Open Foundations · Iowa

Carleen and Eugene Grandon Charitable Foundation

Cedar Rapids, Iowa · EIN 201134857. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $1.5M across 24 grants in 2025, a median of $45K each.

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$1.5M
paid in 2025
24
grants paid
$45K
median grant
21%
to first-time recipients
$33.1M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
CARLEEN EUGENE GRANDON CHAR FOUND
Address
PO BOX 1230, CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, 524061230
Phone
3128236864
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
SEE WWW.GRANDONCF.ORG
Submission deadline
SEE WWW.GRANDONCF.ORG
Restrictions on awards
LIMITED TO 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202621059349100342. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

established

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 24 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1St Luke's FoundationIA$200,000SUPPORT ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION.
2Orchestra IowaIA$156,000SUPPORT ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION.
3Theatre Cedar RapidsIA$150,000SUPPORT ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION.
4Eastern Iowa Health CenterIA$125,000SUPPORT ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION.
5Zach Johnson FoundationIA$113,000SUPPORT ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION.
6Cedar Rapids Opera TheatreIA$100,000SUPPORT ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION.
7Ymca of Cedar Rapids Metro AreaIA$100,000SUPPORT ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION.
8Hope Community Development AssocIA$75,000SUPPORT ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION.
9Mount Mercy UniversityIA$75,000SUPPORT ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION.
10Community Health Free ClinicIA$50,000SUPPORT ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION.
11Kirkwood Community College FdnIA$50,000SUPPORT ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION.
12The Arc of East Central IowaIA$50,000SUPPORT ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION.
13His Hands MinistriesIA$40,500SUPPORT ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION.
14Four Oaks Family & Children's SvcsIA$35,000SUPPORT ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION.
15Grow at Kazimour Farm & Orchard IncIA$27,500SUPPORT ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION.

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20205$28K
202116$1.3M
202217$1.3M
202319$1.3M
202428$1.5M
2025 (partial year)24$1.5M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Iowa100%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Andrea K OrthPRESIDENT · 2025
Daniel a TrautmanTRUSTEE · 2025
Dennis C WangemanTREASURER · 2025
Douglas D FlugumTRUSTEE · 2025
Kristin C NovakSECRETARY · 2025
Stephanie L SteeleTRUSTEE · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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