Iowa · Public charity
Washington County Riverboat Foundation Inc
Washington county riverboat foundation is the non-profit license holder for the riverside casino and golf resort. The organization distributes donations from the casino to area organizations and municipalities in the form of grants.
- $4.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 41
- Grants FY2025
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $40,631
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $661,794
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 55
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 35% of the organizations Washington County Riverboat Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $540k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterArts & CulturePhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementEducationOther
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 36 | $4.4M | 42% |
| FY2024 | 43 | $6.0M | 35% |
| FY2023 | 37 | $3.9M | 68% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $2.3M | 11% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $3.6M | 14% |
| FY2020 | 45 | $3.0M | 44% |
| FY2019 | 50 | $3.5M | 42% |
| FY2018 | 55 | $3.4M | 55% |
99% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Recreation & Sports$8.1MPublic Benefit$7.1MHuman Services$4.1MArts & Culture$3.0MPublic Safety & Disaster$2.8MEducation$2.7MHealth$1.5MCommunity Improvement$1.2MOther$0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Men's Christian Association of Washington Iowa | $6,504,000 | 6 | 56% |
| City of Washington | $5,309,991 | 8 | n/a |
| City of Kalona | $2,756,359 | 8 | n/a |
| City of Wellman | $1,602,804 | 8 | n/a |
| Washington Iowa Betterment Foundati | $1,000,000 | 1 | 89% |
| Kalona Historical Society | $725,614 | 6 | 49% |
| Washington County Conservation Board | $639,576 | 9 | n/a |
| Washington County Hospital Foundation | $612,159 | 4 | 16% |
| Hoover Presidential Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Comm School Distr | $487,793 | 5 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Men's Christian Association of Washington Iowa | $6,504,000 | 6 | 56% |
| City of Washington | $5,309,991 | 8 | n/a |
| City of Kalona | $2,756,359 | 8 | n/a |
| City of Wellman | $1,602,804 | 8 | n/a |
| Washington Iowa Betterment Foundati | $1,000,000 | 1 | 89% |
| Kalona Historical Society | $725,614 | 6 | 49% |
| Washington County Conservation Board | $639,576 | 9 | n/a |
| Washington County Hospital Foundation | $612,159 | 4 | 16% |
| Hoover Presidential Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Comm School Distr | $487,793 | 5 | n/a |
| Washington County Emergency Medical Services Authority | $464,340 | 2 | 31% |
| Wesley Retirement Services Inc | $450,000 | 3 | 0% |
| City of Riverside | $447,128 | 5 | n/a |
| Mid-Prairie Community Schools | $422,933 | 4 | n/a |
| Hospice of Washington County Inc | $392,808 | 3 | 20% |
| City of Brighton | $372,296 | 8 | n/a |
| Highland Community School District | $355,147 | 7 | n/a |
| Ainsworth Volunteer Firefighters As | $337,227 | 3 | 85% |
| City of Ainsworth | $317,096 | 8 | n/a |
| City of Riverside | $308,207 | 4 | n/a |
| Domestic Violence Intervention Program | $295,961 | 2 | 7% |
| Kalona Volunteer Fire Department | $290,028 | 2 | 50% |
| Keota Community Schools | $283,763 | 5 | n/a |
| Hacap | $224,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Lone Tree Community Schools | $220,718 | 2 | n/a |
| Wellman Volunteer Fire Department | $204,988 | 5 | 32% |
| City of Crawfordsville | $200,718 | 8 | n/a |
| Southeast Iowa Agricultural Research Association | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Lake Darling State Park | $197,398 | 5 | 84% |
| Richland Area Child Care Organization | $167,313 | 2 | 8% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $137,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Johnson County Agricultural Association | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Family Parish | $121,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington County Hospital | $117,836 | 1 | n/a |
| City of West Chester | $116,399 | 8 | n/a |
| Washington County Fair Assoc | $110,562 | 3 | 23% |
| Main Street Washington | $108,674 | 4 | 29% |
| Wcdc Inc | $107,445 | 5 | 3% |
| The Englert Civic Theatre Inc | $95,967 | 2 | 3% |
| Washington Free Public Library Foundation | $91,000 | 2 | 47% |
| Washington Music Boosters Inc | $90,324 | 2 | n/a |
| Give Foundation | $90,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Washington Community Theater Inc | $88,988 | 1 | 23% |
| Saint James School | $86,454 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Keota | $76,632 | 4 | n/a |
| Washington County EMS Association | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sigourney Fire-Rescue Association | $71,017 | 3 | n/a |
| Riverside Emergency Services Association Incorporated | $70,000 | 1 | 65% |
| Lake Darling Youth Center Inc | $64,469 | 4 | 42% |
| Keokuk County | $63,756 | 1 | n/a |
| Opera House Inc | $63,072 | 2 | n/a |
| Saints Peter & Paul Clear Creek Her | $61,937 | 2 | 36% |
| Mid Prairie Community School District Foundation | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Economic Development Group | $59,214 | 2 | n/a |
| Prospect Meadows Inc | $56,491 | 1 | n/a |
| St James Catholic Church | $55,548 | 1 | n/a |
| Brighton Chamber | $55,268 | 1 | n/a |
| Riverside Area Community Club | $55,178 | 2 | n/a |
| Washington County Libraries | $53,970 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa Mennonite Benevolent Association | $53,477 | 1 | 1% |
| Waco Schools | $51,715 | 1 | n/a |
| Salvation Army National Corp | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Winfield Community Development Group | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Immanuel Lutheran Church | $49,502 | 1 | n/a |
| Keota Unlimited | $46,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Columbus Roundy PTO | $44,323 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington County Historical Society | $44,245 | 2 | n/a |
| Keota Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $41,687 | 2 | n/a |
| Filmscene | $40,439 | 2 | 4% |
| United Way of East Central Iowa | $37,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Amvets | $37,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Keota Pool and Aquatic Foundation | $32,824 | 1 | n/a |
| City of What Cheer | $32,812 | 2 | n/a |
| Mops | $32,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Lone Tree Fire & Rescue Foundation Inc | $32,340 | 1 | n/a |
| American Legion Post 537 | $32,137 | 1 | n/a |
| Waco Community School Foundation | $31,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington County Humane Society | $31,809 | 2 | 2% |
| Ainsworth Community Church | $29,517 | 1 | n/a |
| Families Helping Families | $27,600 | 3 | 9% |
| Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity Inc | $27,094 | 2 | 1% |
| Richland Community Club Inc | $27,000 | 1 | 37% |
| Washington Chamber of Commerce | $26,902 | 2 | 7% |
| Brighton Volunteer Fire Fighters Association Incorporated | $26,440 | 1 | n/a |
| Waypoint Services | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shelter House Community Shelter and Transition Services | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Midwest Old Settlers & Threshers | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Catherine McAuley Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kiwanis International Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridgehaven Pregnancy Support Center | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Iowa Policy Project | $24,620 | 1 | n/a |
| Horizons a Family Service Alliance | $23,802 | 1 | 0% |
| Pheasants Forever Inc | $21,468 | 2 | 0% |
| Pierce Elementary PTA | $21,446 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa Sports Foundation | $20,564 | 1 | 1% |
| N-Compass Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Mt Pleasant Community School Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lone Tree Community Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Linn County Fair Association | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Knights of Columbus | $19,116 | 1 | n/a |
| Shiloh | $18,328 | 1 | n/a |
| English River Outfitters Resort | $17,675 | 2 | 2% |
| International Association of Lions Club | $17,423 | 1 | n/a |
| Childserve Inc | $16,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Solon Education Foundation | $16,364 | 1 | 51% |
| Kalona Public Library Foundation Inc | $16,245 | 1 | n/a |
| Ainsworth Community Together | $16,073 | 2 | n/a |
| Wedg Community Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars 6414 | $15,000 | 1 | 8% |
| His Hands Ministries | $14,908 | 1 | 1% |
| Kalona Area Chamber of Commerce | $14,352 | 1 | 21% |
| Washington Area Soccer Program | $14,230 | 2 | n/a |
| Midwest Central Railroad | $13,726 | 1 | 12% |
| The Arc of Southeast Iowa | $13,660 | 1 | 1% |
| Washington Area Amateur Radio Club | $13,489 | 1 | n/a |
| County of Johnson | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Riverside Volunteer Fire Dept | $12,500 | 1 | 7% |
| Washington Ys Mens Club | $12,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Blair House Nonprofit Corp % Virginia Bordwell | $12,140 | 2 | 30% |
| Washington Athletic Booster Club | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Youth Sports Foundation | $11,620 | 1 | n/a |
| Weekes-Vaneck VFW Post 3949 | $10,499 | 1 | 6% |
| Saint Peter Church of Cosgrave | $10,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Walnut Township | $10,080 | 1 | n/a |
| Wayland Area Childcare Organization Organization | $10,023 | 1 | 2% |
| Track Guy Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa Dental Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| International Association of Fire Fighters | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Table to Table Food Distribution Network | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Louisa County Conservation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Crisis Services and Food Bank | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eastern Iowa Honor Flight | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Alex Marinelli Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of South English | $9,488 | 1 | n/a |
| Richland Public Library | $9,310 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Area Softball Association | $8,196 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington County Extension | $7,940 | 1 | n/a |
| Church of Saint Mary | $7,850 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Keswick | $7,813 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Hedrick | $7,813 | 1 | n/a |
| Wellman Heritage Society | $7,568 | 1 | n/a |
| Jackson Township Fire Association | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Johnson & Washington Count | $6,384 | 1 | 0% |
| Sigourney Community School District | $6,125 | 1 | n/a |
| Czech Village Association Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 31% |
| Kalona First Responders | $5,702 | 1 | n/a |
| Wellman Chamber | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington County Extension | $5,413 | 1 | n/a |
| American Legion Post 0593 | $5,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Ss Joseph and Cabrini Parrish | $5,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Riverside Ball Association | $5,119 | 1 | n/a |
| Louisa County Amblulance | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hawkeye Area Council Boy Scouts of America | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kiwanis International Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boy Scout Troop 234 | $3,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Area Performing Arts & Events Center | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Washington County Riverboat Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 17 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 61 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 61.
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.
Alliant Energy Foundation IncWI39.9× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · GreenState Credit Union · Rpc Inc Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Johnson County · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc · The Kenneth K Kinsey Family Foundation · Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation · The Accel Foundation · Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift Fund · Frank & Ina Brinton Educational & Charitable · The Fountain Charitable Foundation
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 Washington County Riverboat Foundation Inc
- How much does Washington County Riverboat Foundation Inc give?
- Washington County Riverboat Foundation Inc reported 41 grants totaling $4,404,088 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 55 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Washington County Riverboat Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (24%), Public Benefit (21%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are Washington County Riverboat Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Young Men's Christian Association of Washington Iowa ($6.5M), City of Washington ($5.3M), City of Kalona ($2.8M).
- Does Washington County Riverboat Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Washington County Riverboat Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, GreenState Credit Union, Rpc Inc Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Washington County Riverboat Foundation Inc based?
- Washington County Riverboat Foundation Inc is based in IA.
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