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Private foundation (trust)EIN 391906775Est. 1997-10

Claude W & Dolly Ahrens Foundation

Grinnell, IA 50112

Total Assets

$10.9M

FY 2022

Annual Giving

$451K

FY 2022

Grants Made

20

FY 2022

Avg Grant

$23K

FY 2022

Grant Range

$100–$364K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$469K

Community Support Services - provide back office services, including accounting, human resources, donor acknolwedgement and management, and general services to help local nonporifts build capacity and promote collaboration.

Program 2

$120K

JPK - Provide funding through a mental health consortium for financially insecure indivudals to obtain therapy as needed. Over 180 patients were helped with funding of therapy and other needs.

Program 3

$68K

Tiger Packs - Provide weekly food items to food insecure students within the commpunity. Over 230 kids served each week, plus food provided to middle school and high school.

Program 4

$54K

Imagine Grinnell - Creates a vibrant, sustainable, and healthy community through various programs including giving gardens, tree planting, plate to plant, and many others.

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2022 filing

Total Revenue

$778K

Total Expenses

$2.0M

Qualifying Distributions

$1.1M

Grant Range

20 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $100 through median $2K to maximum $364K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

3 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2022. Peak $516K in 2021. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

35 grants

Ahrens Park Foundation
$1.2M
3 grants
Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation
$70K
4 grants
Micro Grants
$13K
2 grants
City of Grinnell Parks & Recreation Department
$12K
2 grants
Grinnell College
$11K
2 grants
LINK Inc
$11K
3 grants
Liberty Ministries
$10K
1 grant
Grinnell United Methodist Church
$10K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

35 grants

<$10K
26
grants
$10–50K
6
grants
$50–250K
$250K–1M
3
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

1 states

Iowa
$1.4M
100% of total

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