Iowa · Private foundation
Ted & Rowena Crosbie Foundation
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.
- $104k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 15
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Ted & Rowena Crosbie Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 11 | $89k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $103k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $78k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $92k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $83k | 53% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $62k | 56% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $49k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Food Prize Foundation | $235,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Urban Dreams | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Chrysalis Foundation | $23,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Grand View University | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa | $10,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Civic Music Association Des Moines | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Great Outdoors Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Food Prize Foundation | $235,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Urban Dreams | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Chrysalis Foundation | $23,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Grand View University | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa | $10,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Civic Music Association Des Moines | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Great Outdoors Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Puppy Jake Foundation | $4,500 | 4 | 0% |
| North Hills Hunt Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Animal Rescue of Carroll Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Love for Red Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Broadlawns Medical Center Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Whiterock Conservancy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beacon of Life D/B/A the Beacon | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spread Your Wings Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mind and Spirit Counseling Center | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($127k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ted & Rowena Crosbie Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · William C Knapp Charitable Fdn · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · Bookey Family Foundation · Ita Group Foundation · EMC Insurance Foundation · Meredith Corporation Foundation · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Businessolver Foundation · Kyle J & Sharon Krause Family Foundation · Athene Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About Ted & Rowena Crosbie Foundation
- How much does Ted & Rowena Crosbie Foundation give?
- Ted & Rowena Crosbie Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $104,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 15 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Ted & Rowena Crosbie Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (45%), Youth Development (12%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are Ted & Rowena Crosbie Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: World Food Prize Foundation ($235k), Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines ($40k), Urban Dreams ($40k).
- Does Ted & Rowena Crosbie Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ted & Rowena Crosbie Foundation 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 Ted & Rowena Crosbie Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc, William C Knapp Charitable Fdn.
- Where is Ted & Rowena Crosbie Foundation based?
- Ted & Rowena Crosbie Foundation is based in IA.
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