Iowa · Private foundation
The Chesterman Family 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.
- $564k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 56
- Grants FY2025
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations The Chesterman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k 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 | 56 | $564k | 54% |
| FY2024 | 31 | $438k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $714k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $258k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $209k | 23% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $199k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $259k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $249k | 36% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux City Parks and Recreation Foundation Inc | $805,852 | 5 | 23% |
| Planned Parenthood North Central States | $200,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Home of Sioux City Iowa | $122,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Sioux City Public School Foundation | $90,439 | 5 | 6% |
| Morningside University | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Warming Shelter Inc | $85,000 | 9 | 2% |
| The Art Center Association of Sioux City | $81,992 | 6 | 2% |
| Camp High Hopes | $80,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Food Bank of Siouxland Inc | $71,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Siouxland Sports Academy | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 77 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($659k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Chesterman Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 62 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Missouri River Historical Development Inc · The Roth & Letch Family Charitable Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Berenstein Family Foundation · Waitt Foundation · Siouxland Community Foundation · Peterson Family Foundation · Greenberg Foundation · Aalfs Family Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Food Bank of Siouxland Inc · Helios Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Chesterman Family Foundation
- How much does The Chesterman Family Foundation give?
- The Chesterman Family Foundation reported 56 grants totaling $563,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Chesterman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (33%), Philanthropy (16%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are The Chesterman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Sioux City Parks and Recreation Foundation Inc ($806k), Planned Parenthood North Central States ($200k), Boys and Girls Home of Sioux City Iowa ($123k).
- Does The Chesterman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Chesterman Family 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 The Chesterman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Missouri River Historical Development Inc, The Roth & Letch Family Charitable Foundation, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Chesterman Family Foundation based?
- The Chesterman Family Foundation is based in IA.
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