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Walden Charitable Foundation: 23 grants to organizations, $183,000 (tax year ended December 2025)
Walden Charitable Foundation, a private foundation in Arnolds Park, IA, paid 23 grants to organizations totaling $183,000 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 15, 2026. The largest was $30,000 to River's Edge Methodist Church in Spencer, IA for upper des moines kits for homeless individuals. childcare center. caasa kits for adults and children needing emergency supplies..
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- EIN
- 823195023
- Based in
- Arnolds Park, IA
- Assets
- $2,729,549
- Grants paid
- $183,000
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed May 15, 2026, IRS object ID 202611359349101301. It reported $183,000 in grants paid; 23 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| River's Edge Methodist Church | Spencer, IA | Upper des moines kits for homeless individuals. childcare center. caasa kits for adults and children needing emergency supplies. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Spencer Regional Healthcare Foundation | Spencer, IA | Behavioral health unit adding a second security room for mental health patients | Health care | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Atlas of Lakes Area | Arnolds Park, IA | Funds to pay for staffing and benevolence. | Human services | $13,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Atlas of Spencer | Spencer, IA | Funds to cover salaries, staff training, emergency funds, and homeless help | Human services | $13,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Creston Area Food Pantry | Creston, IA | Food pantry 150 households weekly | $12,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lutheran Lakeside Camp | Spirit Lake, IA | Provide foster kids a week at camp and captial campaign to replace/repair water/sewer issues | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Creston Area Food Shelf Dba Creston Food Pantry Inc | Creston, IA | Pre-k-12 grade backpack program, shut in bags and weekend bags for college students, holiday baskets for easter & christmas | $10,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dickinson County Hunger Coalition | Spirit Lake, IA | $5000 covers the cost of food for one month, working to take some food to terrill as well as their milford location | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Love Takes Root | Spencer, IA | Solar oven for young baking entrepeneurs in haiti and school lunch program for students spoons, pots, plates, propanes, additional garden supplies breadfruit trees and kitchen staff | Human services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tri County Food Pantry | What Cheer, IA | Food pantry 70-100 families 2x/month, school pantry serves 50-60 kids per month, school snack cabinets | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Morningside University | Sioux City, IA | Donation to the cary conover endowed scholarship | Education | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Crosswinds Church-Efca | Spencer, IA | Ilcc campus ministry: transportation, acquire/repair bikes, grocery cards, cultural fair, furniture, clothing | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Family Crisis Centers Inc | Sioux Center, IA | Help for domestic violence, human trafficking, violent crimes, homelessness serves nw iowa including ida, clay and dickinson | Human services | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Orient Umc Mobile Food Pantry | Orient, IA | Food to needy households once monthly = 4,000 pounds/month | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Outreach | Spencer, IA | The outreach (started in march 2025) with many volunteers from gaco/after the hotel closed from flooding) is providing free hot meals twice weekly and have added a food pantry. | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Feed Our Children Co Living World Outreach Ministries | Spencer, IA | Spencer's backpack program, providing weekend bags of ready made meals for school aged kids | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Clay County Pals | Spencer, IA | Mentor/mentee area activities: bowling alley, cooking at church kitchen, theater, museums, crafting | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Keokuk County Hospitals and Clinics | Sigourney, IA | Provides free bandaging and wound care kits for lymphedema patients | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| 51025 Zip Code Celebration | Holstein, IA | A town celebration of the zip code date. entertainment and activities for the celebration | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kings & Queens Local | Spirit Lake, IA | Educating mentors, respite for foster care families, supplies for foster families | Human services | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ida County 4-H Foundation | Ida Grove, IA | 4-h programs | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Clay County Food for Life | Spencer, IA | Meat processing and distribution, food insecurity | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Okoboji Foundation- Youth in Philanthropy | Arnolds Park, IA | Okoboji foundation, will distribute to nonprofits | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed May 8, 2025, IRS object ID 202511289349102101. It reported $127,000 in grants paid; 17 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutheran Lakeside Camp | Spirit Lake, IA | Provide foster kids a week at camp and captial campaign to replace/repair water/sewer issues | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Love Takes Root | Spencer, IA | Solar oven for young baking entrepeneurs in haiti and school lunch program for students spoons, pots, plates, propanes, additional garden supplies breadfruit trees and kitchen staff | Human services | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Spencer Chamber Foundation Flood Recovery Fund | Spencer, IA | Spencer's flood relief fund | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Creston Area Food Shelf Dba Creston Food Pantry Inc | Creston, IA | Pre-k-12 grade backpack program, shut in bags and weekend bags for college students, holiday baskets for easter & christmas | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Family Crisis Centers Inc | Sioux Center, IA | Help for domestic violence, human trafficking, violent crimes, homelessness serves nw iowa including ida, clay and dickinson | Human services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Spencer Regional Healthcare Foundation | Spencer, IA | Behavioral health unit adding a second security room for mental health patients | Health care | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tri County Food Pantry | What Cheer, IA | Food pantry 70-100 families 2x/month, school pantry serves 50-60 kids per month, school snack cabinets | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Crosswinds Church-Efca | Spencer, IA | Ilcc campus ministry: transportation, acquire/repair bikes, grocery cards, cultural fair, furniture, clothing | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Atlas of Spencer | Spencer, IA | Funds to cover salaries, staff training, emergency funds, and homeless help | Human services | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Creston Area Food Pantry | Creston, IA | Food pantry 150 households weekly | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Morningside University | Sioux City, IA | Donation to the cary conover endowed scholarship | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Orient Umc Mobile Food Pantry | Orient, IA | Food to needy households once monthly = 4,000 pounds/month | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ida County 4-H Foundation | Ida Grove, IA | 4-h programs | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kings & Queens Local | Spirit Lake, IA | Educating mentors, respite for foster care families, supplies for foster families | Human services | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Keokuk County Hospitals and Clinics | Sigourney, IA | Provides free bandaging and wound care kits for lymphedema patients | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Clay County Pals | Spencer, IA | Mentor/mentee area activities: bowling alley, cooking at church kitchen, theater, museums, crafting | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Clay County Food for Life | Spencer, IA | Meat processing and distribution, food insecurity | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Human services | $77,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $30,000 |
| Health care | $25,000 |
| Education | $12,500 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Iowa | $310,000 |
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Updated May 15, 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.