Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Burlington, Iowa

30
foundations with a Burlington address
$1.8M
grants paid, FY2024–FY2025
7
say they accept unsolicited
$2,052
median grant

Grantlas lists 30 foundations that gave a Burlington, Iowa address on their tax filing — 28 private foundations and 2 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from filings for FY2024–FY2025. Together they paid out $1.8 million in grants in their latest filing year, and 7 of them (23%) say they accept unsolicited requests.

Not every foundation here is a Burlington foundation. The city is the mailing address on the foundation’s tax filing, and when a bank or a law firm runs the trust that is the bank’s address, not the place it gives to. Check where a foundation gives before you write.

Top 25 of 30 foundations

Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing, with the ones that accept unsolicited requests first, then the ones whose filing doesn’t say.

Foundations in Burlington, Iowa
Sterzing Memorial Scholarship FundAccepts$11,690$49,697$3,096–$12,520FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Kings Daughters Home for Old PeopleAccepts$1,375$43,400$500–$5,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Kenneth Cooksey-Norma CookAccepts$2,000$29,500$1,500–$4,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Sheridan-Setterberg Memorial TrustAccepts$1,878$5,578$1,562–$3,755FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Robert Rowley Scholarship Fund TrusAccepts$2,250$3,450$1,150–$2,300FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Albert P and Edna Louisa WeniekeAccepts$375$750$250–$500FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Clarence W & Amelia Bess MoodyAccepts$1,125$750$750–$1,500FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Community Foundation of Des Moines CountyPublic foundationNot stated$14,484Over $5k only$175,475$7,494–$27,800FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Dewey Byar TrustGrantmaking charityNot stated$57,862Over $5k only$59,573$56,150–$59,573FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Winegard FoundationInvitation only$300,000$800,000$200,000–$300,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Jean Miletich Charitable FoundationInvitation only$140,062$140,062—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Albert J Schmidt TrustInvitation only$90,671$93,067$88,274–$93,067FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Special Needs Foundation of Des Moines CountyInvitation only$2,090$80,890$1,290–$13,030FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Jani-Dhuna FoundationInvitation only$1,000$46,600$100–$40,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Robbins Scholarship TrustIndividuals only$5,000$45,003$2,500–$6,429FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Herbert W Mehl TrustInvitation only$8,706$44,530$1,000–$8,736FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Floyd H Granaman TRInvitation only$31,896$33,071$30,720–$33,071FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Mary K Seeley TrustInvitation only$7,489$31,477$2,894–$12,591FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Mary Ward & Ruth Buehler EducationInvitation only$19,882$20,764$18,999–$20,764FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Carl A Nelson Charitable FoundationInvitation only$500$20,050$100–$2,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Wesley and Barbara Swiler MemorialInvitation only$1,900$16,000$900–$2,850FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Helen Raider Memorial TrustInvitation only$750$15,750$500–$1,500FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Lois Porterfield Trovillo MemorialInvitation only$15,000$15,000—FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Jonan Haskell Scholarship TrustIndividuals only$2,013$6,913$1,750–$2,450FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Florence Potter Scholarship TrustIndividuals only$500$4,500$500–$1,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from each funder’s grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report. Community foundations and other charities list only grants over $5,000, so their figures run high.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.
  • A median grant larger than the grants paid is not a mistake: the grant schedule and the year’s total come from different parts of the tax filing, and a foundation can list a grant it approved in a year it paid out less.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2024–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.