Iowa · Private foundation
The Central Bancshares Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $45k
- Granted FY2019
- 14
- Grants FY2019
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2019
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100% of The Central Bancshares Charitable Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Of Greater Muscatine, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year The Central Bancshares Charitable Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $45k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $16,000
- States reached, FY2019
- 2
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galesburg Museums Inc Dba Discovery Depot | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Orpheum Theatre of Galesburg Il Nfp Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Knox College | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Safe Harbor Family Crisis Center Ltd | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Galesburg Area Chamber of Commerce | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($33k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About The Central Bancshares Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Central Bancshares Charitable Foundation give?
- The Central Bancshares Charitable Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $45,000 in its FY2019 IRS filing.
- What does The Central Bancshares Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (84%), Arts & Culture (6%), Recreation & Sports (6%).
- Who are The Central Bancshares Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2020: Galesburg Museums Inc Dba Discovery Depot ($8k), Orpheum Theatre of Galesburg Il Nfp Inc ($3k), Knox College ($1k).
- Does The Central Bancshares Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Central Bancshares Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Central Bancshares Charitable Foundation based?
- The Central Bancshares Charitable Foundation is based in IA.
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