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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 42-1414004

Krause Gentle Foundation

A private foundation in Des Moines, IA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $6.5 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Jun 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $6,477,179

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2024

    $858,833

    Grants listed
    41
    Assets, end of year
    $8,080,394

  • Tax year 2023

    $972,645

    Grants listed
    43
    Assets, end of year
    $8,850,739

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,126,872

    Grants listed
    42
    Assets, end of year
    $8,471,481

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,074,786

    Grants listed
    52
    Assets, end of year
    $11,043,404

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,185,050

    Grants listed
    55
    Assets, end of year
    $9,182,666

  • Tax year 2019

    $835,750

    Grants listed
    61
    Assets, end of year
    $9,045,594

  • Tax year 2018

    $830,513

    Grants listed
    70
    Assets, end of year
    $7,722,184

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Kyle J & Sharon Krause Family FoundationDes Moines, IA

    507(b)(2) transfer of assets

    $6,439,148
  2. Ballet Des MoinesDes Moines, IA

    Arts, culture, humanities

    $34,431
  3. Diocese of Des MoinesDes Moines, IA

    Faith

    $3,600

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. International aid1 grant $6,439,14899% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $34,431<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Iowa3 grants $6,477,179

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Kyle J KrauseDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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