Funding search · EIN 911753779 · Dakota Dunes, SD

Peterson Family Foundation

Name: Peterson Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

50
grants reported: $1.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $16,500
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

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Top recipients

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Historic Arnolds Park3 grants · $400,000
Camp High Hopes4 grants · $165,000
Camp Foster Ymca4 grants · $130,000
Buena Vista University1 grant · $100,000
Okoboji Yatch Club Sailing School3 grants · $84,000
Siouxland Youth Hockey Association2 grants · $66,667
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation2 grants · $65,000
Plpo2 grants · $40,000
Okoboji Foundation2 grants · $38,000
The Warming Shelter3 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$366,000

2022

$262,333

2023

$376,334

2024

$285,500

2025

Grant history

All 50 reported grants, largest first.

$150,000
Historic Arnolds Park · Arnolds Park, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$150,000
Historic Arnolds Park · Arnolds Park, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
Buena Vista University · Storm Lake, IA · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,000
Historic Arnolds Park · Arnolds Park, IA · 2022
Unrestricted
$70,000
Camp Foster Ymca · Spirit Lake, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$45,000
Camp High Hopes · Sioux City, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$44,000
Okoboji Yatch Club Sailing School · Spirit Lake, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$40,000
Camp High Hopes · Sioux City, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$40,000
Camp High Hopes · Sioux City, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$40,000
Camp High Hopes · Sioux City, IA · 2022
Unrestricted
$33,334
Siouxland Youth Hockey Association · Sioux City, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$33,333
Siouxland Youth Hockey Association · Sioux City, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Friends of Lakeside Lab · Milford, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
Arnolds Park Amusement Park · Arnolds Park, IA · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Camp Foster Ymca · Spirit Lake, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Okoboji Yacht Club Sailing School · Spirit Lake, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Okoboji Foundation · Okoboji, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Okoboji Yatch Club Sailing School · Spirit Lake, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Camp Foster Ymca · Spirit Lake, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Plpo · Arnolds Park, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Camp Foster Ymca · Spirit Lake, IA · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Okoboji Yatch Club Sailing School · Spirit Lake, IA · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Plpo · Arnolds Park, IA · 2022
Unrestricted
$18,000
Okoboji Foundation · Okoboji, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$15,000
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Warming Shelter · Sioux City, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
United Way of Siouxland · Sioux City, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Warming Shelter · Sioux City, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Warming Shelter · Sioux City, IA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Girls Incorporated of Sioux City · Sioux City, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Okoboji Summer Theatre · Okoboji, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
The Cradle Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Boys and Girls Home · Sioux City, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Girls Incorporated of Sioux City · Sioux City, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Okoboji Summer Theatre · Okoboji, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
The Cradle Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Boys and Girls Home · Sioux City, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Boys Town · Sioux City, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Okoboji Summer Theatre · Okoboji, IA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
The Cradle Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
American Red Cross · Washington, SD · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Girls Incorporated of Sioux City · Sioux City, IA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District · Mapleton, IA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Okoboji Summer Theatre · Okoboji, IA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Safeplace · Sioux City, IA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
The Cradle Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School · Mapleton, IA · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,500
Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School · Mapleton, IA · 2025
Unrestricted
$1,000
Sunrise Retirement Community · Sioux City, IA · 2022
Unrestricted

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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.