Olberg Family Charitable Trust
Marion, IA · EIN 42-1305184. Reported 88 grants totalling $65,358 to 37 recipients 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. 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.
- 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 activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
78% 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 $500. 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 Olberg Family Charitable Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 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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