Funding search · EIN 391891960 · Urbandale, IA

Carlson Family Foundation

Name: Carlson Family Foundation 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.

126
grants reported: $6.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $35,000
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.

What they fund

services youth meals poor food counseling grief pantry

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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.

Ellipsis4 grants · $700,000
Habitat for Humanity4 grants · $700,000
Urbandale Food Pantry2 grants · $340,000
Yss1 grant · $250,000
Dmarc4 grants · $240,000
Iowa Homeless Youth Centers4 grants · $240,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation4 grants · $240,000
Meals From the Heartland4 grants · $210,000
Hope Ministries4 grants · $200,000
Food Bank of Iowa4 grants · $200,000

Giving over time

$950,000

2022

$1.7M

2023

$1.9M

2024

$1.5M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 126 grants.

$550,000
Ellipsis · Johnston, IA · 2024
Youth services
$550,000
Habitat for Humanity · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General fund
$300,000
Urbandale Food Pantry · Urbandale, IA · 2024
Food pantry
$250,000
Yss · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Youth services
$120,000
Lord of Life · Sun City West, AZ · 2023
Gen fund
$60,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2025
General fund
$60,000
Dmarc · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General fund
$60,000
Iowa Homeless Youth Centers · Ames, IA · 2025
General fund
$60,000
Meals From the Heartland · Clive, IA · 2025
Meals for the poor
$60,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2024
General fund
$60,000
Dmarc · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General fund
$60,000
Iowa Homeless Youth Centers · Ames, IA · 2024
General fund
$60,000
Meals From the Heartland · Clive, IA · 2024
Meals for the poor
$60,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2023
General fund
$60,000
Dmarc · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General fund
$60,000
Iowa Homeless Youth Centers · Ames, IA · 2023
General fund
$60,000
Meals From the Heartland · Clive, IA · 2023
Meals for the poor
$60,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2022
General fund
$60,000
Dmarc · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General fund
$60,000
Iowa Homeless Youth Centers · Ames, IA · 2022
General fund
$50,000
Ellipsis · Johnston, IA · 2025
Youth services
$50,000
Everystep · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Grief services
$50,000
Fca · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General fund
$50,000
Food Bank of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Food
$50,000
Habitat for Humanity · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General fund
$50,000
Hope Ministries · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General fund
$50,000
Love · Liberty, MO · 2025
Youth services
$50,000
Lsi in Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Youth services
$50,000
Mind and Spirit · Urbandale, IA · 2025
Counseling
$50,000
Everystep · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Grief
$50,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General fund
$50,000
Food Bank of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Food
$50,000
Habitat for Humanity · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General fund
$50,000
Hope Ministries · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General fund
$50,000
Love · Liberty, MO · 2024
Youth services
$50,000
Mind and Spirit · Urbandale, IA · 2024
Counseling
$50,000
Ellipsis · Johnston, IA · 2023
Youth services
$50,000
Everystep · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Grief
$50,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General fund
$50,000
Food Bank of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Food
$50,000
Hope Ministries · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General fund
$50,000
Love · Liberty, MO · 2023
Youth services
$50,000
Mind and Spirit · Urbandale, IA · 2023
Counseling
$50,000
Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Cent · Urbandale, IA · 2022
Counseling
$50,000
Ellipsis · Johnston, IA · 2022
Youth services
$50,000
Everystep · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Grief
$50,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General fund
$50,000
Food Bank of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Food
$50,000
Habitat for Humanity · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General fund
$50,000
Hope Ministries · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General fund
$45,000
Colts Youth Organization · Dubuque, IA · 2025
General fund
$40,000
Child Cancer · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Youth services
$40,000
Civic Center of Greater Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Youth services
$40,000
Urbandale Food Pantry · Urbandale, IA · 2025
Food pantry
$40,000
Wesley Life · Johnston, IA · 2025
General fund
$40,000
Childrens Cancer Connection · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Youth services
$40,000
Civic Center of Greater Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Youth services
$40,000
Childrens Cancer Connection · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Youth services
$40,000
Civic Center of Greater Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Youth services
$40,000
Civic Center of Greater Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Youth services
$40,000
Love · Liberty, MO · 2022
Youth services
$35,000
Iowa Public Radio · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General fund
$35,000
Iowa Public Radio · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General fund
$35,000
Lutheran Services in Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Youth services
$35,000
Colts Youth Organization · Dubuque, IA · 2023
General fund
$35,000
Iowa Public Radio · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General fund
$35,000
Lutheran Services in Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Youth services
$35,000
Iowa Public Radio · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General fund
$35,000
Newhouse · Kansas City, MO · 2022
General fund
$30,000
Grand View University · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General fund
$30,000
Rehope · Harrison, MO · 2025
General fund
$30,000
Grand View University · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General fund
$30,000
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General fund
$30,000
Rehope · Harrison, MO · 2024
General fund
$30,000
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General fund
$30,000
Rehope · Harrison, MO · 2023
General fund
$30,000
Meals From the Heartland · Clive, IA · 2022
Meals for the poor
$30,000
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General fund
$25,000
American Red Cross · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General fund
$25,000
Boysgirls Club · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General fund
$25,000
Dental Connection of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Gen fund
$25,000
Newhouse · Kansas City, MO · 2025
General fund
$25,000
The Connection Cafe · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Meals for the poor
$25,000
American Red Cross · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Boysgirls Club · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General fund
$25,000
Newhouse · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General fund
$25,000
The Connection Cafe · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Meals for the poor
$25,000
American Red Cross · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General fund
$25,000
Boysgirls Club · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General fund
$25,000
Dental Connection of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Gen fund
$25,000
The Connection Cafe · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Meals for the poor
$25,000
American Red Cross · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General fund
$25,000
Boysgirls Club · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General fund
$25,000
Lutheran Services in Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Youth services
$25,000
The Connection Cafe · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Meals for the poor
$20,000
Operation Breakthrough · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Youth services
$20,000
Sunflower House · Shawnee, KS · 2025
Youth services
$20,000
Operation Breakthrough · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Youth services
$20,000
Sunflower House · Shawnee, KS · 2024
Youth services
$20,000
Newhouse · Kansas City, MO · 2023
General fund

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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.