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Iowa State Bank Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Sac City, Iowa · EIN 421448100

Iowa State Bank Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Sac City, Iowa. In tax year 2025 it gave $64,610 in 27 grants; the typical grant was $600 and the largest $20,810. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $63,780 the year before.

4% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$48,40539$15,083
2024$63,78041$11,303
2025$64,61027$6,693

How to apply

ContactSteven Spotts
500 Audubon St, Sac City, IA 50583-2208
Phone or email(712) 662-4721
What to submitIn writing, with a brief explanation of the intended use of requested contribution.
RestrictionsMust be to charitable, religious, literary, educational or other worthy institutions or organizations.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Iowa State Bank Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Iowa.

StateGrantsAmount
Iowa26$64,010
New York1$600

Grants paid in 2025

All 27 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Loring Hospital Foundation
Sac City, IA
General Operations$20,810
Lake View Community Club
Lake View, IA
Building Construction$13,500
East Sac County School District
Lake View, IA
Playground Equipment$12,500
Sac Education Foundation
Sac City, IA
General Operations$3,000
Sac Community Foundation
Sac City, IA
General Operations$1,800
Sac County Fair
Sac City, IA
General Operations$1,750
New Opportunities
Sac City, IA
General Operations$1,200
St Mary's Church
Sac City, IA
General Operations$1,200
Iowa College Foundation
Des Moines, IA
General Operations$1,000
Region XII COG
Carroll, IA
General Operations$1,000
Peace Lutheran Church
Wall Lake, IA
General Operations$900
St Paul's Lutheran Church
Sac City, IA
General Operations$850
Lake View Fire Department
Lake View, IA
Equipment$600
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
New York, NY
General Operations$600
Emanuel St John's Lutheran Church
Lytton, IA
General Operations$600
Main Street - Coon Rapids
Coon Rapids, IA
General Operations$600
United Funds of Odebolt
Odebolt, IA
General Operations$500
Sac City Public Library
Sac City, IA
Books$400
St Joseph's Church
Wall Lake, IA
General Operations$300
Best in the West Corporation
Harlan, IA
General Operations$250
Black Hawk Lake Resoration Fund
Lake View, IA
General Operations$250
East Sac Rec Program
Sac City, IA
Baseball/Softball Equipment$250
Sac City Fire Department
Sac City, IA
Equipment$250
Wheatland Fund
Lake View, IA
General Operations$200
Auburn Firefighters Association
Auburn, IA
Equipment$100
Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Community School District
Ida Grove, IA
School Activities/After Prom$100
Odebolt Fire Department
Odebolt, IA
Equipment$100

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Iowa State Bank Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Iowa State Bank Charitable Foundation give?

$64,610 in tax year 2025, across 27 grants, with a typical grant of $600.

Who runs Iowa State Bank Charitable Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Steven Spotts (President) and Linda Olson (Secretary/Treasurer).

What does Iowa State Bank Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, faith communities and community development.

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