Funding search · EIN 201051475 · Sumner, IA

Independence Bancshares Charitable

Name: Independence Bancshares Charitable grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

43
grants reported: $178,480
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Sumner Daycare and Learning Center3 grants · $51,000
Winneshiek County Development - Sunflower Daycare3 grants · $20,000
Sumner Day Care & Learning1 grant · $15,000
Heartland Acres4 grants · $12,950
Buchanan County Economic Development Commission4 grants · $12,580
Hillcrest Home Memorial Foundation1 grant · $10,000
Little Knights Learning Center2 grants · $9,000
Northeast Iowa Community Foundation1 grant · $8,000
Oelwein Event Corporation2 grants · $5,000
Sunflower Child Care Center1 grant · $5,000

Giving over time

$52,200

2022

$46,165

2023

$33,915

2024

$46,200

2025

Grant history

All 43 reported grants, largest first.

$17,000
Sumner Daycare and Learning Center · Sumner, IA · 2025
General Operations
$17,000
Sumner Daycare and Learning Center · Sumner, IA · 2024
General operations
$17,000
Sumner Daycare and Learning Center · Sumner, IA · 2023
General operations
$15,000
Sumner Day Care & Learning · Sumner, IA · 2022
General Operations
$10,000
Hillcrest Home Memorial Foundation · Sumner, IA · 2022
General Operations
$10,000
Winneshiek County Development - Sunflower Daycare · Sumner, IA · 2022
General Operations
$8,000
Northeast Iowa Community Foundation · Decorah, IA · 2025
General Operations
$5,000
Bremer County Fair Association · Waverly, IA · 2025
General Operations
$5,000
Sunflower Child Care Center · Decorah, IA · 2025
General Operations
$5,000
Winneshiek County Development - Sunflower Daycare · Decorah, IA · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Decorah Vikings Athletic Booster Club · Decorah, IA · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Winneshiek County Development - Sunflower Daycare · Decorah, IA · 2023
General operations
$4,500
Little Knights Learning Center · Dyart, IA · 2023
General operations
$4,500
Little Knights Learning Center · Dyart, IA · 2022
General Operations
$3,415
Buchanan County Economic Development Commission · Independence, IA · 2024
General operations
$3,415
Buchanan County Economic Development Commission · Independence, IA · 2023
General operations
$3,250
Heartland Acres · Independence, IA · 2025
General Operations
$3,250
Heartland Acres · Independence, IA · 2024
General operations
$3,250
Heartland Acres · Independence, IA · 2023
General operations
$3,200
Heartland Acres · Independence, IA · 2022
General Operations
$3,000
Buchanan County Economic Development Commission · Independence, IA · 2025
General Operations
$3,000
Kidsville Early Learning Center · Independence, IA · 2024
General operations
$2,750
Buchanan County Economic Development Commission · Independence, IA · 2022
General Operations
$2,500
Oelwein Event Corporation · Oelwein, IA · 2025
General Operations
$2,500
Oelwein Event Corporation · Oelwein, IA · 2023
General operations
$2,500
Mustang Foundation · Independence, IA · 2022
General Operations
$2,000
Excelerating Sumner · Sumner, IA · 2022
General Operations
$1,500
Excelerating Sumner · Sumner, IA · 2023
General operations
$1,450
Sumner Emergency Medical Services · Sumner, IA · 2025
General Operations
$1,000
Waucoma Fire Association · Waucoma, IA · 2025
General Operations
$1,000
Excelerating Sumner · Sumner, IA · 2024
General operations
$1,000
Hillcrest Home Inc (Hillcrest Living) · Sumner, IA · 2024
General operations
$1,000
Sems · Sumner, IA · 2023
General operations
$1,000
Fayette Heritage Corp · Fayette, IA · 2022
General Operations
$1,000
Senior Citizen Improvement · Sumner, IA · 2022
General Operations
$750
Upper Explorerland · Postville, IA · 2023
General operations
$500
Fayette County Agricultural Society · West Union, IA · 2023
General operations
$500
Fayette County Economic Development · Postville, IA · 2023
General operations
$500
Friends of Community Memorial Hospital Foundation · Sumner, IA · 2023
General operations
$500
Hillcrest Home Inc (Hillcrest Living) · Sumner, IA · 2023
General operations
$250
Fayette County Economic Development · Postville, IA · 2024
General operations
$250
Fayette Heritage - Watermelon Days · Fayette, IA · 2023
General operations
$250
Upper Iowa University · Fayette, IA · 2022
General Operations

Who else funds this kind of work

Same state

Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp55 grants · $96.0M
Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino910 grants · $92.3M
Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines4,247 grants · $167.8M

Similar grant size

Enterprise Holdings Foundation30,880 grants · $360.4M
State Employees Credit Union Foundation7,131 grants · $63.0M
Publix Super Markets Charities6,333 grants · $108.7M

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.