· Private foundation
William L & Doris E Niemann Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Crossroads United Methodist Church | $2,847 |
| Awakening International Ministries | $2,000 |
| Joshua Christian Academy | $1,000 |
| Open Air Campaigners | $1,000 |
| Pay It Forward Des Moines | $947 |
| White Dove Ministries | $750 |
| Evanston Wilmette Golf Course Association | $500 |
| Dementia Society of America | $500 |
| Friends of West Virginia Public Broadcasting | $400 |
| Ohio University Foundation | $400 |
| Huntington City Mission | $350 |
| Missouri University of Science & Technology | $275 |
| Kentucky Educational Television | $250 |
| University of Iowa Center for Advancement | $175 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 26% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- OAOpen Air Campaigners US Inc4× · 2020–2025 · $4k · revenue +14%
The Ohio University Foundation6× · 2020–2025 · $3k · revenue +204%- FOFRIENDS OF WV PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC5× · 2021–2025 · $2k · revenue +0%
Funded once
- NTNEW TRIER FINE ARTS ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2019 · $3k
- NHNEW HOPE ASSEMBLY OF GODone grant, 2023 · $1k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $1k
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.
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.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.
Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.
Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…
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.
Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.
Aac's purpose is to build up and defend great commission anglican churches in north america through developing faithful leaders, equipping local churches and engaging the church and culture with gospel clarity.
The foundation works to defend and promote the constitution of the united states, focusing especially on the first, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, and 14th amendments. the foundation also works to defend and promote the constitution of the…
Christian leaders from africa promotes christian theological training & education of local leaders in kenya and throughout africa. it invests in undergraduate, masters, and phd scholarships, faculty support for african professors and…
To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…
Financial planning ministry, inc. (fpm) is a not-for-profit organization devoted to assisting in the performance of the functions of christian churches by serving their financial needs.
How this is measured
33 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. 33 of the 59 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Open Air Campaigners US Inc ↗
- Who funds JOSHUA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds The Ohio University Foundation ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF WV PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC ↗
- Who funds CROSSROADS FARM INC ↗
- Who funds American Whitewater ↗
- Who funds STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds EVANSTON WILMETTE GOLF COURSE ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING FOUNDA ↗
- Who funds THE LAMBS FARM INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DES MOINES COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds DES MOINES CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds Des Moines Refugee Support ↗
- Who funds THE CHICAGO RECOVERY ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
- Who funds FOR THE CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds IOWANS FOR TAX RELIEF FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WAUKEE COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HITCHCOCK FREE ACADEMY ↗
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: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · United Way Worldwide · AbbVie Foundation · Servant Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization William L & Doris E Niemann Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William L & Doris E Niemann Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Ricks Place Inc: 30% of income from government
- American Whitewater: 5% of income from government
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