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The Greater Jefferson County Foundation

THE GREATER JEFFERSON COUNTY FOUNDATION receives, accepts and distributes funds for educational, cultural, civic and charitable purposes for the benefit of the greater community of jefferson county, iowa.

$624k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$2.6MArts & Culture$1.2MHuman Services$417kPublic Safety & Disaster$134kEducation$120kFood & Nutrition$118kEnvironment$109kHealth$103kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $428,334, the rows itemized in this filing. The $624,360 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $196,026 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $181k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $213k
$19,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF$100,000
GREATER JEFFERSON COUNTY FAIR$62,913
JEFFERSON COUNTY KIDS INC$50,000
CARNEGIE HISTORICAL MUSEUM FNDN$26,520
JEFFERSON COUNTY EMS$21,000
FAIRFIELD ARTS & CONVENTION CENTER$20,000
FAIRFIELD COLAB$20,000
FAIRFIELD PRODUCTIONS$19,925
FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER$19,500
CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA$19,359
FAIRFIELD COMM CONCERT ASSOCIATION$12,500
FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT$11,900
MAASDAM BARN PRESERVATION COMMITTEE$10,622
FOOD BANK OF IOWA$7,500
BATAVIA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT$7,145
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $349k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $19k → 11%FAMILY CRISIS CENTER: $6k → 16%CRISIS CENTER AND WOMEN'S SHELTER: $6k → 16%JEFFERSON COUNTY KIDS INC: $50k → 14%JEFFERSON COUNTY KIDS INC: $50k → 14%JEFFERSON COUNTY KIDS INC: $50k → 14%JEFFERSON COUNTY KIDS INC: $50k → 14%JEFFERSON COUNTY KIDS INC: $50k → 14%FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER: $20k → 14%COMMUNITY CHILDCARE CENTER: $13k → 14%COMMUNITY CHILDCARE CENTER: $11k → 14%COMMUNITY CHILDCARE CENTER: $10k → 14%JEFFERSON COUNTY AREA AGENCY ON AGI: $7k → 14%COMMUNITY CHILDCARE CENTER: $6k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.6M · 29 repeat orgs$493k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
22

Total granted

$4.6M
$290k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+83%

Still filing today

38%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $202k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesRecreation & SportsEnvironmentEducationFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CM
    CARNEGIE MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY
    5× · 2020–2025 · $800k · revenue +76% · 28% of their budget
  • JC
    JEFFERSON COUNTY KIDS INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $250k · revenue +64%
  • FE
    FAIRFIELD EVERGREEN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2019–2024 · $46k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • LC
    Libertyville Childcare
    one grant, 2020 · $55k · revenue 0%
  • FE
    FAIRFIELD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +356%
  • SA
    ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +83%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Sustainable Living Coalition

Sustainable Living Coalition partners with individuals and organizations to educate and implement innovative ideas in sustainable agriculture and local food systems, green building and community designs, renewable energy, transportation…

Food & Nutrition
2
Fairfield Community Foundation Inc
Health
3
Fairfield Community Coordinating Council Inc

Fairfield forward is an alliance of community members, leaders and agencies that utilize collaboration and partnership to foster a culture of wellness within the community that we love.

Community Improvement
4
Community Mediation Center

The fairfield center helps people listen, plan, and interact effectively. the center offers expertise in conflict resolution, restorative justice, and civic engagement activities and training.

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5
Fairfield Food Pantry

To provide a balanced and nutritious emergency food supply to those with special needs in a loving, caring, and supportive manner.

Human Services
6
Fairview Cemetery Preservation Association

Management, maintenance and preservation of historic cemetery.

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7
Fairbank Community Daycare Center 42970

The mission of the organization is to provide affordable daycare to young parents of the communities in the surrounding area.

—
8
Keokuk County Fair

To provide a county fair for rural iowa

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9
Fairfield Community Food Bank

Food bank

Food & Nutrition
10
Fairfield Community Center Associn

Provide pre and after school daycare services as well as adult services

Recreation & Sports
11
Fairfield Community Fire Compa

The mission of the company is the protection of lives, property and environment in the borough of fairfield, designated areas of carroll valley and hamiltonban, liberty, freedom, highland and franklin

Public Safety & Disaster
12
Fairfield Care

To provide a livable facility to house assisted living residents. to provide affordable housing for seniors on a fixed income to age in place. to provide meals for residents and visitors of residents. to provide activities and social…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pathfinders Rc&D; the most unlike its peers is Fairfield Colab Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 55 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/26
Grantees still filing
17/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF FAIRFIELD: $2,475,560 · OtherCITY OF FAIRFIELD+40 more: $1,132,900 · Other+40 moreCARNEGIE MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $799,960 · Arts & CultureCARNEGIE MUSEUM F…JEFFERSON COUNTY KIDS INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Childcare Center Inc: $40,917 · Human ServicesFAIRFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $26,300 · Human ServicesCAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $19,359 · Human ServicesCRISIS CENTER & WOMEN'S SHELTER INC: $11,940 · Human ServicesFairfield Arts & Convention Center Inc: $109,943 · Recreation & SportsTHE FAIRFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION: $24,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IOWA: $100,000 · EnvironmentPATHFINDERS RC&D: $7,500 · EnvironmentFOOD BANK OF IOWA: $22,500 · Food & NutritionGOLDEN MAGNOLIA INC: $12,000 · Food & NutritionST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationSINGING CEDARS SCHOOL INC: $6,050 · Education
Other$3,608,460Arts & Culture$799,960Human Services$348,516Recreation & Sports$133,943Environment$107,500Food & Nutrition$34,500Education$31,050

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCARNEGIE MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $799,960 over 5y, 28% of budgetJEFFERSON COUNTY KIDS INC: $250,000 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetFairfield Arts & Convention Center Inc: $109,943 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IOWA: $100,000 over 1y, 89% of budgetFAIRFIELD EVERGREEN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION: $46,363 over 3y, 15% of budgetCommunity Childcare Center Inc: $40,917 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetCALU INC: $27,534 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetBATAVIA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $26,986 over 4y, 11% of budgetFAIRFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $26,300 over 2y, 37% of budgetFAIRFIELD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FAIRFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION: $24,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetFOOD BANK OF IOWA: $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LORD'S CUPBOARD OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $20,847 over 1y, 19% of budgetFAIRFIELD COLAB INC: $20,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetGOLDEN MAGNOLIA INC: $12,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCRISIS CENTER & WOMEN'S SHELTER INC: $11,940 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFAIRFIELD AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $9,250 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetPATHFINDERS RC&D: $7,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetYOUNG HOUSE FAMILY SERVICES INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER FAIRFIELD AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $6,650 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetSINGING CEDARS SCHOOL INC: $6,050 over 1y, 3.9% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds CARNEGIE MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds JEFFERSON COUNTY KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Fairfield Arts & Convention Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IOWA ↗
  • Who funds Libertyville Childcare ↗
  • Who funds FAIRFIELD EVERGREEN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF JEFFERSON & NEARBY COUNTIES ↗
  • Who funds Community Childcare Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF SOUTHERN IOWA ↗
  • Who funds CALU INC ↗
  • Who funds BATAVIA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
  • Who funds FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FAIRFIELD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE FAIRFIELD PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF IOWA ↗
  • Who funds THE LORD'S CUPBOARD OF JEFFERSON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds FAIRFIELD COLAB INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA ↗
  • Who funds GOLDEN MAGNOLIA INC ↗
  • Who funds CRISIS CENTER & WOMEN'S SHELTER INC ↗

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.

Community Fdn of Grea…The Cambridge Foundat…Ottumwa Regional Lega…Edward Jones Foundati…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community FdnIA53.5× affinity29 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · The Cambridge Foundation Inc · Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Greater Jefferson County Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Greater Jefferson County Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 55 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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