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William C Knapp Charitable Fdn

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$293k
Granted FY2024still arriving
31
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$112k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$619kEducation$358kHealth$184kArts & Culture$102kHousing & Shelter$85kFood & Nutrition$81kPublic Benefit$70kEnvironment$65kOther$0
02FY2024 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k25 grants · $63k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $59k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $171k
$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$4k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA$111,514
DRAKE UNIVERSITY$59,000
FRIENDS OF DES MOINES PARKS$20,000
VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY$15,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DES MOINES$13,333
EASTER SEALS IOWA$10,924
LINK ASSOCIATES$8,500
YMCA OF GREATER DES MOINES$5,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT$5,000
JDRF NEBRASKA-IOWA CHAPTER$5,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL IA$5,000
CHILDSERVE FOUNDATION$5,000
GREATER DES MOINES PUBLIC ART FOUNDATION$5,000
CITIZENS FOR COMMUNITY BETTERMENT$5,000
DES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS$3,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $47k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%YOUNG WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $3k → 10%DES MOINES AREA RELIGIOUS COUNCIL: $1k → 10%CHILDSERVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%CHILDSERVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $250 → 10%CHILDSERVE FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $250 → 10%PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $250 → 10%PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION: $250 → 10%URBAN DREAMS: $25k → 10%URBAN DREAMS: $500 → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 44 repeat orgs$275k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

44 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
42

Total granted

$1.5M
$242k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+1%

Still filing today

70%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsHousing & ShelterOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • DRAKE UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $292k · revenue +15%
  • SM
    SPURGEON MANOR INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $60k · revenue +9%
  • VT
    VARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF IOWA
    5× · 2020–2024 · $44k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • IH
    IN HARMONY FARM
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +16%
  • CO
    CITY OF DES MOINES
    one grant, 2020 · $22k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Common Good Iowa

Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.

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2
Iowa Credit Union Foundation

Founded in 1995 as the philanthropic arm of the iowa credit union league and guided by the credit union philosophy of "people helping people", the iowa credit union foundation (the foundation) works to champion financial well-being for…

Unclassified
3
Des Moines Public Library Foundation

Raise funds and advocate provide for the des moines public library system.

Philanthropy
4
Greater Des Moines Partnership Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce

Our mission is to inspire the iowa city area to be greater by: 1) elevating business, 2) investing in strategic initiatives, and 3) advocating for the economic resiliency of the greater community.

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6
Des Moines Golf and Country Club Educational Foundation
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7
Des Moines Jewish Foundation

The foundation was structured to encourage funding of the jewish federation of greater des moines, and is responsible for adding financial stability by broadening the funding base and thereby improving the ability of the des moines jewish…

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8
Invest Dsm

Provide holistic and innovative solutions that strengthen neighborhoods. we do this through strategic investments in real estate and partnerships to improve quality of life.

Housing & Shelter
9
University of Iowa Facilities Corporation

The university of iowa facilities corporation acquires and holds property for the benefit and use of the university of iowa.

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10
Greater Des Moines Partnership

None

Community Improvement
11
United Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.

Philanthropy
12
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden

Exploring, explaining and celebrating the world of plants.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lead Dsm; the most unlike its peers is World Food Prize Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

61 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 61 of the 94 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
59/61
Grantees still filing
36/61
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $561,085 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWAVARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF IOWA: $43,900 · Other+59 more: $417,874 · Other+59 moreDRAKE UNIVERSITY: $291,500 · EducationDRAKE UNIVERSITYJOSHUA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $15,000 · EducationDMACC FOUNDATION: $12,500 · Education+3 more: $16,000 · EducationSPURGEON MANOR INC: $60,000 · HealthSPURGEON …PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE HEARTLAND INC: $45,000 · HealthPLANNED P…American Heart Association Inc: $25,000 · HealthAmerican …MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF IOWA INC: $14,500 · HealthMAKE-A-WI…+4 more: $10,000 · Health+4 moreDES MOINES HERITAGE TRUST: $41,667 · Arts & CultureITALIAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER OF IOWA: $15,000 · Arts & CultureEdmundson Art Foundation Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureDES MOINES SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureGREATER DES MOINES PUBLIC ART FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $3,500 · Arts & CultureGREAT OUTDOORS FOUNDATION: $57,029 · AnimalsBLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · Animals+1 more: $2,000 · AnimalsCOMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN: $41,666 · PhilanthropyWorld Food Prize Foundation: $20,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,800 · PhilanthropyURBAN DREAMS: $25,500 · Human ServicesCHILDSERVE FOUNDATION INC: $13,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,500 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $2,500 · Human Services+2 more: $2,000 · Human Services
Other$1,022,859Education$335,000Health$154,500Arts & Culture$80,167Animals$66,529Philanthropy$63,466Human Services$46,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $561,085 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetDRAKE UNIVERSITY: $291,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSPURGEON MANOR INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGREAT OUTDOORS FOUNDATION: $57,029 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE HEARTLAND INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetVARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF IOWA: $43,900 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDES MOINES HERITAGE TRUST: $41,667 over 2y, 14% of budgetCOMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN: $41,666 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS FROM THE HEARTLAND INC: $31,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetURBAN DREAMS: $25,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL IOWA: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Food Prize Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER DES MOINES: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLINK ASSOCIATES: $17,891 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJOSHUA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGUARDIAN PROJECT - IA: $15,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetPOLK COUNTY HOUSING TRUST FUND: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetITALIAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER OF IOWA: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF IOWA INC: $14,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDSERVE FOUNDATION INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDMACC FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEdmundson Art Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS DES MOINES: $9,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetGREATER DES MOINES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $7,659 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA PBS FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUSS IOWA (SSN-797) COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE: $5,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetBROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSKATE DSM: $5,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetDES MOINES SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL IOWA: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER DES MOINES PUBLIC ART FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER IOWA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMADISON COUNTY FOUNDATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPOLK CITY FRIENDS OF THE PARKS INC: $2,500 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetMID-IOWA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWEST DES MOINES HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetIowa Legal Aid Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL IOWA SHELTER & SERVICES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF IOWA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILDWOOD HILLS INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Community Fdn of Grea…Prairie Meadows Race …The West Bancorporati…The Merchants Bonding…Meredith Corporation …EMC Insurance Foundat…Kyle J & Sharon Kraus…Bookey Family Foundat…Ita Group FoundationWt and Edna M Dahl Tr…Lsb FoundationGreenState Credit Uni…
Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community FdnIA69.2× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Meredith Corporation Foundation · EMC Insurance Foundation · Kyle J & Sharon Krause Family Foundation · Bookey Family Foundation · Ita Group Foundation · Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust · Lsb Foundation · GreenState Credit Union

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization William C Knapp Charitable Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William C Knapp Charitable Fdn. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    Find your warmest path to William C Knapp Charitable Fdn through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 94 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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