Charlotte and William Hinson
West Des Moines, IA · EIN 42-1394928. Reported 121 grants totalling $224,000 to 53 organizations across tax years 2022-2024. 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. Charlotte and William Hinson 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $2,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $11,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Des Moines Symphony Association | Des Moines, IA | $25,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| First Congregational Church Ucc | Waterloo, IA | $23,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Northern Iowa Foundation | Cedar Falls, IA | $19,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra | Cedar Falls, IA | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Central Iowa Jazz Association | Ankeny, IA | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Edmundson Art Foundation Inc | Des Moines, IA | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cornell College | Mount Vernon, IA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Society of Colonial Dames of America | Des Moines, IA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity | Waterloo, IA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Uni Suzuki School | Cedar Falls, IA | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Furry Friends Refuge | West Des Moines, IA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Granger House Victorian Museum | Marion, IA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Northeast Iowa Food Bank | Waterloo, IA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Iowa Foundation | Iowa City, IA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Westlake Village Symphony | Newburg Park, CA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Society of Music Arrangers & Composers | Studio City, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Artstart Inc - Rhinelander | Rhinelander, WI | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bridgehaven Pregnancy Support Center | Cedar Rapids, IA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cedar Valley Aboretum | Waterloo, IA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cedar Valley Hospice | Waterloo, IA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cedar Valley United Way | Waterloo, IA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Curtis Institute of Music | Philadelphia, PA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Des Moines Area Religious Council | Des Moines, IA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Drake University Law School | Des Moines, IA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc | Hiawatha, IA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, ME | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| House of Hope | Waterloo, IA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| International Myeloma Foundation | North Hollywood, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa | Waterloo, IA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Life Animal Rescue | Agoura, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Malibu Friends of Music | Malibu, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Society of the Cincinnatti in the State of Nh | Westport, CT | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Job Foundation | Cedar Falls, IA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Leadership Institute | Arlington, VA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Families & Children's Council of Black Hawk County Inc | Waterloo, IA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles Jazz Society | Van Nuys, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation | Norwalk, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Orchestra Iowa - Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra | Cedar Rapids, IA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Salisbury House Foundation | Des Moines, IA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Science Center of Iowa | Des Moines, IA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Simi Valley Jazz Club | Newbury Park, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Turner Center Jazz Orchestra | Ankeny, IA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Waterloo Visiting Nurses Association | Waterloo, IA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Americans for Independent Living | Waterloo, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Can-Play Fka Courage League Sports | West Des Moines, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Courage League Sports | West Des Moines, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fix Nation | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Sulgrave Manor | Richmond Va, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Linn-Mar Orchestras | Marion, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Love Inc of the Cedar Valley | Cedar Falls, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Retrieving Freedom Inc | Waverly, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Grout Museum Inc | Waterloo, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YWCA of Black Hawk County | Waterloo, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
41 of 53 (77%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 82%, across 2 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.
- University of Northern Iowa Foundation
$4,000 PRE-LAW STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT AND $7,000 GALLAGHER BLUEDORN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER EXPANSION FUND CAMPAIGN - Central Iowa Jazz Association
SUPPORT OF TURNER CENTER JAZZ ORCHESTRA - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra
PROGRAMMING AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT - University of Iowa Foundation
COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY PRIORITIES FUND - Uni Suzuki School
STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT - Northeast Iowa Food Bank
FOOD PURCHASES FOR FOOD BANK
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 70 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 39 | $80,000 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 43 | $69,000 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 39 | $75,000 | $1,000 |
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. 83% 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 $1,000. 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 Charlotte and William Hinson'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: 4924 Cedar Drive, West Des Moines, IA, 50266. 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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