Funding search · EIN 273079512 · Sioux Falls, SD

Comfort Family Foundation

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

56
grants reported
$4.6M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • Mercy Foundation4 grants · $3.3M
  • Great Outdoors Foundation3 grants · $750,000
  • Animal Rescue League of Iowa4 grants · $145,000
  • Food Bank of Iowa4 grants · $105,000
  • Iowa Community Action Association4 grants · $100,000
  • Blank Park Zoo4 grants · $60,000
  • Aheinz57 Pet Rescue and Transport4 grants · $40,000
  • American Red Cross4 grants · $40,000
  • Paws & Effect4 grants · $37,000
  • Catholic Charities4 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$1.2M
2022
$1.2M
2023
$1.9M
2024
$404,500
2025

Grant history

All 56 reported grants, largest first.

  • $1.5M

    Mercy Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $750,000

    Mercy Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $750,000

    Mercy Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $250,000

    Mercy Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    Unrestricted gift

  • $250,000

    Great Outdoors Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $250,000

    Great Outdoors Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $250,000

    Great Outdoors Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $40,000

    Animal Rescue League of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    Unrestricted gift

  • $35,000

    Animal Rescue League of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $35,000

    Animal Rescue League of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $35,000

    Animal Rescue League of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $30,000

    Food Bank of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    Unrestricted gift

  • $25,000

    Iowa Community Action Association · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    Unrestricted gift

  • $25,000

    Food Bank of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $25,000

    Iowa Community Action Association · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $25,000

    Food Bank of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $25,000

    Iowa Community Action Association · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $25,000

    Food Bank of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $25,000

    Iowa Community Action Association · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $15,000

    Blank Park Zoo · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    Unrestricted gift

  • $15,000

    Blank Park Zoo · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $15,000

    Blank Park Zoo · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $15,000

    Blank Park Zoo · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $10,000

    Aheinz57 Pet Rescue and Transport · De Soto, IA · 2025

    Unrestricted gift

  • $10,000

    American Red Cross · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    Unrestricted gift

  • $10,000

    Paws & Effect · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    Unrestricted gift

  • $10,000

    Aheinz57 Pet Rescue and Transport · De Soto, IA · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $10,000

    American Red Cross · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $10,000

    Aheinz57 Pet Rescue and Transport · De Soto, IA · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $10,000

    American Red Cross · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $10,000

    Aheinz57 Pet Rescue and Transport · De Soto, IA · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $10,000

    American Red Cross · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $9,000

    Paws & Effect · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $9,000

    Paws & Effect · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $9,000

    Paws & Effect · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $5,000

    Catholic Charities · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    Unrestricted gift

  • $5,000

    Johnston Parks and Recreation · Johnston, IA · 2025

    Unrestricted gift

  • $5,000

    Berry College · Mount Berry, GA · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $5,000

    Catholic Charities · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $5,000

    Roger Knapp Tennis Center · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $5,000

    Berry College · Mount Berry, GA · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $5,000

    Catholic Charities · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $5,000

    Roger Knapp Tennis Center · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $5,000

    Berry College · Mount Berry, GA · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $5,000

    Catholic Charities · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $5,000

    Roger Knapp Tennis Center · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $2,500

    Habitat for Humanity of Central Iowa · Ames, IA · 2025

    Unrestricted gift

  • $2,500

    Habitat for Humanity of Central Iowa · Ames, IA · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $2,500

    Habitat for Humanity of Central Iowa · Ames, IA · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $2,500

    Habitat for Humanity of Central Iowa · Ames, IA · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $2,000

    American Cancer Society · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    Unrestricted gift

  • $2,000

    American Cancer Society · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Unrestricted gift

  • $2,000

    American Cancer Society · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $2,000

    Salvation Army · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Unrestricted gift

  • $2,000

    American Cancer Society · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

  • $2,000

    Salvation Army · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    Unrestricted gift

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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.