Funding search · EIN 421266319 · Sac City, IA

Roswell and Elizabeth Garst Foundation

Name: Roswell and Elizabeth Garst 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.

87
grants reported: $360,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,000
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.

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation4 grants · $45,500
Iowa State University3 grants · $33,000
New Hope Village Foundation4 grants · $26,000
Iowa Public Television4 grants · $24,000
All Strings Attached4 grants · $24,000
World Food Prize Foundation4 grants · $23,000
Coon Rapids Bayard Food Pantry4 grants · $20,000
Community of Concern Food Pantry4 grants · $20,000
Main Street Coon Rapids4 grants · $17,500
Iowa Public Radio4 grants · $14,000

Giving over time

$85,250

2022

$87,750

2023

$94,250

2024

$92,750

2025

Grant history

All 87 reported grants, largest first.

$12,500
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$11,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$11,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$11,000
Iowa State University · Ames, IA · 2024
Charitable
$11,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$11,000
Iowa State University · Ames, IA · 2023
Charitable
$11,000
Iowa State University · Ames, IA · 2022
Charitable
$7,000
New Hope Village Foundation · Carroll, IA · 2025
Charitable
$7,000
New Hope Village Foundation · Carroll, IA · 2024
Charitable
$6,000
All Strings Attached · Carroll, IA · 2025
Charitable
$6,000
Iowa Public Television · Johnston, IA · 2025
Charitable
$6,000
All Strings Attached · Carroll, IA · 2024
Charitable
$6,000
Iowa Public Television · Johnston, IA · 2024
Charitable
$6,000
World Food Prize Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Charitable
$6,000
All Strings Attached · Carroll, IA · 2023
Charitable
$6,000
Iowa Public Television · Johnston, IA · 2023
Charitable
$6,000
New Hope Village Foundation · Carroll, IA · 2023
Charitable
$6,000
World Food Prize Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Charitable
$6,000
All Strings Attached · Carroll, IA · 2022
Charitable
$6,000
Iowa Public Television · Johnston, IA · 2022
Charitable
$6,000
New Hope Village Foundation · Carroll, IA · 2022
Charitable
$6,000
World Food Prize Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Community of Concern Food Pantry · Carroll, IA · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Coon Rapids Bayard Food Pantry · Carroll, IA · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Sac Community Foundation · Sac City, IA · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Sac County Food Pantry · Sac City, IA · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
World Food Prize Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Community of Concern Food Pantry · Carroll, IA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Coon Rapids Bayard Food Pantry · Carroll, IA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Main Street Coon Rapids · Coon Rapids, IA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Community of Concern Food Pantry · Carroll, IA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Coon Rapids Bayard Food Pantry · Carroll, IA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Main Street Coon Rapids · Coon Rapids, IA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Community of Concern Food Pantry · Carroll, IA · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Coon Rapids Bayard Food Pantry · Carroll, IA · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Main Street Coon Rapids · Coon Rapids, IA · 2022
Charitable
$3,500
Iowa Public Radio · Iowa City, IA · 2025
Charitable
$3,500
Iowa Public Radio · Iowa City, IA · 2024
Charitable
$3,500
Iowa Public Radio · Iowa City, IA · 2023
Charitable
$3,500
Iowa Public Radio · Iowa City, IA · 2022
Charitable
$3,000
Coon Rapids Public Library · Coon Rapids, IA · 2025
Charitable
$3,000
East Sac County Music Boosters · Lake View, IA · 2025
Charitable
$3,000
City of Coon Rapids · Coon Rapids, IA · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Coon Rapids Public Library · Coon Rapids, IA · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
City of Coon Rapids · Coon Rapids, IA · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
Coon Rapids Public Library · Coon Rapids, IA · 2023
Charitable
$3,000
Coon Rapids Public Library · Coon Rapids, IA · 2022
Charitable
$2,750
Grinnell College · Grinnell, IA · 2025
Charitable
$2,750
Grinnell College · Grinnell, IA · 2024
Charitable
$2,750
Grinnell College · Grinnell, IA · 2023
Charitable
$2,750
Grinnell College · Grinnell, IA · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
Des Moines Metro Opera · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Iowa Arboretum · Madrid, IA · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Main Street Coon Rapids · Coon Rapids, IA · 2025
Charitable
$2,500
Des Moines Metro Opera · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Iowa Arboretum · Madrid, IA · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Des Moines Metro Opera · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Iowa Arboretum · Madrid, IA · 2023
Charitable
$2,500
Des Moines Metro Opera · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
Iowa Arboretum · Madrid, IA · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Breda Day Care Center · Breda, IA · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Carroll Area Child Care Center · Carroll, IA · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Des Moines Symphony · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Kids World · Sac City, IA · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Lake City Daycare · Lake City, IA · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Lil Wildcat Education Center · Glidden, IA · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Des Moines Symphony · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Charitable
$1,750
Breda Day Care Center · Breda, IA · 2024
Charitable
$1,750
Carroll Area Child Care Center · Carroll, IA · 2024
Charitable
$1,750
Lake City Daycare · Lake City, IA · 2024
Charitable
$1,750
Lil Wildcat Education Center · Glidden, IA · 2024
Charitable
$1,750
Breda Day Care Center · Breda, IA · 2023
Charitable
$1,750
Carroll Area Child Care Center · Carroll, IA · 2023
Charitable
$1,750
Lake City Daycare · Lake City, IA · 2023
Charitable
$1,750
Lil Wildcat Education Center · Glidden, IA · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
Des Moines Symphony · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
Breda Day Care Center · Breda, IA · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Carroll Area Child Care Center · Carroll, IA · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Des Moines Symphony · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Lake City Daycare · Lake City, IA · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Lil Wildcat Education Center · Glidden, IA · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Glbt Youth in Iowa Schools Task Force · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Glbt Youth in Iowa Schools Task Force · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Glbt Youth in Iowa Schools Task Force · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Glbt Youth in Iowa Schools Task Force · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Charitable

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