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Private foundation (trust)EIN 473509282Est. 2015-07

MERCHANT FOUNDATION OF IOWA

WEST DES MOINES, IA 502655388

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$36K

FY 2024

Grants Made

7

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$5K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$10K

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$35K

Total Expenses

$36K

Qualifying Distributions

$36K

Grant Range

7 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $2K to maximum $10K, 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 $67K in 2022. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

37 grants

DES MOINES UNIVERSITY
$40K
4 grants
DMACC FOUNDATION
$40K
4 grants
THE WORLD FOOD PRIZE FOUNDATION
$35K
4 grants
Tom Harkin Institute
$20K
2 grants
East-West University
$20K
2 grants
Sonia Shah Organization
$5K
3 grants
Tom Ruth Harkin Center Garden
$5K
1 grant
Universal Medical Institute
$5K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

37 grants

<$10K
37
grants
$10–50K
$50–250K
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

4 states

Iowa
$151K
78% of total
Illinois
$31K
16% of total
Florida
$10K
5% of total
New York
$1K
1% of total

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