Funding search · EIN 472871002 · Ankeny, IA

Lauridsen Family Foundation

Name: Lauridsen 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.

63
grants reported: $7.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $50,000
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.

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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.

Ballet Des Moines2 grants · $2.0M
Des Moines Metro Opera3 grants · $1.2M
Culver Educational Fund3 grants · $581,980
Plymouth Church2 grants · $432,000
Iowa Confluence Water Trails2 grants · $400,000
Hope Ministries2 grants · $300,000
World Food Program USA1 grant · $250,000
Des Moines Symphony3 grants · $225,000
Mainframe Studios1 grant · $220,000
Des Moines Children'S Museum1 grant · $200,000

Giving over time

$220,000

2022

$1.4M

2023

$2.4M

2024

$3.5M

2025

Grant history

All 63 reported grants, largest first.

$1.0M
Ballet Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$1.0M
Ballet Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$500,000
Culver Educational Fund · Culver, IN · 2023
General support
$400,000
Des Moines Metro Opera · Indianola, IA · 2025
General support
$400,000
Des Moines Metro Opera · Indianola, IA · 2024
General support
$400,000
Des Moines Metro Opera · Indianola, IA · 2023
General support
$382,000
Plymouth Church · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$250,000
World Food Program USA · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$220,000
Mainframe Studios · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General support
$200,000
Cma Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2025
General support
$200,000
Des Moines Children'S Museum · West Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$200,000
Iowa Confluence Water Trails · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$200,000
Hope Ministries · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$200,000
Iowa Confluence Water Trails · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Des Moines Symphony · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$100,000
Hope Ministries · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$100,000
Met Opera · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$100,000
United Way of Central Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$100,000
Des Moines Symphony · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$100,000
Crawford County Wellness · Denison, IA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Des Moines Art Center · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General support
$100,000
National Canine Cancer Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General support
$75,000
Civic Des Moines Performing Arts · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$75,000
Civic Des Moines Performing Arts · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Citizens for School Betterment · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$50,000
Normandy Fund · New York City, NY · 2025
General support
$50,000
University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2025
General support
$50,000
University of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2025
General support
$50,000
Culver Educational Fund · Culver, IN · 2024
General support
$50,000
Plymouth Church · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$50,000
University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2024
General support
$50,000
University of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
$50,000
University of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
$45,000
Bravo Greater Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$31,980
Culver Educational Fund · Culver, IN · 2024
General support
$30,000
American Ballet Theatre · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$30,000
New York City Ballet · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$30,000
Civic Music Association · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Bravo Greater Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Center at Sixth · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Des Moines Symphony · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Mind and Spirit Counseling · Urbandale, IA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Mind and Spirit Counseling · Urbandale, IA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Des Moines Playhouse · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General support
$15,000
Opera America · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$15,000
Opera America · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2025
General support
$10,000
Opera America Table · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$10,000
The Unviersity of Cincinnati Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
General support
$10,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Opera America · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Ryan Opera Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
The Unviersity of Cincinnati Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General support
$10,000
Greater Des Moines Botanical Gardens · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Music Under the Stars · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Ryan Opera Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
Simpson Colloge Offices of Adv · Indianola, IA · 2023
General support
$10,000
The Unviersity of Cincinnati Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General support
$5,000
Wesley Christmas Employee Fund · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Wesley Christmas Employee Fund · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support

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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.