Jason and Carolyn Andringa Foundation

Harry Vermeer Family Foundation

Pella, IA

The foundation supports education, health care, humanitarian relief, and food assistance, with 2025 grants primarily in Iowa, Michigan, and South Dakota. Its 23 grants ranged from $2,000 to $56,000, with a median of $5,000. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

R & L Vermeer Foundation Inc

Pella, IA

The foundation supports Christian and faith-based, educational, and environmental causes that improve quality of life for Vermeer team members and their communities, focusing on Pella and places where team members live. Recent grants ranged from $300 to $300,000, with a median of $7,500. It says it funds preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Boat Foundation Inc

Pella, IA

Vanden Bosch Foundation

Pella, IA

The Vanden Bosch Foundation supports preselected charitable organizations, including education, community services, and religious causes, primarily in Iowa and also in Michigan. Its 2025 grants ranged from $2,000 to $51,885, with a median of $7,500; it does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

Meredith Corporation Foundation

Des Moines, IA

The foundation funds education, human services for families and children at risk, and arts and culture, with particular interest in arts groups reaching broader audiences. Recent grants were all in Iowa and ranged from $10,000 to $315,000, with a median of $12,500. It accepts written requests during January 15–March 15 and July 15–September 15; telephone requests are not accepted.

Andringa Family Foundation Inc

Mitchellville, IA

Enterprise Holdings Foundation

Saint Louis, MO

Enterprise Holdings Foundation supports nonprofits in health, education, arts, disaster relief, reforestation, hunger relief, and community equity, with an emphasis on organizations actively supported by Enterprise employees and their families. Its reported grants range widely: 2024 giving averaged about $7,700 across 9,499 grants, while the foundation also offers awards of up to $40,000; it supports communities where Enterprise operates worldwide. Unsolicited requests are accepted at any time, but eligible applications must be submitted by an Enterprise team member or their spouse or domestic partner on behalf of a nonprofit they actively support.

Vermeer Charitable Foundation

Pella, IA

The Vermeer Charitable Foundation funds nonprofit projects that improve quality of life for Vermeer team members and their communities, with priorities including select Christian, educational, environmental, and charitable causes. It gave a median grant of $5,000 in 2024, with awards ranging from $100 to $190,700, mainly to organizations in Pella and communities where Vermeer team members live or commute. It makes grants only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Gannett Foundation Inc

New York, NY

Gannett Foundation’s 2025 grants supported a range of organizations, with listed awards generally between $1,500 and $2,500, though the available figures do not establish a typical grant size or geographic focus. The foundation has wound down: its 2026 filing reports no grants or assets, and no current application process or acceptance of unsolicited requests is stated.

Aetna Foundation Inc

Hartford, CT

Aetna Foundation supported health and wellness, access to health care, and related community needs; its 2021 grants ranged from $5,000 to $1 million, with a median of $40,000, and went to organizations across multiple states, especially in D.C. and Connecticut. Its 2021 filing was marked final, so it appears to have ended or be winding down grantmaking; that filing said there were no restrictions on who could apply and pointed applicants to its website for application materials.

Pella Rolscreen Foundation

Pella, IA

The Pella Rolscreen Foundation supports charitable organizations working in education and community betterment, including civic, cultural, social, and physical-environment programs in communities where Pella Corporation employees live. Large grants generally range from $10,000 to $50,000 and typically cover no more than 25% of project costs; its 2024 grants had a median of $1,029. It accepts unsolicited requests from eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofits and government entities in communities where Pella has manufacturing plants.

Weiler Foundation

Knoxville, IA

The Weiler Foundation supports a range of charitable purposes, including health care, education, community programs, recreation, and other local needs; in 2025, grants ranged from $500 to $1 million, with a median of $1,000. It gives primarily in Iowa, where 98% of 2025 grant dollars went. Its 2024 filing describes a written application process, with submissions accepted continuously and no stated deadline.