Open Foundations · Iowa

Hni Charitable Foundation

Muscatine, Iowa · EIN 421246787. 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 $1.6M across 24 grants in 2025, a median of $11K each.

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$1.6M
paid in 2025
24
grants paid
$11K
median grant
15%
to first-time recipients
$3.2M
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
Jennifer Peterson
Address
600 E Second Street, Muscatine, IA, 527610071
Phone
5632997535
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
No specific format is used. Requests should include tax status.
Submission deadline
Requests accepted at any time.
Restrictions on awards
Preference given to organizations in geographic areas where the Company has a presence.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202641829349100304. 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.

health humancivic communityeducation

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
1Community Foundation of Greater MuscatineIA$600,000Health and Human Services
2City of MuscatineIA$401,000Civic and Community
3The State University of Iowa FoundationIA$103,900Education
4Tri-county YmcaIN$100,000Civic and Community
5The State University of Iowa FoundationIA$96,100Education
6Muscatine Chamber FoundationIA$60,000Civic and Community
7Muscatine Community College FoundationIA$50,000Education
8City of HopeCA$31,353Health and Human Services
9Friends of the Muscatine FfaIA$25,000Education
10Junior AchievmentIL$20,000Education
11McsaIA$16,000Health and Human Services
12Historic MuscatineIA$12,420Culture and Arts
13Flickinger Learning CenterIA$10,500Education
14Big Brothersbig SistersIA$9,187Health and Human Services
15Community Foundation of Greater Des MoinesIA$9,000Education

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202057$979K
202168$958K
202273$522K
202334$595K
202424$520K
2025 (partial year)24$1.6M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Iowa67%
Illinois13%
Pennsylvania8%
Indiana4%
California4%

Who decides

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

Brandon BullockDirector · 2025
Dave GardnerDirector · 2025
Emily HillDirector · 2025
Jeff LorengerPresident & CEO · 2025
Jennifer PetersenVice President · 2025
Lindsay McculloughSecretary and Treasurer · 2025
Ryan DonnerDirector · 2025
Vp BergerDirector · 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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