Iowa · Community foundation
United Way and Community Foundation of Greater Fort Dodge
To provide direct support of various charitable, educational or scientific organizations which are exempt from federal income tax for projects intended to encourage growth in all aspects of the community.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 45
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 47
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 51%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $914k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $205,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 47
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $17M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 51% of the organizations United Way and Community Foundation of Greater Fort Dodge funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $416k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 42 | $914k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 47 | $1.1M | 51% |
| FY2022 | 36 | $545k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $637k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $704k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 34 | $571k | 32% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $710k | 19% |
| FY2017 | 34 | $2.2M | n/a |
99% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Education$2.0MArts & Culture$715kHealth$590kHuman Services$579kReligion$570kPublic Safety & Disaster$252kCommunity Improvement$208kHousing & Shelter$181kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Central Community College Foundation | $766,054 | 7 | 25% |
| Saab Heritage Museum USA | $560,000 | 5 | 47% |
| Trinity Health Foundation | $407,008 | 8 | 7% |
| Iowa State University Foundation | $188,396 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Northern Iowa Foundation | $170,350 | 8 | 0% |
| DomesticSexual Assault Outreach Center | $165,950 | 8 | 2% |
| Upper Des Moines Opportunity Inc | $155,633 | 7 | 0% |
| Saint Edmond Catholic School | $133,397 | 6 | n/a |
| New Covenant Christian Church | $120,000 | 5 | n/a |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $119,550 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 96 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Central Community College Foundation | $766,054 | 7 | 25% |
| Saab Heritage Museum USA | $560,000 | 5 | 47% |
| Trinity Health Foundation | $407,008 | 8 | 7% |
| Iowa State University Foundation | $188,396 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Northern Iowa Foundation | $170,350 | 8 | 0% |
| DomesticSexual Assault Outreach Center | $165,950 | 8 | 2% |
| Upper Des Moines Opportunity Inc | $155,633 | 7 | 0% |
| Saint Edmond Catholic School | $133,397 | 6 | n/a |
| New Covenant Christian Church | $120,000 | 5 | n/a |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | $119,550 | 8 | 0% |
| Golden Day Adult Day | $105,528 | 1 | 92% |
| Children and Families of Iowa | $96,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Athletics for Education and Success Inc | $95,977 | 6 | 6% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Sio Sioux City | $94,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Community & Family Resources | $92,801 | 6 | 0% |
| Friendship Haven Inc | $88,633 | 4 | 0% |
| Youth Shelter Care of North Central Iowa Inc | $80,500 | 5 | 5% |
| Fort Dodge Community School District Foundation | $80,420 | 6 | 9% |
| Fort Dodge Housing Agency | $72,154 | 6 | n/a |
| Twin Lakes Restoration Foundation | $69,118 | 1 | n/a |
| The Lords Cupboard Community Pantry | $67,500 | 1 | 44% |
| Drake University | $65,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Gateway to Discovery | $50,225 | 4 | 30% |
| Iowa Motor Carriers Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Lake City Capri Theater | $48,895 | 2 | 46% |
| Lohrville Ambulance & Fire | $46,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Reading Cedar Fire Dept | $46,000 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Fort Dodge | $45,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Fort Dodge Community Recreation Center | $43,750 | 3 | 2% |
| YWCA of Fort Dodge IA | $41,050 | 4 | 1% |
| Friends of Webster County Conservation | $40,050 | 1 | 18% |
| City of Manson Swim Team | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Butler Township Fire Co | $39,071 | 4 | n/a |
| First Presbyterian Church | $37,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Pomeroy Fire Department | $31,700 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Knierim | $30,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Fort Dodge Historical Foundation | $30,825 | 3 | 4% |
| Manson Economic Betterment Found | $30,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Gowrie Fire Board Agency | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Beacon of Hope Ministries Inc | $27,804 | 3 | 2% |
| The Salvation Army | $27,726 | 2 | n/a |
| Lutheran Family Service | $27,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Central School Preservation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 35% |
| Ia | $24,846 | 3 | n/a |
| Community Early Childhood Center | $24,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Blanden Charitable Foundation | $22,150 | 3 | 4% |
| Opportunity Living | $21,150 | 2 | 0% |
| Southwest Webster Ambulance | $20,366 | 2 | 8% |
| Your Own United Resources Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First United Methodist Church | $19,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Okoboji Foundation | $18,400 | 2 | n/a |
| American Legion | $18,350 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Calhoun County Exposition | $16,265 | 1 | 8% |
| Calhoun County Dept of Health | $16,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Rockwell City Fire Department | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lotus Community Project Inc | $15,627 | 2 | 6% |
| Lake City Fire & Police | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Safe Haven Baby Boxes Inc | $12,703 | 1 | 1% |
| Grand View University | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Iowa | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Parkinson Disease Assoc | $10,945 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Christian Schools | $10,630 | 1 | n/a |
| Humane Society of North Central Iow | $10,250 | 1 | 5% |
| Gowrie Development Commission | $10,100 | 1 | n/a |
| The Marian Home | $10,025 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood North Central States | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Community Memorial Building | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Iowa State Bar Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Calvary Family Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Dayton Community Club | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Top Rail Saddle Club | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Manson Area Community Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Youth and Shelter Services Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grandview Apartments | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Community Betterment Club of Farnhamville Iowa | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lohrville Visions Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Farnhamville Ambulance Service | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Associationiowa Chapter | $9,002 | 1 | 1% |
| American Legion Auxiliary | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stage Door Productions | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Broadway Dreams Foundation Corporation | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mid-Iowa Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First Covenant Church Fort Dodge Ia | $6,853 | 1 | n/a |
| First Baptist Church | $6,546 | 1 | n/a |
| Kirkwood Community College Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dayton Doggie Rescue Ranch | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Passel Provides Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Strands of Strength Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 1% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $5,334 | 1 | 0% |
| One Vision | $5,300 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $5,271 | 1 | 0% |
| Webster County Crime Stoppers | $5,100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way and Community Foundation of Greater Fort Dodge supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 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
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 59.
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.
The Catherine Vincent Deardorf Charitable FoundationIA30.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: The Catherine Vincent Deardorf Charitable Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · GreenState Credit Union · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Ann Smeltzer Charitable Trust · Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Elderbridge Agency on Aging · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · Lsb Foundation · Stark Group Charitable Foundation Inc
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.
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About United Way and Community Foundation of Greater Fort Dodge
- How much does United Way and Community Foundation of Greater Fort Dodge give?
- United Way and Community Foundation of Greater Fort Dodge reported 45 itemized grants totaling $913,759, out of $1,692,005 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 47 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does United Way and Community Foundation of Greater Fort Dodge fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (27%), Arts & Culture (10%), Health (8%).
- Who are United Way and Community Foundation of Greater Fort Dodge's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Iowa Central Community College Foundation ($766k), Saab Heritage Museum USA ($560k), Trinity Health Foundation ($407k).
- Does United Way and Community Foundation of Greater Fort Dodge fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 51% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way and Community Foundation of Greater Fort Dodge?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Catherine Vincent Deardorf Charitable Foundation, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, GreenState Credit Union.
- Where is United Way and Community Foundation of Greater Fort Dodge based?
- United Way and Community Foundation of Greater Fort Dodge is based in IA.
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