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Tim Terry & Gretchen Rice-Terry Foundation Ltd at a glance

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Tim Terry & Gretchen Rice-Terry Foundation Ltd

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$8k
Granted FY2023
6
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0180% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$49kPhilanthropy$10kReligion$2kHousing & Shelter$2kArts & Culture$2kInternational$2kHuman Services$800Health$550Other$0
02FY2023 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA$6,000
ICCSD FOUNDATION$1,000
MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION$250
COMMUNITY$100
IOWA VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$100
ALTRUSA$100
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 (FY17–20, $800) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FOUR OAKS FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $100 → 9%CRISIS CENTER OF JOHNSON COUNTY: $500 → 15%IOWA CITY HOSPICE: $100 → 15%TRAIL OF JOHNSON COUNTY: $100 → 15%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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$39k · 10 repeat orgs$41k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +47% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2023, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
24

Total granted

$39k
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+47%

Still filing today

30%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $450 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureEnvironmentInternationalHealthOther
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

  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR THE IOWA CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
    4× · 2018–2023 · $15k · revenue +56%
  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS
    3× · 2019–2022 · $8k · revenue +38%
  • F
    FILMSCENE
    3× · 2018–2020 · $550 · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • SU
    STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +13%
  • HC
    HANCHER CIRCLE FUND
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • UF
    UI FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
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
Iowa Credit Union Foundation

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…

Unclassified
2
University of Iowa Facilities Corporation

The university of iowa facilities corporation acquires and holds property for the benefit and use of the university of iowa.

—
3
Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce

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.

—
4
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
5
United Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.

Philanthropy
6
Common Good 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.

—
7
Community Health Centers of Southeastern Iowa Inc

To provide primary health care to residents of the greater se iowa region, especially those individuals/families with limited resources or with other barriers to health care. see schedule o for additional information.

Health
8
Iowa College Foundation

The foundation is organized to further the growth and development of private colleges and universities of higher education in iowa.

—
9
American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa

The union works to advocate and advance a public policy agenda to support and protect the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of iowa. it works to maintain throughout the united states the rights of free…

—
10
Iowa Association of Business and Industry Foundation

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.

Youth Development
11
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Iowa

The foundation works to defend and promote the constitution of the united states, focusing especially on the first, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, and 14th amendments. the foundation also works to defend and promote the constitution of the…

Civil Rights
12
Iowa Hospital Association

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…

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Foundation for the Iowa City Community School District; the most unlike its peers is Trail of Johnson County. 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

18 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. 18 of the 39 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
17/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE FOUNDATION FOR THE IOWA CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $14,500 · OtherTHE FOUNDATION FOR THE IOWA CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICTUNIVERSITY OF IOWA: $12,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF IOWAHANCHER CIRCLE FUND: $10,000 · OtherHANCHER CIRCLE FUNDUI FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherUI FOUNDATIONNEWMAN STUDENT CENTER: $3,050 · OtherNEWMAN CENTER FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Other+18 more: $6,800 · Other+18 moreSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA …TRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS: $7,500 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE O…WILLOWWIND SCHOOL: $825 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 · InternationalLIFT UP THE VULNERABLE INC: $1,000 · InternationalA SAFE HAVEN FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY CRISIS SERVICES AND FOOD BANK: $500 · Human ServicesIOWA CITY HOSPICE INC: $100 · Human ServicesFOUR OAKS FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $100 · Human ServicesTrail of Johnson County: $100 · Human ServicesFILMSCENE: $550 · Arts & CultureGREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $333 · PhilanthropyPROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION: $200 · PhilanthropyINDIAN CREEK NATURE CENTER: $100 · Environment
Other$58,350Education$18,825International$2,000Health$1,000Human Services$800Arts & Culture$550Philanthropy$533Environment$100

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR THE IOWA CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $14,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA SAFE HAVEN FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTER HOUSE COMMUNITY SHELTER AND TRANSITION SERVICES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFT UP THE VULNERABLE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILLOWWIND SCHOOL: $825 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFILMSCENE: $550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY CRISIS SERVICES AND FOOD BANK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $333 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA CITY HOSPICE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUR OAKS FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIAN CREEK NATURE CENTER: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

GreenState Credit Uni…Community Foundation …Alliant Energy Founda…The Kenneth K Kinsey …Hills Bank Donor Advi…Washington County Riv…First Interstate Banc…Dne Caplan Family Fou…United Way of Johnson…Rpc Inc Charitable Fo…Shive-Hattery Group C…Raymond James Charita…
GreenState Credit UnionIA26.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: GreenState Credit Union · Community Foundation of Johnson County · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · The Kenneth K Kinsey Family Foundation · Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift Fund · Washington County Riverboat Foundation Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Dne Caplan Family Foundation · United Way of Johnson & Washington Count · Rpc Inc Charitable Foundation · Shive-Hattery Group Charitable Contribution Fund Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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 Tim Terry & Gretchen Rice-Terry Foundation Ltd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tim Terry & Gretchen Rice-Terry Foundation Ltd. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Tim Terry & Gretchen Rice-Terry Foundation Ltd?

    Find your warmest path to Tim Terry & Gretchen Rice-Terry Foundation Ltd through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 39 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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