Iowa · Private foundation
Wapello County Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $61k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,425
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Wapello County Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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 | 7 | $61k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $59k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $68k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $125k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $65k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $66k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $65k | 54% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $64k | 55% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge View Center Inc | $50,421 | 4 | 10% |
| Seton Catholic School | $47,262 | 5 | n/a |
| Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Gothic Performing Arts | $19,164 | 2 | 18% |
| American Home Finding Association | $16,877 | 3 | 0% |
| Ottumwa Civic Music Association | $16,000 | 8 | 10% |
| Eldon Uptown-Downtown | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wapello County 4-H Exposition Inc Duff | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Pleasant Valley Manor | $9,021 | 1 | 8% |
| Tenco Industries Inc | $8,864 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge View Center Inc | $50,421 | 4 | 10% |
| Seton Catholic School | $47,262 | 5 | n/a |
| Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American Gothic Performing Arts | $19,164 | 2 | 18% |
| American Home Finding Association | $16,877 | 3 | 0% |
| Ottumwa Civic Music Association | $16,000 | 8 | 10% |
| Eldon Uptown-Downtown | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wapello County 4-H Exposition Inc Duff | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Pleasant Valley Manor | $9,021 | 1 | 8% |
| Tenco Industries Inc | $8,864 | 1 | 0% |
| Ottumwa Amateur Radio Club | $6,203 | 2 | n/a |
| Main Street Ottumwa | $4,416 | 1 | 4% |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $4,345 | 2 | 0% |
| Children and Families of Iowa | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eldon Depot Committee Inc | $3,951 | 1 | 8% |
| Ecumenical Lords Cupboard | $3,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Whatsoever You Do Inc | $3,274 | 1 | 1% |
| BIO Girls Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa College Access Network | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($384k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wapello County Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Wapello County Foundation
- How much does Wapello County Foundation give?
- Wapello County Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $60,591 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Wapello County Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (19%), Arts & Culture (19%), Philanthropy (18%).
- Who are Wapello County Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bridge View Center Inc ($50k), Seton Catholic School ($47k), Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates Inc ($25k).
- Does Wapello County Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wapello County Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wapello County Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa.
- Where is Wapello County Foundation based?
- Wapello County Foundation is based in IA.
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