Iowa · Private foundation
Underwood Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $756k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 53
- Grants FY2025
- 51
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $390,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 46 to 57
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 11
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations Underwood Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 53 | $756k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 51 | $692k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 57 | $505k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 51 | $556k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 52 | $408k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 50 | $347k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 47 | $327k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 46 | $539k | 22% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa State University Foundation | $1,219,792 | 9 | 0% |
| Ames Christian School | $129,500 | 9 | 3% |
| Bible Study Fellowship | $124,100 | 8 | 0% |
| United Way of Story County Inc | $120,429 | 4 | 1% |
| The Ames Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Kids Across America Foundation | $88,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Gilbert Education Foundation | $69,090 | 9 | 22% |
| Kanakuk Ministries | $52,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Luvaga Foundation | $51,000 | 3 | 54% |
| Gilbert Community Historical Society | $50,000 | 9 | n/a |
Show all 76 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Underwood Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 59 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: Becker Family Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Burke Family Foundation · United Way of Story County Inc · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · South Story Bank Charitable Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa · Servant Foundation · 3 Sister Non-Profit Inc 3 Sisters Non-Profit · Athene Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About Underwood Family Foundation
- How much does Underwood Family Foundation give?
- Underwood Family Foundation reported 53 grants totaling $755,847 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 57 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Underwood Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Philanthropy (22%), Religion (12%).
- Who are Underwood Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Iowa State University Foundation ($1.2M), Ames Christian School ($130k), Bible Study Fellowship ($124k).
- Does Underwood Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Underwood Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Underwood Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Becker Family Foundation, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc.
- Where is Underwood Family Foundation based?
- Underwood Family Foundation is based in IA.
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