· Private foundation
The John R and Zelda Z Grubb Charitable Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $23k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $80k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $216k
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| VARIETY CLUB | $250,250 |
| IOWA HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION | $84,000 |
| EASTER SEALS IOWA | $75,000 |
| URBANDALE PARKS AND RECREATION | $57,071 |
| FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $40,000 |
| ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF CENTRAL IOWA | $15,000 |
| FESTIVAL OF TREES AND LIGHTS | $15,000 |
| TORI'S ANGELS FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| HOPE MINISTRIES | $5,000 |
| CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF IOWA | $5,000 |
| WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $5,000 |
| NORTH HIGH SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| ASU FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $67k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.
36 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HSHOYT SHERMAN PLACE FOUNDATION7× · 2017–2023 · $56k · revenue +195%
- SOSTRANDS OF STRENGTH INC7× · 2017–2023 · $52k · revenue +108%
- FBFOOD BANK OF IOWA6× · 2017–2023 · $38k · revenue +228%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $50k
- SLST LUKE'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +113%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $47k
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.
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.
The foundation is organized to further the growth and development of private colleges and universities of higher education in iowa.
Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.
Founded in 1995 as the philanthropic arm of the iowa credit union league and guided by the credit union philosophy of "people helping people", the iowa credit union foundation (the foundation) works to champion financial well-being for…
To provide high-quality and compassionate care to community members approaching the end of life.
The independent insurance agents of iowa will be an unrelenting advocate of the business, professional and political interests of its members; doing so by working in the public's interest and with the highest ethical standards.
Building iowa's values by recognizing and responding to significantchanges in iowa - those that fundamentally affect families and communities.
The iowa scholarship fund solicits gifts to provide financial support exclusively for scholarships (tuition, room, board, and fees) to students who participate in intercollegiate athletics at the university of iowa.
To deliver programs and to conduct research for the benefit of students, educators, emerging leaders and employers that expand their knowledge and enhance their individual responsibility and leadership skills.
The iowa hospital association reimagines health care in iowa for life changing outcomes. as the voice and principal advocate for iowa's hospitals, iha provides strategic leadership, resources, and support to ensure its members can…
Our mission is to strengthen the university of iowa through alumni engagement. we do this through our communications, alumni programs, and events.
The university of iowa facilities corporation acquires and holds property for the benefit and use of the university of iowa.
ICCJ assists children in custody disputes through child focused education and legal services. ICCJ provides education and legal services on a reduced fee or at no charge based on the ability to pay.
How this is measured
36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 71 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 IOWA HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOYT SHERMAN PLACE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds STRANDS OF STRENGTH INC ↗
- Who funds ST LUKE'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF IOWA ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK OF IOWA ↗
- Who funds HOPE MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds BARRETT BOESEN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SCIENCE CENTER OF IOWA ↗
- Who funds ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ORCHARD PLACE ↗
- Who funds TORI'S ANGELS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL IOWA ↗
- Who funds PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds CHRYSALIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Ankeny Community Foundation ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ↗
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 Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · John Ruan Foundation Trust · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Bookey Family Foundation · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · EMC Insurance Foundation · Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa · Iowa Realty Foundation · The Seidler Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The John R and Zelda Z Grubb Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The John R and Zelda Z Grubb Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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