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Private foundation (trust)EIN 421391990Est. 1994-01

IOWA WEST FOUNDATION

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA 51501

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$495.7M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$15.9M

FY 2024

Grants Made

134

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$118K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$2K–$3.2M

Typical

Deadlines

Https://www.iowawestfoundation.org/gra…

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$557K

City of council bluffs streetscape maintenance (cash paid)

Program 2

$399K

Belonging mini-grants and contingency fund

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$87.8M

Total Expenses

$35.3M

Qualifying Distributions

$19.1M

Distributable Amount

$20.9M

Min. Investment Return

$22.0M

Payout rate 92%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.92%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

134 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $2K through median $25K to maximum $3.2M, 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

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $16.7M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

480 grants

CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS
$9.3M
24 grants
IOWA WEST FOUNDATION INITIATIVE
$4.9M
17 grants
GREEN HILLS AREA EDUCATION AGENCY
$4.4M
5 grants
712 INITIATIVE
$3.3M
11 grants
CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS AND SINC
$3.2M
1 grant
SOUTHWEST IOWA NONPROFIT FOR COLLECTIVE IMPACT
$2.7M
4 grants
COUNCIL BLUFFS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
$2.4M
7 grants
IOWA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
$2.4M
11 grants

Grant Size Distribution

480 grants

<$10K
78
grants
$10–50K
195
grants
$50–250K
157
grants
$250K–1M
42
grants
$1–5M
8
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

2 states

Iowa
$48.1M
79% of total
Nebraska
$13.1M
21% of total

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