Iowa · Private foundation
The Fountain Charitable 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.
- $78k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 40
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $753k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Fountain Charitable 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; $9k 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 | 22 | $78k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $66k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $32k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $58k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 37 | $56k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $30k | 35% |
| FY2019 | 40 | $33k | 78% |
| FY2017 | 28 | $29k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Generation Impact Ministries Inc | $61,503 | 5 | 12% |
| Cadanino Inc | $28,556 | 5 | 2% |
| Radius International | $23,950 | 8 | 0% |
| Generosity Rocks | $20,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Fire International Inc | $16,500 | 8 | n/a |
| House of His Presence Inc | $8,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Family Care Foundation | $5,950 | 4 | 0% |
| Haven of Hope Ministry | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Caring for the Heart Ministries | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Water For Life Inc | $1,750 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
Plus 70 recipients with no EIN on record ($196k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Fountain Charitable 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 Foundation of Johnson County · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · GreenState Credit Union · Washington County Riverboat Foundation Inc · Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc · Rpc Inc Charitable Foundation · Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift Fund · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Gary Wicklund Family Foundation · United Way of Johnson & Washington Count · Lavern T Busse & Audrey Busse Foundation · Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Fountain Charitable Foundation with peer funders
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About The Fountain Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Fountain Charitable Foundation give?
- The Fountain Charitable Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $77,823 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Fountain Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (62%), Education (9%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are The Fountain Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Generation Impact Ministries Inc ($62k), Cadanino Inc ($29k), Radius International ($24k).
- Does The Fountain Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Fountain Charitable 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 Fountain Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Johnson County, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, GreenState Credit Union.
- Where is The Fountain Charitable Foundation based?
- The Fountain Charitable Foundation is based in IA.
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