Iowa · Public charity
The Directors Council
THE DIRECTORS COUNCIL has two primary objectives. The first is to provide support to fellow members and their organizations through collective grant applications, technical support, and peer guidance. The second is to pool resources to create efficient and effective social service programs that are lacking in the community.
- $138k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $135k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $90,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $719k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The Directors Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $115k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $238k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Economy Financial Development Corp | $347,500 | 3 | 46% |
| Ill Make Me a World in Iowa Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Back 2 School Iowa | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mid-Iowa Health Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
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: United Way of Central Iowa · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn
How this is measured
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About The Directors Council
- How much does The Directors Council give?
- The Directors Council reported 4 itemized grants totaling $135,000, out of $138,316 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does The Directors Council fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (86%), Philanthropy (5%), Arts & Culture (4%).
- Who are The Directors Council's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: One Economy Financial Development Corp ($348k), Ill Make Me a World in Iowa Inc ($15k), Back 2 School Iowa ($10k).
- Does The Directors Council fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Directors Council?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Central Iowa, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn.
- Where is The Directors Council based?
- The Directors Council is based in IA.
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