Olberg Family Charitable Trust
Marion, IA · EIN 42-1305184. Reported 88 grants totalling $65,358 to 37 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Olberg Family Charitable Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $500; the smallest was $25 and the largest $5,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood | Cedar Rapids, IA | $13,050 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Cedar Rapids Museum of Art | Cedar Rapids, IA | $12,185 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First Presbyterian Church First Presbyterian Church | Cedar Rapids, IA | $8,298 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hoover Presidential Library Associ Hoover Presidential Library Association | West Branch, IA | $3,150 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kids First Law Center Kids First Law Center | Cedar Rapids, IA | $2,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trees Forever Trees Forever | Marion, IA | $2,050 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| ACLU Foundation Inc ACLU Foundation Inc | New York City, NY | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bates College Bates College | Lewiston, ME | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brown Ledge Foundation Brown Ledge Foundation | Burlington, VT | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Green Lake Association Green Lake Association | Ellsworth, ME | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Indian Creek Nature Center Indian Creek Nature Cendter | Cedar Rapids, IA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Linn County Historical Society Linn County Historical Society | Cedar Rapids, IA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Madeira School Fund Madeira School Fund | Mclean, VA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vassar College Vassar College | Poughkeepsie, NY | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Waypoint Services Waypoint Services | Cedar Rapids, IA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Area Substance Abuse Council Area Substance Abuse Council | Cedar Rapids, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foundation 2 Foundation 2 | Cedar Rapids, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lyme Land Conservation Trust Lyme Land Conservation Trust | Old Lyme, CT | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Prospect Park Alliance Prospect Park Alliance | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundati Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation | Cedar Rapids, IA | $275 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cedar Rapids New Bo District Cedar Rapids New Bo District | Cedar Rapids, IA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cedar Rapids Opera Cedar Rapids Opera | Cedar Rapids, IA | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Salisbury Volunteer Ambulance Salisbury Bolunteer Ambulance | Salisbury, CT | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wild Prairie Woods Wild Prairie Woods | Hiawatha, IA | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Camp Courageous Camp Courageous | Monticello, IA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cedar Rapids Garden Club Cedar Rapids Garden Club | Cedar Rapids, IA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Congregational Chruch First Congregational Church | Cedar Rapids, IA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mothers Against Media Addiction Mothers Against Media Addiction | New York City, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nat'l Mississippi River Museum Nat'l Mississippi River Museum | Dubuque, IA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oak Hill Cemetery Association Oak Hill Cemetery Association | Cedar Rapids, IA | $75 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camp Courageous of Iowa Camp Courageous of Iowa | Monticello, IA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cedar Rapids Parks Foundation Cedar Rapids Parks Foundation | Cedar Rapids, IA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Health Initiative Community Health Iniative | Cedar Rapids, IA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eastern Iowa Arts Academy Eastern Iowa Arts Academy | Cedar Rapids, IA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Revieval Theatre of Cedar Rapids Revival Theatre of Cedar Rapids | Cedar Rapids, IA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics of Iowa Special Olympics of Iowa | Grimes, IA | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Law Enforcement Fund National Law Enforcement Fund | Washington, DC | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
19 of 37 (51%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 77%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- First Presbyterian Church First Presbyterian Church
RELIGIOUS & COMMUNITY BETTERMENT - Hoover Presidential Library Associ Hoover Presidential Library Association
CULTURAL& HISTORICAL SUPOORT - Brown Ledge Foundation Brown Ledge Foundation
CULTURAL AND PERFORMING ARTS - Linn County Historical Society Linn County Historical Society
COMMUNITY BETTERMENT & EDUCATION - Eastern Iowa Arts Academy Eastern Iowa Arts Academy
CULTURAL & PERFROMING ARTS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 24 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | $17,713 | $500 |
| 2022 | 22 | $15,290 | $500 |
| 2023 | 18 | $16,070 | $500 |
| 2024 | 26 | $16,285 | $500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 78% of this one's giving went to organizations in Iowa. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Iowa.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Olberg Family Charitable Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1926 Bloomington Road, Marion, IA, 52302. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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