Grants awarded
Who does Otto Schoitz Foundation fund?
Otto Schoitz Foundation has awarded $17 million across 257 grants to 106 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in human services. Its typical grant is $25,000, with most between $11,250 and $50,250. Repeat grantees receive a median $26,000 versus $17,151 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$16.6M
Typical grant
$25K
Grantees
106
Grants
257
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity
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$1.7M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| F Friends of the Family | $1.3M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Christian Community Development DBA House of Hope | $1.2M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Peoples Community Health Clinic INC
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$1.0M | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| C City of Waterlooleisure Services | $1.0M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$1.0M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| E Elevate Ccbhc | $650K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Cedar Valley Friends of the Family INC
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$625K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| H Hawkeye Community College Foundation | $625K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Successlink | $550K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Waterloo Development Corporation | $500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IA | |
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$385K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IA | |
| C City of Waterloowaterloo Community Development | $310K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| J Jesse Cosby Center | $245K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Iowa Legal Aid
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$220K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
Cedar Valley Hospice INC
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$200K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IA | |
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$199K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| 2 247 Black Leadership Advancement Consortium Fka Renew Waterloo | $176K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
YWCA Black Hawk County
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$175K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| U University of Northern Iowa Foundation | $168K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Cedar Falls Community Schoolsfoundation
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$156K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
1619 Freedom School
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$154K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
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$150K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| W Waterloo Housing Trust Fund | $147K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| T The Job Foundation | $134K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$127K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| C Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Dubuque | $125K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
One Cedar Valley
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$125K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
Youth Art Team
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$120K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| C Cedar Valley Angels | $120K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| O Operation Threshold INC | $112K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Black Hawk County Health Department | $111K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$106K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
Vision to Learn
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$105K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| C Center of Attention | $104K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Salvation Army of Waterloocedar Falls | $101K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Waterloo Schools Foundation | $101K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$100K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| S Salvation Army of Waterloocedar Falls the | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A Amani Community Services | $88K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates INC
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$85K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
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$75K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IA | |
Exceptional Persons INC
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$71K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| E Ethnic Minorities of Burma Advocacy and Resource Center | $71K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Riverview Center INC
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$71K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | IA | |
Embarc INC
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$70K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
Lutheran Services in Iowa INC
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$66K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
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$65K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | IA | |
| G Grin and Grow Ltd DBA Growing Minds Early Learning Center | $64K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Family YMCA of Black Hawk County | $61K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Catholic Charities of the Arch of Dubuque | $58K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Grout Museum INC
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$56K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IA | |
Leader Valley Foundation
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$51K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| C City of Waterloowaterloo Public Library | $50K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I I Believe Leadership & Sports Academy | $50K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
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$50K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | IA | |
| T The Salvation Army of Cedar Fallswaterloo | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Inclusion Connection INC
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$49K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| F Family & Children's Council of Black Hawk County | $49K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Love INC of the Cedar Valley
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$47K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
North Star Community Services INC
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$47K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| C Cedar Valley Preschool and Child Care Center | $45K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Empowering Men Project | $45K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Mercyone Waterloo Foundation | $40K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| G Grout Museum District | $39K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
The Larrabee Center INC
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$35K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| C Cedar Valley Bicycle Collective | $31K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IA | |
Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging INC
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$30K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | IA | |
| R Refugees and Immigrant Youth Organization | $25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| R Refugee and Immigrant Youth Organization | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Eye of the Needle | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IA | |
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The River Arc
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$22K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| C Communities in Schools of Mid-America | $22K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$21K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | KS | |
| P Plentiful Pantry | $20K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| 4 415 Walnut Collective INC | $20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IA | |
| S Sunrise Children's Zoo INC | $20K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Cedar Trails Partnership | $20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S Shipht | $20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| W Waterloo Writing Project | $19K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Reach Out and Read INC
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$19K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| S Social Action INC | $17K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| E Epi Exceptional Persons INC | $15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$15K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | IA | |
| C Cedar Valley Arboretum & Botanic Gardens | $11K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Waterloo Urban Farmers Market INC | $11K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| C Cedar Valley Gearheads Ministry | $10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| F Four Oaks Family and Children's Services | $10K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| E Eye of the Needleinc | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| W Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony | $9K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Family Crisis Centers INC
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$8K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| W Waypoint | $8K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N North Iowa Juvenile Detention Services | $8K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Tri-County Child and Family Development | $7K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| J Junior League of Waterloo Cedar Falls | $6K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| W Winnebago Council INC Bsoa | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Cedar Valley Crime Stoppers | $5K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | IA | |
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Quota of the Cedar Valley INC
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$5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IA | |
| L Love INC | $4K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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