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Private foundation (trust)EIN 421368650Est. 1992-09

The Wellmark Foundation

Des Moines, IA 50309

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$79.8M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$3.2M

FY 2024

Grants Made

27

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$117K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$26–$759K

Typical

Deadlines

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Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$3.0M

Total Expenses

$3.9M

Qualifying Distributions

$3.7M

Distributable Amount

$3.8M

Min. Investment Return

$3.8M

Payout rate 98%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.98%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

27 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $26 through median $32K to maximum $759K, 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 $4.2M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

100 grants

Recipient names are missing from the available filing data for some grants.

BLUES CARE GIVING CONTRIBUTIONS
$2.7M
3 grants
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA
$759K
1 grant
IOWA JAG INC
$550K
3 grants
STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION
$388K
1 grant
LIFESCAPE FOUNDATION
$250K
1 grant
CHILDSERVE FOUNDATION INC
$250K
1 grant
SOUTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$230K
3 grants
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF AMERICA
$200K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

100 grants

<$10K
11
grants
$10–50K
32
grants
$50–250K
50
grants
$250K–1M
4
grants
$1–5M
3
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

3 states

Iowa
$12.6M
84% of total
South Dakota
$1.6M
11% of total
Virginia
$759K
5% of total

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