORY CENTER$3,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$2,500
LEGION ARTS INC DBA CSPS$2,000
HAMPTON HALL CHARITABLE FUND$150
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 (FY19–25, $175k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER: $125k → 12%CAMP COURAGEOUS: $3k → 11%CAMP COURAGEOUS: $1k → 11%FOUR OAKS: $13k → 9%FOUR OAKS: $12k → 9%MATTHEW 25: $5k → 9%FOUR OAKS: $5k → 9%MATTHEW 25: $4k → 9%MATTHEW 25: $4k → 9%FOUR OAKS: $2k → 9%FOUR OAKS: $1k → 9%MATTHEW 25: $1k → 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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$832k · 16 repeat orgs$183k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
9

Total granted

$832k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-4%
+55%

Still filing today

69%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $148k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsEnvironmentArts & CultureEducationOther
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

  • CV
    CEDAR VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY
    3× · 2021–2024 · $583k · revenue +47% · 25% of their budget
  • SL
    ST LUKE'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $67k · revenue +31%
  • IC
    INDIAN CREEK NATURE CENTER
    6× · 2019–2025 · $47k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • JB
    JANE BOYD COMMUNITY HOUSE
    one grant, 2019 · $11k · revenue +16%
  • WP
    WESTMINSTER PRES CHURCH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $9k
  • IK
    I KNOW JACK FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +206%
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
Iowa City Hospice Inc

To provide high-quality and compassionate care to community members approaching the end of life.

Human Services
2
Children's Cancer Connection

Connecting families affected by childhood cancer by providing opportunities that encourage relationships and strengthen community.

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3
Community Health Care Inc

Community health care provides the communities we serve with excellence in patient-centered medical, dental, and behavioral health care that is compassionate, affordable, and accessible.

—
4
Heartland Community Health Clinic D/B/a Heartland Health Services

Provide affordable, high-quality health services and remove inequities to improve the lives of all.

Health
5
Community Hospital Association of Mccook

Leading our region to a healthier future.

Health
6
Community Health Centers of Southeastern Iowa Inc

To provide primary health care to residents of the greater se iowa region, especially those individuals/families with limited resources or with other barriers to health care. see schedule o for additional information.

Health
7
United Community Health Center

It is the mission of united community health center to provide comprehensive primary and preventive care to the uninsured, underinsured, and underserved of buena vista and sac counties.

Health
8
Union Hospital Inc

We exist to serve our patients with compassionate health care of the highest quality.

Health
9
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
10
St Luke's Health Foundation of Sioux City Iowa

To enhance the quality of life for the people of the siouxland region by obtaining funds in support of the health-care mission of st. luke's health system.

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11
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Arc of East Central Iowa; the most unlike its peers is I Know Jack Foundation Inc. 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

16 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. 16 of the 29 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)
15/16
Grantees still filing
9/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CEDAR VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $582,800 · AnimalsCEDAR VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsTHE HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER INC: $125,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOPE FOR FAMILI…FOUR OAKS FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $32,382 · Human ServicesFOUR OAKS FAMILY AN…MATTHEW 25: $14,000 · Human ServicesMATTHEW 25+1 more: $3,500 · Human ServicesIndividual grant recipient: $24,764 · OtherIndividual …ST LUKES FOUNDATION: $21,000 · OtherST LUKES FO…JANE BOYD COMMUNITY HOUSE: $11,170 · OtherJANE BOYD C…YMCA OF THE CR METRO AREA: $10,000 · OtherYMCA OF THE…ST MARKS LUTHERAN CHURCH: $9,000 · OtherST MARKS LU…WESTMINSTER PRES CHURCH FOUNDATION: $9,000 · OtherWESTMINSTER…HAWKEYE AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $6,000 · OtherHAWKEYE ARE…+8 more: $15,850 · Other+8 moreST LUKE'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $66,500 · HealthST LUKE'S …Families for HoPE Inc: $14,000 · HealthFamilies f…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $6,000 · HealthAMERICAN C…I KNOW JACK FOUNDATION INC: $3,100 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthINDIAN CREEK NATURE CENTER: $47,309 · EnvironmentLINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $8,700 · Arts & CultureTHE ARC OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA: $3,500 · Education
Animals$583,800Human Services$174,882Other$106,784Health$90,600Environment$47,309Arts & Culture$8,700Education$3,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCEDAR VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $582,800 over 3y, 25% of budgetTHE HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER INC: $125,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetST LUKE'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $66,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetINDIAN CREEK NATURE CENTER: $47,309 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetFOUR OAKS FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $32,382 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFamilies for HoPE Inc: $14,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetMATTHEW 25: $14,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJANE BOYD COMMUNITY HOUSE: $11,170 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $8,700 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHAWKEYE AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $6,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOCKER SPANIEL RESCUE OF EAST TEXAS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetEASTERN IOWA HEALTH CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 CEDAR VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ST LUKE'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INDIAN CREEK NATURE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FOUR OAKS FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Families for HoPE Inc ↗
  • Who funds MATTHEW 25 ↗
  • Who funds JANE BOYD COMMUNITY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds HAWKEYE AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA ↗
  • Who funds I KNOW JACK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COCKER SPANIEL RESCUE OF EAST TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds EASTERN IOWA HEALTH CENTER ↗

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.

Alliant Energy Founda…Hawkeye Area Communit…The Hall-Perrine Foun…United Fire Group Fou…Greater Cedar Rapids …Crescent-Janko Masoni…Carleen and Eugene Gr…First Federal Credit …United Way of East Ce…GreenState Credit Uni…Maurice Paul and Glen…Rohde Family Charitab…
Alliant Energy Foundation IncWI29× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc · The Hall-Perrine Foundation · United Fire Group Foundation · Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation · Crescent-Janko Masonic Foundation · Carleen and Eugene Grandon Charitable Foundation · First Federal Credit Union Foundation · United Way of East Central Iowa · GreenState Credit Union · Maurice Paul and Glennys Brimmer Foundation · Rohde Family Charitable Foundation

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 Steve and Marybeth Allsop Voice of Hope Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Steve and Marybeth Allsop Voice of Hope Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 29 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-PF 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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