· Private foundation
The Kenneth K Kinsey Family Foundation
Its FY2026 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 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k110 grants · $236k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $93k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT | $30,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JOHNSON COUNTY | $15,500 |
| COVENANT TEACHING FELLOWSHIP | $15,000 |
| ZACH JOHNSON FOUNDATION | $12,500 |
| ROTARY DISTRICT 6000 HEF INC | $10,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT | $10,000 |
| GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $8,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT | $8,000 |
| ICCSB FOUNDATION | $7,000 |
| RIVERSIDE THEATRE | $6,000 |
| MERCY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION | $6,000 |
| FIRST TEE OF NAPLES COLLIER | $6,000 |
| OAKNOLL FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM | $5,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF JOHNSON COUNTY | $5,000 |
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 (FY17–26, $107k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% 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 +36% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.
160 repeat relationships: 83 still active in FY2026, 77 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (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 FY2026, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SUSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION4× · 2023–2026 · $270k · revenue +21%
- ZJZACH JOHNSON FOUNDATION8× · 2019–2026 · $72k · revenue +19%
- IGIOWA GOLF ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION9× · 2018–2026 · $57k · revenue +751%
Funded once
- YOYMCA OF WASHINGTON COone grant, 2023 · $6k
- MFMOUND FARM HOLDINGS INCone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +3%
- CFCHILDSERVE FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2025 · $5k · revenue 0%
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 university of iowa facilities corporation acquires and holds property for the benefit and use of the university of iowa.
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.
Our mission is to inspire the iowa city area to be greater by: 1) elevating business, 2) investing in strategic initiatives, and 3) advocating for the economic resiliency of the greater community.
Our mission is to strengthen the university of iowa through alumni engagement. we do this through our communications, alumni programs, and events.
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 strengthen and promote organized philanthropy in the state of iowa; to assist and educate its membership in order to promote and facilitate effective philanthropic grantmaking; and to provide a forum for the exchange of information on…
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…
This member-supported organization protects and restores iowa's land, water and wildlife for future generations. priorities include permanent land protection, promotion of improved land management and bringing new conservation…
Uniting and strengthening the voice for public health in iowa.
Building iowa's values by recognizing and responding to significantchanges in iowa - those that fundamentally affect families and communities.
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.
How this is measured
120 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. 120 of the 258 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
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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 STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JOHNSON COUNTY ↗
- Who funds ZACH JOHNSON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds IOWA GOLF ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF JOHNSON & WASHINGTON COUNT ↗
- Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM ↗
- Who funds RIVERSIDE THEATRE CO ↗
- Who funds KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN SENIORS GOLF ASSOC INC ↗
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR THE IOWA CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ↗
- Who funds IOWA ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds THE OAKNOLL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOOVER PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TABLE TO TABLE FOOD DISTRIBUTION NETWORK ↗
- Who funds THE IOWA CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds ABBE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH ↗
- Who funds IOWA CITY MASONIC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY CRISIS SERVICES AND FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds THE SWARM COLLECTIVE 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.
Open a dossier: GreenState Credit Union · Community Foundation of Johnson County · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation · Rpc Inc Charitable Foundation · Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift Fund · Greenstate Foundation · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · The McIntyre Foundation · United Fire Group Foundation · Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Kenneth K Kinsey Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kenneth K Kinsey Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Legacy Foundation of Hartford: 77% of income from government
- Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
- Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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