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Telligen Community Initiative: 43 grants to organizations, $2.2 million (tax year ended December 2025)
Telligen Community Initiative, a private foundation in West Des Moines, IA, paid 43 grants to organizations totaling $2,198,335 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on June 2, 2026. The largest was $141,873 to Telligen Community Initiative Synergy Center in Des Mones, IA for we propose to intentionally create a carefully selected group of emerging health and human service nonprofits and innovators into a shared or pooled office setting with the intention of helping them n.
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- EIN
- 202017785
- Based in
- West Des Moines, IA
- Assets
- $41,397,703
- Grants paid
- $2,175,916
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed June 2, 2026, IRS object ID 202631539349100703. It reported $2,175,916 in grants paid; 43 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telligen Community Initiative Synergy Center | Des Mones, IA | We propose to intentionally create a carefully selected group of emerging health and human service nonprofits and innovators into a shared or pooled office setting with the intention of helping them n | $141,873 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines - Fiscal Agent for Central Iowa | Des Moines, IA | Continuing to invest in local research to inform local policy and program decisions, we are currently seeking funding partners for the next economic mobility-focused community-wide collaborative learn | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Crossover Health Services | Tulsa, OK | Crossover hope (healthy outcomes in pregnancy & early-life) addresses significant birth outcome disparities in north tulsa through comprehensive maternal and child healthcare. the program integrates h | Health care | $99,997 | apps.irs.gov |
| Children's Health Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | Children's health foundation (chf) supports the infant & early childhood mental health (iecmh) program at the child study center in oklahoma city. iecmh provides high-quality, specialized treatment to | $99,829 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tulsa Area United Way | Tulsa, OK | United for alice is a driver of innovation, research, and action to improve lives by shining a light on the challenges alice (asset limited, income constrained, employed) families face and helping to | $90,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Imani's Village Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | Imanis village, inc. seeks funding of $150,000 over a two-year period to implement the "empowerment through doula care" initiative, aimed at enhancing infant and maternal health within all communities | $89,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Action Project - Tulsa County | Tulsa, OK | Cap tulsa is seeking renewed support for the agency's home visiting program which offers personal visits in which trained parent educators meet with parents and their children, typically at their home | Human services | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Little Heroes League | Chicago, IL | Little heroes league is the only life-changing care coordination program embedded at top-ranked level iv nicus, that provides continuous inpatient and outpatient support to medically complex babies an | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mercer County Health Department | Aledo, IL | Imagine a mercer county where every parent and family has access to hands-on healthcare support, breaking down barriers that prevent them from achieving physical and mental well-being. picture a mothe | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| One Hope United | Chicago, IL | We request funding to develop healthy families illinois (hfi), a program with proven success, in implementing plans to strengthen and enrich parent-focused initiatives to train and support peers in ac | Human services | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Options for Youth | Chicago, IL | The subsequent pregnancy program (spp) is a unique and effective home visiting program that empowers teenage mothers to delay a second pregnancy, graduate from high school, and build a stable future f | Human services | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Parent Promise | Oklahoma City, OK | We plan to launch and offer much needed doula services for women throughout the perinatal period to promote a safe pregnancy and healthy delivery, and improve maternal mortality rates in central oklah | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peaceful Family Oklahoma | Edmond, OK | Peaceful family oklahoma (pfo) seeks funding to expand its trauma-informed, evidence-based programming to support children impacted by substance use disorders (suds) in their families in rural canadia | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Shawnee Health Services and Development Corporation | Carterville, IL | We propose to hire a case manager/health educator to supplement staffing at our rapidly growing obgyn clinics. many of the mothers we serve struggle with health-related social needs and chronic health | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kreider Services Inc | Dixon, IL | Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (fasd) impact the physical, mental, and social health of children, families, and communities. florissa is the only clinic in northwestern illinois to offer fasd evalua | $74,614 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Health & Medicine Policy Research Group | Chicago, IL | Health & medicine is partnering with community organizing and family issues (cofi) to train parent leaders as trusted health messengers in their communities. cofi, a chicago-based organization, empowe | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $74,004 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Common Good | Tulsa, OK | The resilient families project strengthens mental health support, parenting resilience, and social-emotional well-being for students and families in underserved communities within northwest tulsa. a l | Human services | $73,975 | apps.irs.gov |
| Iowa Black Doula Collective | Davenport, IA | Ibdc requests core program support for our 2025 programs and services. services specifically supported by this request are tailored for bipoc birthing families in iowa and will include comprehensive d | $63,200 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Child Advocates - Denver Casa | Denver, CO | Child advocates denver casa requests $50,000 to help address the gap in individualized services for older youth as they prepare to age out of the child welfare system in denver by providing a casa vol | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Legal Council for Health Justice | Chicago, IL | We seek support for our medical legal partnerships (mlps) with mt. sinai hospitals under the rainbow behavioral health program (utr) and comer childrens hospital. we initiated an mlp with under the ra | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Resonance Center for Women Inc | Tulsa, OK | Resonances substance use treatment/diversion services program provides a trauma-informed, gender-responsive alternative to incarceration for oklahoma women with substance use disorders. targeting root | Human services | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Elyssa's Mission | Northbrook, IL | Our existing school partners and further expanding the program to three new schools during the 2025 - 2026 school year, in order to reduce adolescent suicide rates and improve mental health support fo | $48,710 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Become | Chicago, IL | Become is requesting $25,000 to support our community outreach and engagement (coe) contractor in 2025. this capacity building investment will support greater engagement in becomes culturally responsi | Community improvement and capacity building | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for African American Health | Denver, CO | Over six months, results lab's impact manager will help strengthen the center for african american healths capacity to collect, analyze, and use data to drive program improvements and demonstrate outc | Community improvement and capacity building | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Speech and Language Disorders Dba Chat | Lombard, IL | Looking ahead to a leadership transition in 2026, chat seeks capacity-building funds to support identified needs in two key areas: next level leadership development and external support to build cash | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chicago Children's Advocacy Center | Chicago, IL | Chicago childrens advocacy center (chicagocac) requests $25,000 from the telligen capacity investment grant to implement a comprehensive capacity-building initiative focused on leadership development | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative | Denver, CO | Cpcqc seeks funding to enhance our data infrastructure by developing public-facing scorecards, dashboards, and reports with dynamic data visualization. this investment will not only strengthen our abi | Health care | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ellipsis | Des Moines, IA | Ellipsis and our legacy organizations, youth homes of mid america and youth emergency services and shelter, have been in a constant state of change since 2020. we are beginning another transition as a | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Familycore | Peoria, IL | Familycore is requesting $25,000 from telligen to help grow our capacity to self-fund our organization through additional fund development strategies, including planned giving and major gifts. these d | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Foster Source | Thornton, CO | Foster source, soon to be rebranded as be the source, is requesting a $25,000 capacity-building grant to strengthen its infrastructure and better serve youth in the child welfare system. funding will | Human services | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Honestly Okc | Oklahoma City, OK | Honestly seeks $25,000 to strengthen our digital infrastructure through a two-part initiative that includes updating our website to showcase our new strategic plan, forward together, and developing an | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Iowa Aces 360 | Des Moines, IA | The organizational data capacity and infrastructure project will advance the capacity of iowa aces 360 for internal and external data collection and visualization. | Mental health and crisis intervention | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nami Dupage | Wheaton, IL | Our goal is to actively engage current donors and cultivate others so that nami dupage will have sustainable resources to meet the increased need for our mental health/substance use disorder services. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Promise Healthcare | Champaign, IL | Promise electronic health record (ehr)/practice management (pm) optimization project (peop) we are proposing to contract or hire a systems analyst to work with our core it team (it dir, ehr specialist | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Reach Out and Read Colorado | Denver, CO | We are seeking funding to develop a comprehensive data dashboard that will enhance our organizations efficiency, decision-making, and long-term sustainability. this dashboard will streamline reporting | Youth development | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| United Way of Southwest Colorado | Durango, CO | United way of southwest colorado (uwswc) succeeds in building collective community change with over 80 local partners through an initiative named team up. team up exists to improve outcomes for kids a | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Youth Healthcare Alliance | Denver, CO | Youth healthcare alliance seeks expertise to assist our pursuit and securing of a revenue strategy that aligns with our new strategic plan following an intensive strategic planning and funding landsca | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Better Tomorrow | Steamboat Springs, CO | Better tomorrow serves as the supportive foundation for our four direct services programs. this capacity request is meant to assist us in identifying impact measurements to evaluate how effective the | Human services | $24,733 | apps.irs.gov |
| Potts Family Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | Potts family foundation is a dual-mission organization with a vision to empower a network of sustainable nonprofits statewide to impact the quality of life for young children. this project will equip | $24,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Everystep | Des Moines, IA | Everystep seeks funding to support leadership training for the organizations management team who serve statewide. this effort will assist in avoiding non-profit burnout and increasing nonprofit sector | $24,200 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mobile Care Chicago | Chicago, IL | Mobile care chicago (mcc) will utilize tci capacty investment funding to implement three initiatives in pursuit of the overaching goal of improving the mcc patient experience and voice. mcc will 1) en | $24,200 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Family Health Foundation of Illinois Inc | Bolingbrook, IL | This multi-modality educational outreach initiative- improving pregnancy/prenatal care through maternal immunization and the rsv vaccine. the goal of this multi-modality initiative is to provide educa | $17,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Des Moines Refugee Support | Des Moines, IA | Tci board of directors - volunteer service grant directed to des moines refugee support (dr. ried boom). | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed May 20, 2025, IRS object ID 202541409349100829. It reported $2,083,237 in grants paid; 31 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telligen Community Initiative Synergy | Des Moines, IA | We propose to intentionally create a carefully selected group of emerging health and human service nonprofits and innovators into a shared or pooled office setting with the intention of helping them n | $133,473 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chicago Volunter Doulas | Chicago, IL | Every birth story holds the weight of history. chicago volunteer doulas is embarking on a transformative mission. at its core, "100 doulas rising" is our ambitious endeavor to educate and train 100 do | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque | Dubuque, IA | The eastern iowa certified medical interpreter pilot project will reduce language barriers and increase positive healthcare outcomes for immigrant populations by building capacity for certified marsha | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dental Connections | Des Moines, IA | The dental connections smile squad mobile dental program builds a safety net for children who would not otherwise see a dentist by providing dental care at schools. the program has provided care at 80 | Health care | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Healthteamworks | Golden, CO | Coordinate wrap-around social and professional development support and stipends for young adults entering the healthcare workforce in our clinical health coach, community health worker and care manage | Community improvement and capacity building | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| La Cocina | Fort Collins, CO | La cocina's integrative latine behavioral healthcare institute and applied liberation psychology practice center welcomes new bilingual (spanish-english) faculty and a cohort of monolingual spanish-sp | Mental health and crisis intervention | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | Community health centers of oklahoma (chcok) & legal aid services of oklahoma (laso) propose a medical-legal partnership to integrate legal advocacy and legal services to strengthen families and commu | Crime and legal-related | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Madison Strategies Group | Tusla, OK | Workadvance is an evidence-based workforce development program designed to build a skilled and inclusive healthcare workforce in the tulsa metro area. through no-cost training, career coaching, job pl | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mama Bird Doula Services | Aurora, CO | Mama bird doula services aims to support 100 bipoc families in denver, adams, and arapahoe counties by providing culturally competent prenatal education, postpartum doula care, and lactation support. | Health care | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ndoula Community Alliance Inc | Chicago, IL | We are seeking the support of the tci to fund our sdoh initiatives aimed at improving outcomes for black mothers & other medically vulnerable populations by 1) providing access to patient advocates, d | Human services | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rush University Medical Center (west Side United) | Chicago, IL | Launched in 2023, west side healthy parents & babies in 2023 is an initiative is designed to address critical maternal and infant health disparities in ten zip codes in chicago by connecting expectant | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Shawnee Health Services Development Corporation | Carterville, IL | Shawnee health's proposed project addresses the area's on-going demand for dental assistants in our region. our apprentice program helps supply the area's depleted dental assistant workforce. our proj | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Shawnee Health Services Development Corporation | Carterville, IL | We propose to enhance doula support during the postpartum period and add a community health worker (chw) to the obgyn care team to increase patient engagement in perinatal and well child care. these s | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Thriving Families | Denver, CO | The proposed project will fill a gap in the support we offer to newcomer families in denver. a newcomer resource navigator will connects newcomer families with specific services such as housing, emplo | Human services | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Iowa Healthcare | Iowa City, IA | The university of iowa hospitals and clinics nurse-midwifery education program (nmep) was successfully launched in the fall of 2023. as program director, i would like to provide scholarships to all th | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Variety Care | Oklahoma City, OK | Variety care (vc) 's teen clinic program is part of a county-wide collaborative effort to reduce hiv and unplanned pregnancy among teens. the program also teaches essential life skills. vc recently co | Health care | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Vision To Learn | Los Angeles, CA | Vision to learn will provide vision screenings, exams, and glasses to students, at no cost, in allamakee, black hawk, dubuque, jackson, jones, marion, muscatine, polk, pottawattamie and scott counties | Health care | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Vna Healthcare | Aurora, IL | Vna health care is seeking funding support for our nursing career pathway program. this program was developed during the pandemic in an effort to improve opportunities for career development, close st | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The University of Tulsa | Tusla, OK | The students reaching excellence through collaboration with higher education (stretched) program is designed to help increase the number of healthcare practitioners from limited-income, first-generati | Education | $74,962 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cyedi Project | Aurora, CO | The rates of unintended pregnancy and stis remain high in the us, and disproportionately affect black youth. we propose a sexual health literacy intervention to empower colorado black youth through a | $74,562 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Indian Hills Community College | Ottumwa, IA | This project will enroll 15 participants aged 17-24 from disadvantaged backgrounds in south central iowa in a paid summer apprenticeship program to become emts. the 10.5-week program features state ap | $74,017 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United Keetoowah Band Indian Child Welfare | Tehlequah, OK | The ukb pace advocate initiative will serve approximately 100 tribal members within the united keetoowah band of cherokee indians 14 county tribal jurisdictional boundaries in northeastern oklahoma co | $72,325 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mental Health Colorado (envisionyou) | Denver, CO | Deliver statewide training to 120-140 behavioral health providers regarding mental health needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (lgbtq+) coloradans that result from syste | $71,917 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Cancer Society | Oklahoma City, OK | People of color and those historically excluded are underrepresented in cancer research fields. the american cancer society (acs) diversity in cancer research (dicr) internship program offers paid res | $63,063 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Trinity Muscatine Public Health | Muscatine, IA | The healthy pregnancy coordinated care program connects expecting parents to the resources they need to have a safe and healthy pregnancy, birth, and post-partum experience. this program follows a coo | $57,898 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Peak Vista Community Health Centers | Colorado Springs, CO | The pre & post-natal health care access for low-income mothers (p&phca) program aims to enhance prenatal care accessibility and increase wellness visits for children up to age 5 in low-income neighbor | Health care | $51,020 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Community Builders | Chicago, IL | The oakley square's youth empowerment program (yep) is a comprehensive initiative designed to address aces and the multifaceted challenges faced by at-risk youth in oakley's violence-plagued community | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Imani's Village Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | Imani's village, inc is committed to enhancing infant and maternal health in the black community which currently experiences the highest rates of infant and maternal mortality. our program consists of | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tusla Casa | Tusla, OK | Tulsa casa (court appointed special advocates) is a non-profit organization that recruits, trains, and supports volunteers who advocate for the best interests of children that have suffered abuse and/ | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of Iowa Casa and Icfcrb | Des Moines, IA | It starts with you is an initiative to recruit and retain court-appointed special advocate (casa) and foster care review board (fcrb) volunteers for iowa children in foster care placement. between 202 | Crime and legal-related | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Great Outdoors Foundation | Des Moines, IA | Great outdoors foundation (gof) is actively pursuing collaboration with various non-profit organizations in the conservation sector to enhance the impact of their collective efforts. the focus is on a | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Human services | $548,708 |
| Health care | $476,017 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $150,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $125,000 |
| Mental health and crisis intervention | $100,000 |
| Crime and legal-related | $90,000 |
| Education | $74,962 |
| Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $74,004 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Illinois | $1,314,028 |
| Oklahoma | $1,273,151 |
| Iowa | $897,161 |
| Colorado | $722,232 |
| California | $75,000 |
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Updated June 2, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.