Iowa · Private foundation
The Wellmark Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $3.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2024
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 92%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $31,951
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $758,599
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 67
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $80M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 92% of the organizations The Wellmark Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M 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 | 21 | $2.2M | 86% |
| FY2023 | 36 | $3.5M | 92% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $4.1M | 94% |
| FY2021 | 54 | $3.9M | 100% |
| FY2020 | 67 | $2.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates Inc | $625,000 | 4 | 3% |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $387,672 | 1 | 0% |
| Lifescape Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Childserve Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Urban Dreams | $250,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids Public Library | $125,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Davis County Trails Council Corporat | $100,000 | 1 | 66% |
| City of Sheldon | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Newbo City Market | $100,000 | 1 | 7% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates Inc | $625,000 | 4 | 3% |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $387,672 | 1 | 0% |
| Lifescape Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Childserve Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Urban Dreams | $250,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids Public Library | $125,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Davis County Trails Council Corporat | $100,000 | 1 | 66% |
| City of Sheldon | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Newbo City Market | $100,000 | 1 | 7% |
| City of Creston | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Leon Chamber of Commerce | $100,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Casey Service Club Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 62% |
| Five Island Trail Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | 64% |
| Let's Skate | $100,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Herreid Area Housing Development | $100,000 | 1 | 70% |
| Willkie House Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Homes of Oakridge Human Services | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Polk County Iowa | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Winterset | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Parkston | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Logan | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Mission | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Iowa Shelter & Services | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fitness on Main | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Black Hills Works Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Sioux City | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Newton for Parks and Rec | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mobridge Community Development Co | $100,000 | 1 | 32% |
| City of Chariton | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nahant Marsh Education Center | $100,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Capital Area Counseling Serviceinc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Lacey-Keosauqua State Park | $100,000 | 1 | 65% |
| Dubuque Community School District | $98,597 | 1 | n/a |
| Edgewood Board of Economic Developm | $94,300 | 1 | 72% |
| Cherokee Community Foundation | $75,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Society of Christian Instruction of Rock Valley | $60,961 | 1 | 2% |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul | $60,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Red Cloud Indian School | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Youth & Family Services Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dalla Terra Ranch Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Des Moines Area Religious Council | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Makoce Agriculture Development | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Tapestry Farms | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Lake View Foundation | $49,866 | 1 | 54% |
| Eat Greater Des Moines | $49,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Friends of Eldora Parks and Recreation | $42,650 | 1 | n/a |
| South Dakota State University | $33,375 | 1 | n/a |
| Rock Valley Comm School Dist Founda | $31,951 | 1 | 10% |
| Drake University | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| City of Tipton | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Fairfield Parks and Recreation Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Cedar Community School District | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Epworth | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| River Bend Food Reservoir | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wesley Retirement Services Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Diagonal Community Development Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Macnider Art Museum | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Polk City | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Dewitt | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catherine McAuley Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mahaska Future View | $25,000 | 1 | 18% |
| City of Dallas Center | $23,027 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Canistota | $20,873 | 1 | n/a |
| Horizons a Family Service Alliance | $19,315 | 1 | 0% |
| Sisseton Youth Baseball Assoc Inc | $17,500 | 1 | 11% |
| Forest Avenue Outreach | $15,062 | 1 | 8% |
| Healthy Birth Day Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Atlantic | $13,952 | 1 | n/a |
| Public Space One | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Dmacc Foundation | $5,580 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Northern Iowa Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Future Fort Pierre | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Back 2 School Iowa | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Winterset Community Schools | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Whiterock Conservancy | $103 | 1 | 0% |
| Sanford Health Foundation | $26 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 125 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Wellmark Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 49 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.
Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation · GreenState Credit Union · South Dakota Community Foundation · United Way of Central Iowa · Mid-Iowa Health Foundation · Kyle J & Sharon Krause Family Foundation · Greenstate Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Athene Charitable Foundation · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Wellmark Foundation
- How much does The Wellmark Foundation give?
- The Wellmark Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $3,152,094 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 67 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Wellmark Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (25%), Recreation & Sports (15%), Public Benefit (8%).
- Who are The Wellmark Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates Inc ($625k), State University of Iowa Foundation ($388k), Lifescape Foundation ($250k).
- Does The Wellmark Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 92% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wellmark Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Wellmark Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc, Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation.
- Where is The Wellmark Foundation based?
- The Wellmark Foundation is based in IA.
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