· Private foundation
Young Family Foundation of Waterloo
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $190k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $300k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNI FOUNDATION | $150,000 |
| WATERLOO DEVELOPMENT CORP | $100,000 |
| WARTBURG COLLEGE | $50,000 |
| CEDAR VALLEY MONARCH PROJECT | $30,000 |
| CITY OF WATERLOO LEISURE SERVICES | $30,000 |
| NATURE CONSERVANCY-IOWA CHAPTER | $20,000 |
| DUCKS UNLIMITED - IOWA CHAPTER | $20,000 |
| IOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| PHEASANTS FOREVER-IOWA CHAPTER | $20,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB | $15,000 |
| GABLE MUSEUM NT'L WRESTLING | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $10,000 |
| GIRL SCOUTS OF NE IOWA | $5,000 |
| BOY SCOUTS WINNEBGO COUNCIL | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 76% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 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, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UFUNI FOUNDATION3× · 2023–2025 · $400k
- COCITY OF WATERLOO LEISURE SERVICES9× · 2017–2025 · $398k
- CVCEDAR VALLEY MONARCH PROJECT6× · 2020–2025 · $378k
Funded once
- CFCEDAR FALLS IOWA SCHOOLSone grant, 2022 · $50k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $50k
- MRMONARCH RESEARCH PROJECTgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +156%
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.
The purpose of the association shall be to restore and conserve wisconsin's waterfowl and wetland resources; to educate state waterfowlers during their progression from natural resource consumer to steward; and to promote governmental…
Working to increase the economic vitality and wealth in the waterloo/cedar falls area and surrounding economic region.
The foundation is organized to further the growth and development of private colleges and universities of higher education in iowa.
The community foundation for western iowa is dedicated to creating a lasting legacy in our region by engaging our citizens and communities for durable change and fostering a culture of philanthropy. this is where giving grows.
Economic development in the watertown, south dakota area.
The foundation for the iowa city community school district connects the community with our schools to ensure every student has extraordinary learning experiences. together we empower teachers and district staff and inspire students to…
To stimulate and support economic and housing development within the communities of the city of waterbury.
The university of iowa facilities corporation acquires and holds property for the benefit and use of the university of iowa.
Wccf is a pool of permanent endowment and project funds created primarily by and for the people of waukesha county to provide grant support to charitable organizations. the intent of the foundation is to serve a broad spectrum of the…
Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.
The des moines water works park foundation is dedicated to developing and executing the master plan created for water works park. the plan turns the park into a national model incorporating recreation, education and conservation within the…
To provide a source of water from the missouri river or any other feasible source to its members to construct, build and own plats, facilities and pipelines for the transporting of said water to its members.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 35 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 WATERLOO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds WATERLOO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds IOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WATERLOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WARTBURG COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds MONARCH RESEARCH PROJECT ↗
- Who funds WINNEBAGO COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #173 ↗
- Who funds GROUT MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS INC ↗
- Who funds CEDAR FALLS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CEDAR VALLEY SOCCER CLUB ↗
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: Otto Schoitz Foundation · Max and Helen Guernsey Charitable Foundation · Black Hawk County Gaming Association · Lsb Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Young Family Foundation of Waterloo funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Young Family Foundation of Waterloo. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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