Iowa · Private foundation
Windsor 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.
- $169k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Windsor Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 14 | $169k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $151k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $158k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $135k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $13k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $183k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $115k | 29% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $141k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science Center of Iowa | $210,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Des Moines Performing Arts | $109,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Des Moines Metro Opera Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Des Moines Community Playhouse | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Animal Rescue League of Iowa Inc | $75,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Childserve Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Brenton Arboretum Inc | $32,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Des Moines Consistory | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Blank Park Zoo Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa Railroad Historical Society | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science Center of Iowa | $210,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Des Moines Performing Arts | $109,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Des Moines Metro Opera Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Des Moines Community Playhouse | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Animal Rescue League of Iowa Inc | $75,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Childserve Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Brenton Arboretum Inc | $32,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Des Moines Consistory | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Blank Park Zoo Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa Railroad Historical Society | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Iowa Historical Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Central Iowa Shelter & Services | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban Dreams | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Edmundson Art Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($341k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Windsor Charitable 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: John Ruan Foundation Trust · Mary K and Daniel M Kelly Family Foundation C/O Dan Kelly · Bookey Family Foundation · EMC Insurance Foundation · Meredith Corporation Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Henry G & Norma Peterson Charitable Tr · Fred Maytag Family Foundation · Kyle J & Sharon Krause Family Foundation · Ita Group Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Obrien Fitzpatrick Foundation
How this is measured
About Windsor Charitable Foundation
- How much does Windsor Charitable Foundation give?
- Windsor Charitable Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $169,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Windsor Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (35%), Science & Tech (20%), Education (14%).
- Who are Windsor Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Science Center of Iowa ($210k), Des Moines Performing Arts ($109k), Des Moines Metro Opera Inc ($80k).
- Does Windsor Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Windsor Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Windsor Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John Ruan Foundation Trust, Mary K and Daniel M Kelly Family Foundation C/O Dan Kelly, Bookey Family Foundation.
- Where is Windsor Charitable Foundation based?
- Windsor Charitable Foundation is based in IA.
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