Funding search · EIN 834635234 · West Des Moines, IA

Grey Sparrow Foundation

Name: Grey Sparrow Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

41
grants reported: $1.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

missions outreach education food pantry families hardship family

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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.

Valley Church3 grants · $317,500
New Hope Assembly of God3 grants · $317,500
Des Moines Christian School3 grants · $85,000
Family Research Council3 grants · $85,000
Christ Unlimited Ministries3 grants · $65,000
Agape Pregnancy Resource Center3 grants · $60,000
Hope Ministries1 grant · $50,000
Samaritans Purse3 grants · $45,000
Got Questions3 grants · $35,000
The Woodson Center2 grants · $25,000

Giving over time

$500,000

2022

$370,000

2023

$360,000

2024

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

$117,500
New Hope Assembly of God · Urbandale, IA · 2023
Missions/outreach/education
$117,500
Valley Church · West Des Moines, IA · 2023
Missions/outreach/education
$100,000
New Hope Assembly of God · Urbandale, IA · 2024
Missions/outreach/education
$100,000
Valley Church · West Des Moines, IA · 2024
Missions/outreach/education
$100,000
New Hope Assembly of God · Urbandale, IA · 2022
Food pantry/missions/outreach/edu.
$100,000
Valley Church · West Des Moines, IA · 2022
Food pantry/missions/outreach/edu.
$50,000
Family Research Council · Washington, DC · 2022
Missions/outreach/education
$50,000
Hope Ministries · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Food pantry/missions/outreach/edu.
$30,000
Des Moines Christian School · Urbandale, IA · 2024
Missions/outreach/education
$30,000
Des Moines Christian School · Urbandale, IA · 2022
Missions/outreach/education
$25,000
Des Moines Christian School · Urbandale, IA · 2023
Missions/outreach/education
$25,000
Family Research Council · Washington, DC · 2023
Missions/outreach/education
$25,000
Agape Pregnancy Resource Center · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Missions/outreach/education
$25,000
Christ Unlimited Ministries · Dewey, AZ · 2022
Missions/outreach/education
$20,000
Agape Pregnancy Resource Center · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Missions/outreach/education
$20,000
Christ Unlimited Ministries · Dewey, AZ · 2024
Missions/outreach/education
$20,000
Matt and Jakki Estock · Cantril, IA · 2024
Assistance to families with hardship
$20,000
Christ Unlimited Ministries · Dewey, AZ · 2023
Missions/outreach/education
$20,000
Innocent Iseri · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Assistance to indigent family
$15,000
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Missions/outreach/education
$15,000
Agape Pregnancy Resource Center · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Missions/outreach/education
$15,000
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2023
Missions/outreach/education
$15,000
The Woodson Center · Washington, DC · 2023
Missions/outreach/education
$15,000
Got Questions · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Missions/outreach/education
$15,000
Grandview Christian School · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Missions/outreach/education
$15,000
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2022
Missions/outreach/education
$10,000
Family Research Council · Washington, DC · 2024
Missions/outreach/education
$10,000
Garden Gate Ranch · Indianola, IA · 2024
Missions/outreach/education
$10,000
Got Questions · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Missions/outreach/education
$10,000
Intl Fellowship of Christians & Jew · Chicago, IL · 2024
Missions/outreach/education
$10,000
Elaine Cooper · Johnston, IA · 2023
Assistance to families with hardship
$10,000
Got Questions · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Missions/outreach/education
$10,000
Bible Project · Portland, OR · 2022
Missions/outreach/education
$10,000
Joppa · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Food pantry/missions/outreach
$10,000
Life 1071 · West Des Moines, IA · 2022
Missions/outreach/education
$10,000
The Woodson Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Missions/outreach/education
$10,000
Wounded Warrior · Topeka, KS · 2022
Missions/outreach/education
$5,000
Godspeed Equine · Dallas Center, IA · 2024
Missions/outreach/education
$5,000
Life 1071 · West Des Moines, IA · 2024
Missions/outreach/education
$5,000
Marthas House of Hope · Gilbert, IA · 2024
Missions/outreach/education
$5,000
Save the Storks · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Missions/outreach/education

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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.