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Yockey 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.

$126k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$452kHealth$237kRecreation & Sports$145kReligion$143kArts & Culture$103kHuman Services$101kPhilanthropy$62kYouth Development$46kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$949k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION$70,000
SIOUXLAND EXPO CENTER$20,000
HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH$15,000
SUNRISE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY$5,000
THE JOY SCHOOL PL INC$5,000
SIOUX CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$5,000
FOOD BANK OF SIOUXLAND$5,000
SISTER OF ST FRANCIS$1,000
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NORM WAITT SR YMCA: $46k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $70k → 13%THE FAMILY LEADER FOUNDATION: $25k → 5%STEMM: $72k → 13%HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH: $35k → 6%NORM WAITT SR YMCA: $33k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $8k → 13%STEMM: $49k → 13%HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH: $25k → 6%NORM WAIT SR YMCA: $20k → 12%SIOUX CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $28k → 13%HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH: $22k → 6%SIOUXLAND FREEDOM PARK: $13k → 12%ST PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH: $25k → 13%HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH: $15k → 6%ROSECRANCE FOUNDATION: $25k → 13%HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH: $12k → 6%STEMM: $25k → 13%HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH: $8k → 6%JACKSON RECOVERY CENTERS: $22k → 13%SIOUXLAND EXPO CENTER: $20k → 13%SIOUXLAND EXPO CENTER: $20k → 13%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SIOUXLAND: $15k → 13%STEMM: $12k → 13%ROSECRANCE FOUNDATION: $12k → 13%SIOUX CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $10k → 13%SIOUXLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - KINDNESS: $10k → 13%SIOUXLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - KINDNESS: $10k → 13%SIOUX CITY PARKS AND RECREATION: $7k → 13%BISHOP HEELAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $50k → 13%BISHOP HEELAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $15k → 13%THE FIRST TEE OF SIOUXLAND: $9k → 13%GIRLS INC: $6k → 13%THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF SIOUX CITY: $100k → 13%MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE: $75k → 13%MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE: $55k → 13%MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE: $35k → 13%MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE: $30k → 13%MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE: $30k → 13%MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE: $25k → 13%SIOUXLAND EXPO CENTER: $20k → 13%WESTERN IOWA TECHNICAL: $16k → 13%WESTERN IOWA TECHNICAL: $16k → 13%SUNRISE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: $15k → 13%MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE: $13k → 13%SUNRISE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: $10k → 13%SUNRISE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: $10k → 13%FOCUS: $8k → 13%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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 20 repeat orgs$204k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
10

Total granted

$1.1M
$198k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+33%

Still filing today

40%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • MU
    MORNINGSIDE UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $263k · revenue +28%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $78k · revenue +36%
  • SC
    SIOUX CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
    3× · 2022–2025 · $43k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • TM
    THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF SIOUX CITY
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -52%
  • TF
    THE FAMILY LEADER FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +320%
  • SP
    ST PAULS LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
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
Siouxland Chamber of Commerce

Improve the quality of the siouxland area

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2
Sioux City Lewis & Clark Association
Arts & Culture
3
Sioux City Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau

The mission of the sioux city regional convention center and visitors bureau is to promote tourism and the hospitality industry in the greater siouxland area.

Community Improvement
4
Siouxland Community Foundation

The siouxland community foundation is a trusted organization that connects people who care with causes that matter by providing a means to receive gifts and distribute grants in response to community needs.

Philanthropy
5
Sioux Falls Environmental Access Inc
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6
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Siouxland

Establish relationships between siouxland youth and mature, responsible screened adult volunteers.

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7
Realtor Association of the Sioux Empire Inc

To offer leadership, involvement and support; encouraging the membership to professionally achieve their goals and serve all in the spirit of the golden rule.

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8
Great Bear Management Inc

To provide support and help to promote national and international winter sports with regard to competition, training, and education.

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9
The Siouxland Initiative

To promote economic growth in the tri-state siouxland area

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10
Sioux City Housing Trust Fund Inc

To act as the local governing board of sioux city housing trust fund by collecting and disbursing revenue for the purpose of encouraging the development and redevelopment of affordable housing for sioux city's income qualified residents.

Housing & Shelter
11
The Childrens Museum of Siouxland Inc

Provide an interactive learning environment for children to foster imagination and creativity while inspiring life-long learning

Arts & Culture
12
Siouxland Senior Center

To enrich the quality of life and support independence and vitality for our members. this is done by meeting the social, recreational and educational needs of members, in an environment that is fun, safe, inclusive and courteous for all

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Miracle League of Sioux City; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association Inc. 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

14 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. 14 of the 32 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STEMM: $163,000 · OtherSTEMMHOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH: $116,500 · OtherHOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCHNORM WAITT SR YMCA: $78,950 · OtherNORM WAITT SR YMCABISHOP HEELAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $65,000 · OtherBISHOP HEELAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLROSECRANCE FOUNDATION: $42,000 · OtherROSECRANCE FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $32,000 · OtherST PAULS LUTHERAN CHURCH: $25,000 · OtherNORM WAIT SR YMCA: $22,500 · Other+11 more: $94,000 · Other+11 moreMORNINGSIDE UNIVERSITY: $262,500 · EducationMORNINGSIDE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $77,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDAT…THE FAMILY LEADER FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationTHE FAMILY LEADER FOUNDATION I…THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF SIOUX CITY: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE MIRACLE…SIOUX CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION INC: $23,000 · Recreation & SportsSIOUX CITY …SIOUXLAND FREEDOM PARK INC: $12,500 · Recreation & SportsSIOUXLAND F…SIOUXLAND EXPO CENTER: $60,000 · Arts & CultureSIOUX CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $43,000 · Arts & CultureSUNRISE MANOR: $40,000 · HealthJACKSON RECOVERY CENTERS INC: $29,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 · HealthBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SIOUXLAND INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SIOUX CITY: $6,000 · Youth Development
Other$638,950Education$365,000Recreation & Sports$135,500Arts & Culture$103,000Health$74,000Youth Development$26,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMORNINGSIDE UNIVERSITY: $262,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF SIOUX CITY: $100,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $77,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIOUXLAND EXPO CENTER: $60,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetSIOUX CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $43,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSUNRISE MANOR: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJACKSON RECOVERY CENTERS INC: $29,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FAMILY LEADER FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSIOUX CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION INC: $23,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SIOUXLAND INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSIOUXLAND FREEDOM PARK INC: $12,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SIOUX CITY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF SIOUXLAND INC: $5,000 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.

  • Who funds MORNINGSIDE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF SIOUX CITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SIOUXLAND EXPO CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SIOUX CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds SUNRISE MANOR ↗
  • Who funds JACKSON RECOVERY CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY LEADER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SIOUX CITY PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SIOUXLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds SIOUXLAND FREEDOM PARK INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS INCORPORATED OF SIOUX CITY ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF SIOUXLAND INC ↗

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.

Missouri River Histor…The Chesterman Family…Siouxland Community F…The Roth & Letch Fami…Peterson Family Found…Gleeson Family Founda…Greenberg FoundationBerenstein Family Fou…Mercy Health Services…American Endowment Fo…Baird Foundation IncDonor Advised Charita…
Missouri River Historical Development IncIA26.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Missouri River Historical Development Inc · The Chesterman Family Foundation · Siouxland Community Foundation · The Roth & Letch Family Charitable Foundation · Peterson Family Foundation · Gleeson Family Foundation · Greenberg Foundation · Berenstein Family Foundation · Mercy Health Services - Iowa Corp · American Endowment Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Yockey Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Yockey Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.

    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 32 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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