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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 42-1474339

Kofoed Foundation

A private foundation in West Branch, IA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $204,250 paid in grants.

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

How to apply

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

    $204,250

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $339,692

  • Tax year 2024

    $145,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $451,483

  • Tax year 2023

    $99,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $532,915

  • Tax year 2022

    $48,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $611,116

  • Tax year 2021

    $35,540

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $643,722

  • Tax year 2020

    $56,640

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $376,403

  • Tax year 2019

    $47,510

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $371,994

  • Tax year 2018

    $43,600

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $359,549

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Hoover Presidential FoundationWest Branch, IA

    Presidential exhibits

    $100,000
  2. Museum of Danish AmericaElk Horn, IA

    Historycultural museum

    $82,000
  3. West Branch United Methodist ChurchWest Branch, IA

    Religious

    $10,000
  4. West Branch Lions ClubWest Branch, IA

    Local civic organization legacy project

    $10,000
  5. West Branch Heritage MuseumWest Branch, IA

    Local history museum

    $2,000
  6. Individual

    Operating

    $250

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $82,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Iowa5 grants $204,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Karen K SuchomelPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Chris J KofoedTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Laurie A DauberSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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