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Ted & Rowena Crosbie Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$215kYouth Development$55kHuman Services$42kRecreation & Sports$32kPhilanthropy$28kHealth$28kHousing & Shelter$15kCommunity Improvement$14kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $85k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WORLD FOOD PRIZE FOUNDATION$40,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DM$15,000
GOLF CHARITABLE FOUND OF GREATER DM$10,000
VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY$5,000
CIVIC MUSIC ASSOCIATION$5,000
CHRYSALIS FOUNDATION$5,000
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER FOUND$1,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$1,000
BEACON OF LIFE$1,000
MIND & SPIRIT COUNSELING CENTER$1,000
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 (FY20–24, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%URBAN DREAMS: $15k → 10%URBAN DREAMS: $15k → 10%URBAN DREAMS: $10k → 10%PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%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.
$515k · 18 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
17

Total granted

$515k
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+17%

Still filing today

61%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
PhilanthropyHealthHousing & ShelterAnimalsHuman ServicesEducationOther
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

  • WF
    World Food Prize Foundation
    7× · 2019–2025 · $235k · revenue +51%
  • GC
    GOLF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION OF GREATER DES MOINES
    4× · 2022–2025 · $40k · revenue +18%
  • CF
    CHRYSALIS FOUNDATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $23k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • GD
    GREATER DES MOINES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +163%
  • GO
    GREAT OUTDOORS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +5%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +33%
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
Common Good Iowa

Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.

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2
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden

Exploring, explaining and celebrating the world of plants.

Environment
3
Greater Des Moines Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc

To promote and develop the visitors and convention industry in the greater des moines area and to encourage the utilization of facilities for visitors and conventions.

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4
Iowa Medical Society

Our mission is to advance the practice of medicine through advocacy, education, and engagement with physicians throughout iowa to ensure the highest quality of care for the patients they serve.

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5
Iowa Farm Bureau Foundation

Building iowa's values by recognizing and responding to significantchanges in iowa - those that fundamentally affect families and communities.

Housing & Shelter
6
Des Moines Golf and Country Club Educational Foundation
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7
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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8
Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque

The community foundation of greater dubuque grows philanthropy to improve life in northeast iowa by serving donors, strengthening nonprofits and leading collaborative initiatives to address community needs.

Philanthropy
9
Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines

The mission of the jewish federation of greater des moines is to further the continuity and welfare of the des moines, ames, and other central iowa jewish communities, and to enable these jewish communities to maximize their resources by…

Philanthropy
10
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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11
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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12
Iowa Health Foundation

Improving the health of our communities through philanthropy, service and volunteerism.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/a Greater Des Moines Community Fdn; the most unlike its peers is World Food Prize Foundation. 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

22 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. 22 of the 40 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
13/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

World Food Prize Foundation: $235,000 · PhilanthropyWorld Food Prize FoundationGOLF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION OF GREATER DES MOINES: $40,000 · PhilanthropyGOLF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION OF GREATER DES MOINESCOMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN: $25,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES CO…CHRYSALIS FOUNDATION: $23,000 · PhilanthropyCHRYSALIS FOUNDATIONVARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF: $44,000 · OtherVARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARIT…OBESITY AWARENESS IN ACTION: $20,000 · OtherOBESITY AWARENESS IN ACTIONIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER IOWA: $10,000 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER IOWAYSS: $10,000 · OtherYSSGREATER DM HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $10,000 · OtherGREATER DM HABITAT FOR HUMANITYROTARY CLUB OF DES MOINES AM FOUND: $9,700 · OtherROTARY CLUB OF DES MOINES AM FO…+21 more: $41,029 · Other+21 moreURBAN DREAMS: $40,000 · Human ServicesPUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $4,500 · Human ServicesFOOD BANK OF IOWA: $20,000 · Food & NutritionGRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY: $17,500 · EducationCIVIC MUSIC ASSOCIATION DES MOINES: $8,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 · HealthBROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $2,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 · Health
Philanthropy$323,000Other$159,729Human Services$44,500Food & Nutrition$20,000Education$17,500Arts & Culture$8,000Health$8,000

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 budgetWorld Food Prize Foundation: $235,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetGOLF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION OF GREATER DES MOINES: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN DREAMS: $40,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHRYSALIS FOUNDATION: $23,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetFOOD BANK OF IOWA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER IOWA: $10,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCIVIC MUSIC ASSOCIATION DES MOINES: $8,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER DES MOINES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT OUTDOORS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNORTH HILLS HUNT INC: $3,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE OF CARROLL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLOVE FOR RED INC: $2,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWHITEROCK CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEACON OF LIFE D/B/A THE BEACON: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDES MOINES PARK & RECREATION FOUNDATION: $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.

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…Prairie Meadows Race …William C Knapp Chari…The West Bancorporati…Bookey Family Foundat…Ita Group FoundationEMC Insurance Foundat…Meredith Corporation …Pella Rolscreen Found…Businessolver Foundat…Kyle J & Sharon Kraus…Athene Charitable Fou…
Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community FdnIA24.4× affinity10 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 · 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
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 Ted & Rowena Crosbie Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ted & Rowena Crosbie Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 40 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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