Iowa · Private foundation
W D Ley Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $25k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $600
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $510k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations W D Ley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 30 | $25k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $25k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $25k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $25k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $25k | 4% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $25k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $25k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $25k | 30% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Britt Group | $6,900 | 8 | n/a |
| North Iowa Food for Families | $6,250 | 5 | n/a |
| Bricelyn Area Historical Society | $5,400 | 5 | n/a |
| St Paul Lutheran Church | $4,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Hancock County Agricultural Society | $2,850 | 6 | 0% |
| Lake Mills Entertainment Inc | $2,550 | 1 | 3% |
| West Hancock County Ambulance Service Inc | $2,550 | 3 | 0% |
Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($195k), not named here.
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About W D Ley Foundation
- How much does W D Ley Foundation give?
- W D Ley Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $25,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does W D Ley Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (23%), Education (17%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are W D Ley Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Britt Group ($7k), North Iowa Food for Families ($6k), Bricelyn Area Historical Society ($5k).
- Does W D Ley Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does W D Ley Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Where is W D Ley Foundation based?
- W D Ley Foundation is based in IA.
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