Iowa · Private foundation
The Van Buren Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $371k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2024
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 43
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $10M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations The Van Buren Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k 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 | 33 | $371k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $214k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 42 | $215k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $82k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 43 | $224k | 79% |
| FY2019 | 34 | $203k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villages of Van Buren Inc | $212,500 | 6 | 27% |
| City of Keosauqua | $66,354 | 5 | n/a |
| Van Buren County Historical Society | $63,284 | 5 | 36% |
| Van Buren County Hospital | $51,905 | 6 | n/a |
| Stockport Heritage Society | $16,889 | 2 | n/a |
| Vanburen County Trails Association Inc | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Villages Folk School | $16,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Douds Historical Preservation Association Inc | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Indian Hills Community College | $13,250 | 4 | 7% |
| Engage Keosauqua | $13,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villages of Van Buren Inc | $212,500 | 6 | 27% |
| City of Keosauqua | $66,354 | 5 | n/a |
| Van Buren County Historical Society | $63,284 | 5 | 36% |
| Van Buren County Hospital | $51,905 | 6 | n/a |
| Stockport Heritage Society | $16,889 | 2 | n/a |
| Vanburen County Trails Association Inc | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Villages Folk School | $16,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Douds Historical Preservation Association Inc | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Indian Hills Community College | $13,250 | 4 | 7% |
| Engage Keosauqua | $13,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Keosauqua Volunteer Fire Dept Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Indian Hills Community College Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| William Penn University | $8,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Zion Lutheran Cemetery Association | $7,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Cantril Grass Roots Corporation | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand View University | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Milton Heritage Society Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College Development Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Graceland University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Milton Towers Inc | $1,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Van Buren Players Incorporated | $650 | 1 | n/a |
| Coe College | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Keosauqua Senior Center Site Inc | $215 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 96 recipients with no EIN on record ($773k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Van Buren Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
About The Van Buren Foundation Inc
- How much does The Van Buren Foundation Inc give?
- The Van Buren Foundation Inc reported 33 grants totaling $371,273 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 43 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Van Buren Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (19%), Arts & Culture (14%), Recreation & Sports (13%).
- Who are The Van Buren Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Villages of Van Buren Inc ($213k), City of Keosauqua ($66k), Van Buren County Historical Society ($63k).
- Does The Van Buren Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Van Buren Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Van Buren Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include William M & Donna J Hoaglin Foundation Inc, Quad Cities Community Foundation, Harry and Winnie McNay Education Trust.
- Where is The Van Buren Foundation Inc based?
- The Van Buren Foundation Inc is based in IA.
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