Funding search · EIN 391901994 · Ames, IA

Robert V & Shirley V Dahl Foundation

Name: Robert V & Shirley V Dahl 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.

111
grants reported: $106,985
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $750
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.

Ascension Parish Altar Project1 grant · $10,000
Friends of Carlisle Parks2 grants · $9,000
Sacred Heart Church2 grants · $5,950
Volunteers of America4 grants · $5,750
National Park Foundation4 grants · $5,350
Food Bank of Rockies4 grants · $5,250
Feeding America3 grants · $4,510
Diocese of Des Moines2 grants · $4,000
Wild Animal Sanctuary4 grants · $3,250
Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA3 grants · $3,200

Giving over time

$26,625

2022

$30,710

2023

$24,350

2024

$25,300

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 111 grants.

$10,000
Ascension Parish Altar Project · Boone, IA · 2024
Charitable
$6,000
Friends of Carlisle Parks · Carlisle, IA · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Sacred Heart Church · Boone, IA · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
Friends of Carlisle Parks · Carlisle, IA · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Diocese of Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Food Bank of Rockies · Denver, CO · 2025
Charitable
$1,500
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$1,500
Volunteers of America · Denver, CO · 2025
Charitable
$1,500
Food Bank of Rockies · Denver, CO · 2024
Charitable
$1,500
Volunteers of America · Denver, CO · 2024
Charitable
$1,500
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
Volunteers of America · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Sioux City · Sioux City, IA · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$1,400
Pulse Life Advocates · West Des Moines, IA · 2022
Charitable
$1,365
Friends of Iowa Pbs · Johnston, IA · 2024
Charitable
$1,250
Food at First · Ames, IA · 2025
Charitable
$1,250
Food Bank of Rockies · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable
$1,250
Volunteers of America · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$1,200
Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA · Laguna Hills, CA · 2023
Charitable
$1,175
Scenic Valley Chapter National Wild Turkey Foundation · Boone, IA · 2024
Charitable
$1,010
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Breakthrough T1d · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Second Harvest Heartland · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA · Laguna Hills, CA · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Wild Animal Sanctuary · Keenesburg, CO · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA · Laguna Hills, CA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Air Academy High School · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Food at First · Ames, IA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
House of Mercy · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Iowa Health Care Association · West Des Moines, IA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Jdrf · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Stanhope Public Library · Stanhope, IA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Wild Animal Sanctuary · Keenesburg, CO · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
American Red Cross · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Catholic Charities Diocese of Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Diocese of Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Feeding America · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Food Bank of Rockies · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Iowa Health Care Association · West Des Moines, IA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Jdrf · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Second Harvest Heartland · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
St Elizabeth Seton · Carlisle, IA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
United Community Pto · Boone, IA · 2022
Charitable
$950
Sacred Heart Church · Boone, IA · 2022
Charitable
$900
United Community Pto · Boone, IA · 2025
Charitable
$900
Pulse Life Advocates · West Des Moines, IA · 2023
Charitable
$850
Breakthrough T1d · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$850
National Park Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$825
Stanhope Public Library · Stanhope, IA · 2024
Charitable
$750
Climate Generation · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Charitable
$750
Catholic Charities Diocese of Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Charitable
$750
Martha'S House of Hope · Ames, IA · 2023
Charitable
$750
Ymca of Metro Denver · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable
$750
Bethesda Community Food Pantry · Ames, IA · 2022
Charitable
$750
Food at First · Ames, IA · 2022
Charitable
$750
Wild Animal Sanctuary · Keenesburg, CO · 2022
Charitable
$750
Ymca of Metro Denver · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$650
Bethesda Lutheran Church · Ames, IA · 2025
Charitable
$600
St Elizabeth Seton · Carlisle, IA · 2023
Charitable
$500
Animal Humane Society · Golden Valley, MN · 2025
Charitable
$500
Boone Area Human Society · Boone, IA · 2025
Charitable
$500
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Charitable
$500
Farm Rescue · Horace, ND · 2025
Charitable
$500
Oswit Land Trust · Palm Springs, CA · 2025
Charitable
$500
Ymca of Metro Denver · Denver, CO · 2025
Charitable
$500
Bondurant-Ferar Deca · Bondurant, IA · 2024
Charitable`
$500
Highline Canal Conservancy · Centennial, CO · 2024
Charitable
$500
United Community Pto · Boone, IA · 2024
Charitable
$500
Wild Animal Sanctuary · Keenesburg, CO · 2024
Charitable
$500
American Red Cross · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable
$500
Animal Humane Society · Golden Valley, MN · 2023
Charitable
$500
Bethesda Lutheran Church · Ames, IA · 2023
Charitable
$500
Denver Botanic Gardens · Denver, CO · 2023
Charitable
$500
Iowa State University Foundation · Ames, IA · 2023
Charitable
$500
Petfinder Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Charitable
$500
Scenic Valley Chapter National Wild Turkey Foundation · Boone, IA · 2023
Charitable
$500
St Joseph Emergency Family Shelter · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Charitable
$500
United Community Pto · Boone, IA · 2023
Charitable
$500
Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota · Roseville, MN · 2023
Charitable
$500
Animal Humane Society · Golden Valley, MN · 2022
Charitable
$500
Carlisle Community School District · Carlisle, IA · 2022
Charitable
$500
Denver Botanic Gardens · Denver, CO · 2022
Charitable
$500
Earlham Community School District · Earlham, IA · 2022
Charitable
$500
Petfinder Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Charitable
$500
Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota · Roseville, MN · 2022
Charitable
$400
Scenic Valley Chapter National Wild Turkey Foundation · Boone, IA · 2025
Charitable
$400
Stanhope Public Library · Stanhope, IA · 2025
Charitable
$300
Knights of Columbus Boone · Boone, IA · 2025
Charitable
$300
Open Arms of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Charitable
$260
Imagination Library of Denver · Denver, CO · 2025
Charitable
$250
Krights of Columbus Boone · Boone, IA · 2023
Charitable
$250
Air Academy High School · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Charitable
$250
Big Dog Ranch Rescue · Loxahatchee Groves, FL · 2022
Charitable
$250
Rampart High School · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Charitable
$240
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies · Brighton, CO · 2025
Charitable
$225
Boone County Hospital · Boone, IA · 2022
Charitable
$200
Right To Life · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Charitable

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