How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Dave Moench
305 E Church St
Marshalltown, IA 50158
(641) 754-6200
- Form and materials
- A written summary should be mailed to the foundation. The summary should include the name of the applicant and a description of how the grantee fits within the restrictions outlined on form 990-PF, part XV, line 2d. An entity applicant should also include proof of 501(c)(3) public charity status. An individual applicate should also include proof of financial hardship.
- Deadlines
- None
- Restrictions
- All entity grants are restricted to 501(c)(3) public charities that provide one or more of the following: 1. Educational materials to the general public concerning eye health care 2. Educational materials to physicians, surgeons and optometrists in all forms of diagnosis and treatment of cataract, glaucoma, and allied diseases 3. Aid and assistance to qualified individuals with impaired vision the foundation also provides direct aid and assistance to members of the general public with impaired vision that can demonstrate a significant financial hardship. All individual applicants are limited to those that can substantiate financial hardship.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2024
$72,706
- Grants listed
- 10
- Assets, end of year
- $494,402
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Tax year 2023
$95,213
- Grants listed
- 12
- Assets, end of year
- $485,489
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Tax year 2022
$55,214
- Grants listed
- 8
- Assets, end of year
- $514,050
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Tax year 2021
$40,385
- Grants listed
- 7
- Assets, end of year
- $553,775
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Tax year 2020
$14,135
- Grants listed
- 9
- Assets, end of year
- $553,002
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Tax year 2019
$27,782
- Grants listed
- 7
- Assets, end of year
- $561,801
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Tax year 2018
$22,204
- Grants listed
- 12
- Assets, end of year
- $576,799
Grants paid in 2024
As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.
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State University of Iowa FoundationIowa City, IA
Wolfe lecture foundation donation for equipment scholarships for university of iowa residents.
$48,800 -
Clinic InvestmentsCedar Rapids, IA
Indigent patient care
$4,563 -
Metro Anesthesia & Pain ManagementWest Des Moines, IA
Indingent patient care
$3,937 -
Mercyone Cedar Falls Medical CenterCedar Falls, IA
Indigent patient care
$3,578 -
Prevent Blindness IowaDes Moines, IA
Indingent patient care
$3,500 -
Linn County AnethesiologistHiawatha, IA
Indigent patient care
$2,919 -
Mercy OneDes Moines, IA
Indigent patient care
$2,345 -
The Ocular OctopusIowa City, IA
Indigent patient care
$1,750 -
Make-A-WishUrbandale, IA
Make a wish. Child's request to get prostitc eye
$1,000 -
Individual
Indigent patient care
$314
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Iowa9 grants $72,392
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- John M GraetherPRESIDENT Hours 0.3Pay $0
- James A DavisonVICE PRESIDENT Hours 0.3Pay $0
- Peter RheeSECRETARY/TREASURER Hours 0.3Pay $0
- David D SaggauBOARD MEMBER Hours 0.3Pay $0
- Paul S BoekeBOARD MEMBER Hours 0.3Pay $0
- Dave MoenchCEO STARTED NOV 2024 Hours 0.3Pay $0
- Eric LotheCEO THRU OCT 2024 Hours 0.3Pay $0
The return
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