Demco Charitable Foundation
Boyden, IA · EIN 42-1322684. Reported 92 grants totalling $799,608 to 44 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. Demco Charitable Foundation 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 $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $250,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyden Fire & Rescue | Boyden, IA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boyden-Hull High School | Hull, IA | $96,766 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shaylee Bee Foundation | Spencer, IA | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rise Ministries Inc | Sheldon, IA | $53,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Village Northwest Unlimited | Sheldon, IA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Luke Society | Sioux Falls, SD | $44,250 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northwestern College | Orange City, IA | $40,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dordt College | Sioux Center, IA | $36,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rise Sponsorship (silver) Pledge | Sheldon, IA | $31,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Shayla Bee Fund | Spencer, IA | $20,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hull Bright Start | Hull, IA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Clay County Pair Charitable Trust | Spencer, IA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northwest Iowa Community College | Sheldon, IA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Iowa Lakes Corridor | Spencer, IA | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Midwest Honor Flight | Sioux Center, IA | $6,350 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Justice for All | Rock Valley, IA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lifewise Acadamy | Hilliard, OH | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northwest Iowa Soccer Club | Spencer, IA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Assumptions Institute | Peachtree City, GA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Freedom in Christ Ministries | Knoxville, TN | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Moc-Floyed Valley Community School District | Orange City, IA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mocfv Robitics Team | Orange City, IA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Spencer Youth Association | Spencer, IA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Youth in Philantrophyokoboji Fund | Okoboji, IA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Partners for Patriots | Anthon, IA | $2,689 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clay County Community Foundation | Des Moines, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Syc (spencer Chili-Cookoff Bake Sale & 5050 Raffle) Matching Funds | Sioux Rapids, IA | $2,333 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boyden- Hull Snack Pack Drive | Hull, IA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Faith Community Church (impact) | Milford, IA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gehlen Catholic School | Le Mars, IA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Love Inc | Des Moines, IA | $1,330 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Special Youth Challenge Ministeries | Sioux Rapids, IA | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Upper Des Moines Opportunity | Fort Dodge, IA | $1,020 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts | Worthington, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Spencer American Legion | Spencer, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Spencer Chamber Foundation - 2022 Detector Canine Trials | Spencer, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Village Northwest Unlimited (walk-Run-Roll) | Sheldon, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sheldon United Methodist Church | Sheldon, IA | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Iowa College Foundation | Des Moines, IA | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Impact Youth Group | West Des Moines, IA | $720 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kaden's Kloset Inc | Aplington, IA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camp Autumn | Sutherland, IA | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Crisis Center | Sioux Center, IA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Gideons International | Nashville, TN | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
20 of 44 (45%) 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 68%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Boyden Fire & Rescue
TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY SERVICES - Boyden-Hull High School
TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES - Rise Ministries Inc
TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION - Shaylee Bee Foundation
TO SUPPORT THOSE LIVING WITH SPECIAL NEEDS - Village Northwest Unlimited
TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL AND LIVING SERVICES FOR THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS - Dordt College
TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OF HIGHER LEARNING
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 38 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 | $114,922 | $1,766 |
| 2022 | 21 | $130,750 | $4,000 |
| 2023 | 24 | $388,600 | $3,875 |
| 2024 | 23 | $165,336 | $2,500 |
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. 93% 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 $2,500. 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 Demco Charitable Foundation'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: 4010 320TH St, Boyden, IA, 51234. 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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