How much does Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust give?

Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust reported 6 grants totaling $675,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 45 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (21%), Health (19%), Education (13%).

Who are Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Waukee United Methodist Church ($500k), Blank Park Zoo Foundation Inc ($350k), Iowa Health Foundation ($250k).

Does Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Where is Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust based?

Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust is based in IA.

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Iowa · Private foundation

Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust

Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$675k
Granted FY2023: 6
Grants FY2023: 6
Organizations funded FY2023: 17%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2023: $100,000
Largest grant, FY2023: $250,000
Organizations funded a year: 6 to 45; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023: 1
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsHealthFood & NutritionOther

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
FY2023	6	$675k	17%
FY2022	7	$758k	43%
FY2021	43	$1.8M	35%
FY2020	45	$2.0M	49%
FY2019	38	$1.4M	71%
FY2018	31	$1.4M	71%
FY2017	23	$966k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$1.9MHealth$1.7MEducation$1.2MHousing & Shelter$651kReligion$635kHuman Services$550kYouth Development$420kAnimals$375kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Waukee United Methodist Church	$500,000	2	n/a
Blank Park Zoo Foundation Inc	$350,000	2	3%
Iowa Health Foundation	$250,000	3	0%
Youth and Shelter Services Inc	$250,000	2	1%
On With Life Foundation	$200,000	3	14%
Living History Farms Foundation	$200,000	2	2%
Food Bank of Iowa	$200,000	3	0%
Des Moines Heritage Trust	$200,000	2	21%
Homes of Oakridge Human Services	$180,000	5	2%
Mainframe Studios	$175,000	2	2%

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All grantees of Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Waukee United Methodist Church	$500,000	2	n/a
Blank Park Zoo Foundation Inc	$350,000	2	3%
Iowa Health Foundation	$250,000	3	0%
Youth and Shelter Services Inc	$250,000	2	1%
On With Life Foundation	$200,000	3	14%
Living History Farms Foundation	$200,000	2	2%
Food Bank of Iowa	$200,000	3	0%
Des Moines Heritage Trust	$200,000	2	21%
Homes of Oakridge Human Services	$180,000	5	2%
Mainframe Studios	$175,000	2	2%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa	$165,000	4	10%
Orchard Place	$155,000	4	0%
East High School Alumni Foundation	$150,000	1	8%
Waukee Band Parents Organization	$150,000	1	n/a
Community Youth Concepts	$145,000	4	7%
Des Moines Area Religious Council	$125,000	2	1%
Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation	$100,000	1	4%
Childserve Foundation Inc	$100,000	2	2%
Alex Brown Foundation Inc	$100,000	1	27%
On With Life Inc	$100,000	1	1%
Ellipsis Inc	$100,000	1	2%
Iowa Public Radio Inc	$80,000	5	0%
Eat Greater Des Moines	$80,000	1	24%
Joppa	$75,000	1	4%
Great Outdoors Foundation	$75,000	2	1%
Science Center of Iowa	$70,000	2	1%
Salisbury House Foundation	$60,000	2	6%
Waukee Foundation Inc	$50,000	2	n/a
Scottish Rite Park Inc	$50,000	2	0%
Welcome Home Soldier	$50,000	1	18%
Des Moines Community Playhouse	$50,000	1	n/a
Five Fires Foundation	$50,000	1	3%
Italian-American Cultural Center of Iowa	$40,000	1	11%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$40,000	2	0%
Drake University	$30,000	2	0%
Dental Connection	$30,000	3	n/a
Civic Music Association Des Moines	$27,500	4	2%
Link Associates	$25,000	1	0%
Freedom for Youth Ministries	$25,000	1	1%
The Easter Seal Society Foundation	$25,000	1	1%
Polk County Housing Trust Fund	$25,000	5	0%
Urbandale Community Action Network	$25,000	1	8%
Beacon of Life D/B/A the Beacon	$25,000	1	5%
SCKIC Inc	$20,000	2	2%
Can Play	$20,000	2	4%
Music Under the Stars Inc	$20,000	2	n/a
Pursuit of Innovation	$20,000	1	10%
Meals From the Heartland Inc	$20,000	1	1%
Healthy Birth Day Inc	$20,000	2	1%
Downtown Events Group Inc	$20,000	1	3%
Mind and Spirit Counseling Center	$15,000	1	0%
Keep Iowa Beautiful	$15,000	1	2%
Central Iowa Wind Ensemble	$10,500	4	n/a
Edmundson Art Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa	$10,000	1	0%
Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa	$10,000	1	0%
Evergreen Cemetery	$10,000	1	n/a
The Wallace Centers of Iowa	$10,000	1	2%
Balance Autism	$10,000	1	n/a
818 Forward With Faith Inc	$10,000	1	7%
Salute to the Fallen	$8,000	1	8%
Brenton Arboretum Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Beaverdale Neighborhood Association	$5,000	1	n/a
Opportunity on Deck	$5,000	1	4%
Single Parent Provision	$2,000	1	1%

Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.8M), not named here.

Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 54 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 54.

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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.

Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino IncIA81.9× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · EMC Insurance Foundation · Meredith Corporation Foundation · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · Ita Group Foundation · William C Knapp Charitable Fdn · Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines · United Way of Central Iowa · John Ruan Foundation Trust · Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner

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 Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust

How much does Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust give?: Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust reported 6 grants totaling $675,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 45 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (21%), Health (19%), Education (13%).
Who are Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Waukee United Methodist Church ($500k), Blank Park Zoo Foundation Inc ($350k), Iowa Health Foundation ($250k).
Does Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, EMC Insurance Foundation.
Where is Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust based?: Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust is based in IA.