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The Wellmark Foundation: 27 grants to organizations, $3.2 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Wellmark Foundation, a private foundation in Des Moines, IA, paid 27 grants to organizations totaling $3,152,094 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 14, 2025. The largest was $758,599 to Charities Aid Foundation America in Alexandira, VA for bluescare giving matching gifts and personal volunteer time donations..
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- EIN
- 421368650
- Based in
- Des Moines, IA
- Assets
- $79,766,543
- Grants paid
- $3,152,094
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 14, 2025, IRS object ID 202513189349103586. It reported $3,152,094 in grants paid; 27 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charities Aid Foundation America | Alexandira, VA | Bluescare giving matching gifts and personal volunteer time donations. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $758,599 | apps.irs.gov |
| Iowa Jag Inc | Des Moines, IA | Expansion in up to 8 schools with high need for programming. | Youth development | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| State University of Iowa Foundation | Iowa City, IA | Through this project, the effectiveness of the rural vitality coalition and the effectiveness of the processes utilized by the coalition for community assessment, engagement, and change will be evalua | Education | $387,672 | apps.irs.gov |
| Blues Care Giving Contributions | Des Moines, IA | See attachment 1 | $336,307 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Childserve Foundation Inc | Johnston, IA | Addition of two neurobehavioral health treatment rooms to increase capacity to serve more iowa families and support the workforce of iowa's employers. | Human services | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lifescape Foundation | Sioux Falls, SD | Enable the creation of a dedicated testing and functional assessment room for conducting functional behavior assessments (fbas) and functional analyses (fas) essential for identifying the causes and f | Health care | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rock Valley Community School District | Rock Valley, IA | Restoring the learning environment after a disaster. | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| South Dakota Community Foundation | Pierre, SD | Expansion in up to 3 schools with high need for programming. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc | Des Moines, IA | To support the passport to culture program for 20 years into the future. | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Spencer Comm School District | Spencer, IA | For restoring the learning environment after a disaster. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Iowa Jag Inc | Des Moines, IA | Design and pilot social determinants of health/health equity curriculum module for use in iowa and south dakota. improve career development conference, leadership development conference, and skills de | Youth development | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Society of Christian Instruction of Rock Valley Ia | Rock Valley, IA | Restoring the learning environment after a disaster. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| State of South Dakota | Pierre, SD | The south dakota department of health will host "creating healthy and wealthy communities: a skill-building workshop for rural, tribal and frontier communities" october 1 and 2, 2024 to bring together | $33,375 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rock Valley Community School District Foundation | Rock Valley, IA | 35 document cameras, 75 area rugs, 4 pianos and accessories. | Education | $31,951 | apps.irs.gov |
| South Dakota Community Foundation | Pierre, SD | Improve career development conference and leadership development conference. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Spencer Community School District | Spencer, IA | 115 desks and chairs. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Drake University | Des Moines, IA | Provide financial support for up to six (6) scholarships for the 2022-2024, 2023-2025 or 2024-2026 program cohorts that will be made available to current employees (or the dependents of current employ | Education | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Society of Christian Instruction of Rock Valley Ia | Rock Valley, IA | 16 white board activity tables. | $10,961 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Des Moines Area Community College Foundation | Ankeny, IA | Bluescare giving matching gifts and personal volunteer time donations. | Education | $5,580 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Northern Iowa | Cedar Falls, IA | Speaker at "creating healthy and wealthy communities: a skill-building workshop for rural, tribal and frontier communities" october 1 and 2, 2024. | $5,270 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines | Des Moines, IA | Bluescare giving matching gifts. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Future Fort Pierre | Fort Pierre, SD | Tatanka project. | Community improvement and capacity building | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Back 2 School Iowa | Waukee, IA | Donation to support back 2 school iowa in recognition of 2024 inclusion ambassador award winner. | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Winterset Community School District | Winterset, IA | Donation to high school boys soccer in recognition of the 2024 inclusion ambassador award nominator. | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| City of Auburn Iowa | Auburn, IA | Bluescare giving matching gifts. | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Whiterock Conservancy | Coon Rapids, IA | Bluescare giving matching gifts. | Environment | $103 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sanford Health Foundation | Sioux Falls, SD | Bluescare giving matching gifts. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $26 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $942,625 |
| Youth development | $450,000 |
| Education | $440,203 |
| Human services | $250,000 |
| Health care | $250,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $1,500 |
| Environment | $103 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Iowa | $1,928,594 |
| Virginia | $758,599 |
| South Dakota | $464,901 |
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Updated November 14, 2025. 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.