Iowa · Private foundation
The Geisler-Penquite Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $17M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2024
- $381,119
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $9,077,741
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 0% of the organizations The Geisler-Penquite Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $17M | 18% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $800k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $600k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $600k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $565k | 24% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $600k | 12% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $600k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central College | $11,336,741 | 7 | 18% |
| Newton Young Mens Christian Association | $477,986 | 7 | 7% |
| Newton Arboretum and Botanical Gardens Inc | $474,502 | 7 | 56% |
| Iowa Sculpture Festival | $465,139 | 7 | 65% |
| Centre for Arts and Artists | $465,139 | 7 | 45% |
| Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity Inc | $433,051 | 5 | 1% |
| Teen Challenge of the Midlands Inc | $95,125 | 6 | 1% |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.7M), 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Donald C & Doris K Byers Charitable Trust · Fnnb Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Geisler-Penquite Foundation
- How much does The Geisler-Penquite Foundation give?
- The Geisler-Penquite Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $16,713,097 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The Geisler-Penquite Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (60%), Philanthropy (12%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are The Geisler-Penquite Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Central College ($11M), Newton Young Mens Christian Association ($478k), Newton Arboretum and Botanical Gardens Inc ($475k).
- Does The Geisler-Penquite Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Geisler-Penquite Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Geisler-Penquite Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donald C & Doris K Byers Charitable Trust, Fnnb Foundation, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn.
- Where is The Geisler-Penquite Foundation based?
- The Geisler-Penquite Foundation is based in IA.
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