Kinney-Lindstrom Foundation Inc
Mason City, IA · EIN 42-6037351. Reported 104 grants totalling $2,830,259 to 67 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. Kinney-Lindstrom Foundation Inc 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 $6,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $657,049. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants Paid | Mason City, IA | $657,049 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gramt Paid - Schedule Attached | Mason City, IA | $596,992 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clear Lake Classical School | Ventura, IA | $225,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| One Vision | Clear Lake, IA | $170,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Niacc | Mason City, IA | $125,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Iowa College Foundation | Des Moines, IA | $107,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Youth for Christ | Abert Lea, MN | $75,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| N Ia Transition Center | Mason City, IA | $66,667 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Mason City, IA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United Way of North Iowa | Mason City, IA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mercy One | Mason City, IA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Redeemer Preschool | Ventura, IA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Iowa Events Center | Mason City, IA | $45,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mason City YMCA Building | Mason City, IA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yss Francis Lauer Youth Srvs | Mason City, IA | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kinney Pioneer Museum | Clear Lake, IA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northern Lights Alliance Homeless S | Mason City, IA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Worth County Historical Society | Northwood, IA | $26,850 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mason City Cheer Fund | Mason City, IA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of Greater Ia | Urbandale, IA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rudd Library | Rudd, IA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YMCA and Rehab Center | Mason City, IA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Forest City Library | Forest City, IA | $16,666 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Children's Cancer Connection | Johnston, IA | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Clear Lake Community School | Clear Lake, IA | $13,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Caring Pregnancy Center | Mason City, IA | $12,645 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Outdoor Training Center- Ventura Gu | Ventura, IA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Mason City | Mason City, IA | $12,167 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Camp Hertko Hollow | West Des Moines, IA | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ag in the Classroom | Mason City, IA | $11,355 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Grace Evangelical Free Church | Mason City, IA | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 7TH Day Advent Church | Mason City, IA | $10,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| City of Coulter- Fire Dept | Coulter, IA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Garner Child Care Center | Garner, IA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Luther College | Decorah, IA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Worth County Public Health | Northwood, IA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Freedom Inn His Grace | Mason City, IA | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kcmr | Mason City, IA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Elderbridge Agency on Aging | Mason City, IA | $7,520 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Clear Lake | Clear Lake, IA | $7,516 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bethlehem Lutheran Church | Mason City, IA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northwood Public Library | Northwood, IA | $7,500 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Iowa State Extension Office | Mason City, IA | $7,422 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United to Serve | Clear Lake, IA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Forest City Education Foundation | Forest City, IA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Forest City Enhancement Comm | Forest City, IA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Winnabago County | Leland, IA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nevada Foundation | Nevada, IA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Iowa Fair | Mason City, IA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rudd Historical Society | Rudd, IA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stebens Childrens Theatre | Mason City, IA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Winnebago Historical Society | Forest City, IA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Kitchen | Mason City, IA | $4,410 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mason City Chamber Foundation | Mason City, IA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 7TH Day Advent Church | Gentry, AR | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City of Thompson | Thornton, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Floyd County Fair Society | Charles City, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grow Rockford Together Assn | Rockford, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mason City Instrumental Music | Mason City, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Iowa Cert | Mason City, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northwood Methodist Church | Northwood, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| River City Kiwanas | Mason City, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Zion St John Lutheran Church | Sheffield, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Clear Lake Arts Center | Clear Lake, IA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| N Ia & S Mn Veteran Stand Down | Mason City, IA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Child Safety Council | Mason City, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Percisionaires Foundation | Osage, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
25 of 67 (37%) 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 53%, across 1 year-to-year transition. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- Clear Lake Classical School
VENTURA BUILDING PURCHASE - Iowa College Foundation
INTERNSHIP/ JOB PORTAL SUPPORT - Clear Lake Community School
FFA MARK JOHNSON MERMORIAL - Kcmr
FACEBOOK PAGE DEVELOPMENT - Mason City Chamber Foundation
CHILD CARE PAY ASSISTANCE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 20 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | $596,992 | $596,992 |
| 2022 | 1 | $657,049 | $657,049 |
| 2023 | 57 | $751,201 | $6,000 |
| 2024 | 45 | $825,017 | $6,000 |
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. 97% 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 $6,000. 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 Kinney-Lindstrom Foundation Inc'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: Po Box 520, Mason City, IA, 50401. 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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