Charlotte and William Hinson
West Des Moines, IA · EIN 42-1394928. Reported 157 grants totalling $304,000 to 56 recipients across tax years 2022-2025. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Des Moines Symphony Association | Des Moines, IA | $35,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| First Congregational Church Ucc | Waterloo, IA | $31,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| University of Northern Iowa Foundation | Cedar Falls, IA | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra | Cedar Falls, IA | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Uni Suzuki School | Cedar Falls, IA | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cornell College | Mount Vernon, IA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Central Iowa Jazz Association | Ankeny, IA | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dumbarton House Fund for the Future | Washington DC, DC | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Westlake Village Symphony | Newburg Park, CA | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Edmundson Art Foundation Inc | Des Moines, IA | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity | Waterloo, IA | $6,400 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Society of Colonial Dames of America | Des Moines, IA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Iowa Foundation | Iowa City, IA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Northeast Iowa Food Bank | Waterloo, IA | $5,200 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Bridgehaven Pregnancy Support Center | Cedar Rapids, IA | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Des Moines Area Religious Council | Des Moines, IA | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Furry Friends Refuge | West Des Moines, IA | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Society of the Cincinnatti in the State of Nh | Westport, CT | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Turner Center Jazz Orchestra | Ankeny, IA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Cedar Valley Aboretum | Waterloo, IA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cedar Valley Hospice | Waterloo, IA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cedar Valley United Way | Waterloo, IA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Curtis Institute of Music | Philadelphia, PA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Drake University Law School | Des Moines, IA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Granger House Victorian Museum | Marion, IA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc | Hiawatha, IA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, ME | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| International Myeloma Foundation | North Hollywood, CA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa | Waterloo, IA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Life Animal Rescue | Agoura, CA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Malibu Friends of Music | Malibu, CA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Job Foundation | Cedar Falls, IA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Leadership Institute | Arlington, VA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| American Society of Music Arrangers & Composers | Studio City, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Artstart Inc - Rhinelander | Rhinelander, WI | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| House of Hope | Waterloo, IA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Love Inc of the Cedar Valley | Cedar Falls, IA | $2,400 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Americans for Independent Living | Waterloo, IA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Families & Children's Council of Black Hawk County Inc | Waterloo, IA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fix Nation | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Linn-Mar Orchestras | Marion, IA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| The Grout Museum Inc | Waterloo, IA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Waterloo Visiting Nurses Association | Waterloo, IA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| 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 |
| Friends of Sulgrave Manor | Richmond Va, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Linn-Mar School Foundation | Marion, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Retrieving Freedom Inc | Waverly, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Natick, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| YWCA of Black Hawk County | Waterloo, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
47 of 56 (84%) 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 82%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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 - Uni Suzuki School
STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT - University of Iowa Foundation
COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY PRIORITIES FUND - Northeast Iowa Food Bank
FOOD PURCHASES FOR FOOD BANK
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 92 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
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 |
| 2025 | 36 | $80,000 | $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
80% of its giving went to organizations in Iowa. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
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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