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Mound Farm Holdings Inc

Foundation · Grantmaker Cedar Rapids, IA EIN: 42-0681046 Website

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY PROVIDING STUDENT FOCUSED BACCALAUREATE AND GRADUATE EDUCATION IN THE SPIRIT OF THE SISTERS OF MERCY. WELCOMES WOMEN AND MEN OF ALL BELIEFS TO JOIN THE COMMUNITY IN PURSUIT OF EDUCATION AND SERVICE TO THOSE IN NEED. PROMOTES REFLECTIVE JUDGMENT, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION, THE COMMON GOOD AND PURPOSEFUL LIVING THROUGH A CORE CURRICULUM, LIBERAL ARTS AND PROFESSIONAL MAJORS AND STUDENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE IN ACCOMPLISHING OUR MISSION THROUGH FOUR INTERDEPENDENT GOALS: USING REFLECTIVE JUDGMENT, ENGAGING IN STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION, SERVING THE COMMON GOOD AND PROMOTING PURPOSEFUL LIVING.

Key facts about Mound Farm Holdings Inc

EIN
42-0681046
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$109,265,602
Grants made (2025)
1
Average grant
$109,265,602
Median grant
$109,265,602
Primary geography
Iowa (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

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Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

—

-100.0% YoY

Annual Giving

$109.3M

+3328.7% YoY

Grant Count

1

Avg Grant Size

$109.3M

About Mound Farm Holdings Inc

Based on IRS filings

Mound Farm Holdings Inc is a nonprofit organization focused on Education, based in Cedar Rapids, IA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $109.3M. Net investment income was $1.0M.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of all 1 itemized 2025 grant dollars.

States

Cities

Davenport

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$50M$100M$150M$200M2019202020212022202320242025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets—$100,157,191$100,941,068
Revenue$52,570,960$53,059,982$54,383,606
Expenses$165,350,480$56,181,364$57,406,187
Qualifying Distributions———
Net Investment Income$1,030,260$1,950,630$1,020,166
Distributable Amount———

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 18, 2025)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS January 22, 2025)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 29, 2026)

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50M$100M$150M0 grants20190 grants20200 grants20210 grants2022Total only2023Total only20241 grants2025

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 1 recipients in 2025

St Ambrose University: $109.3MSt Ambrose University$109.3M

Grant Size Distribution

1 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M1$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

Among its reported 2025 grants, the largest recipients include St Ambrose University ($109,265,602).

RecipientPurposeAmount
ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY Davenport, IAASSET TRANSFER DUE TO MERGER$109,265,602

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Mound Farm Holdings Inc is led by Todd Olson, President on every filing since 2022; 9 of 35 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Todd Olson

    President

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $139K (2022) → $258K (2025)

  • Jennifer Rasmussen

    Professor of Education & Dept Chair

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $108K (2024) → $104K (2025)

  • Charles Rohde

    Board Chair & Trustee

    Chair & Trustee → Board Chair & Trustee, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Barbara Barhamand

    Trustee

    Vice Chair & Trustee → Board Chair Vice & Trustee, 2021

    Board Chair Vice & Trustee → Trustee, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Barbara Knapp

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brandt Worley

    Immediate Past Chair & Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dyan Smith

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • James Nikrant

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Rinderknecht

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Magda Golobic

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Melanie Giesler-Spellman

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Wehr

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michele Busse

    Board Chair-Elect & Trustee

    Trustee → Board Chair-Elect & Trustee, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nancy Kasparek

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Richard Kettelkamp

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Kazimour

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ronald Herold

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ruth White

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sister Delores Hannon

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sister Margaret Weigel

    Board Secretary & Trustee

    Assistant Secretary Trustee → Board Secretary & Trustee, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tami Culver

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Terri Christoffersen

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Vincent Reid

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kristen Trovas

    Trustee

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jason Miller

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Leann Ridgeway

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sister Laura Reicks

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sister Susan O'Connor

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brenda Haefner

    Vice President Development & Alumni Relat.

    Vice President for Development & Alumni Relations → Vice President Development & Alumni Relations, 2024

    Vice President Development & Alumni Relations → Vice President Development & Alumni Relat., 2025

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $152K (2019) → $108K (2025)

  • Tom Castle

    Provost

    Assistant Vice President → Assistant Vice President & Vice Provost, 2023

    Assistant Vice President & Vice Provost → Provost, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $107K (2019) → $135K (2025)

  • Kim Bro

    Dean College of Nursing

    Dean of College of Nursing & Health → Dean College of Nursing & Health, 2023

    Dean College of Nursing & Health → Dean College of Nursing, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $113K (2022) → $122K (2025)

  • Tom Doermann

    Vice President for Operations

    Assistant Vice President for Hr & Operations → Vice President for Operations, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $104K (2023) → $133K (2025)

  • Brittney Burmahl

    Vice President for Business & Finance

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $89K (2024) → $113K (2025)

  • Jay Coleman

    Vice President Enrollment & Marketing

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $121K (2024) → $135K (2025)

  • Ritu Shandilya

    Associate Prof. of Comptroller & Data Science

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $102K (2025)

Former officers (28)
  • Former: Anne Gillespie (2019–2024) — Vice President for Business & Finance
  • Former: Loren Coppock (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Nate Klein (2019–2023) — Vice President for Student Successor
  • Former: Timothy Laurent (2019–2023) — Provost
  • Former: Todd Coleman (2023) — Vice President for Enrol. & Student Successor
  • Former: Jane Meyer (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Jeffrey Cannon (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Laurie Hamen (2019–2022) — Past President
  • Former: Lisa Pitz (2019–2022) — Trustee · Filing note: As of 6819
  • Former: Shea Francis (2019–2022) — Assistant Vice President & Controller
  • Former: Sr Susan O'Connor (2019–2022) — Trustee · Filing note: As of 6819
  • Former: Thomas Barbee (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Kenneth Brown (2020–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Sr Delores Hannon (2020–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Sr Laura Reicks (2020–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Sr Margaret Weigel (2020–2022) — Secretary & Trustee
  • Former: Charlie Rohde (2022) — Board Chair & Trustee
  • Former: Molly Altorfer (2019–2021) — Trustee · Filing note: As of 6819
  • Former: Patrice Carroll (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Robert Beatty (2021) — President
  • Former: Pamela Delagardelle (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Amanda Humphrey (2020) — Faculty
  • Former: Theresa Crumley (2020) — Vice President Enrollment & Marketing
  • Former: Brian McDonald (2019) — Assistant Vice President for It · Filing note: Until 142019
  • Former: H. Thomas Reed (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Ken Brown (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Mary Tarbox (2019) — Dean of Nursing
  • Former: Sister Mary Lou Podzimek (2019) — Secretary & Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Todd Olson — President: $258KTodd OlsonPresident$258KJay Coleman — VP Enrollment & Marketing: $135KJay ColemanVP Enrollment & Marketing$135KTom Castle — Provost: $135KTom CastleProvost$135KTom Doermann — VP for Operations: $133KTom DoermannVP for Operations$133KKim Bro — Dean College of Nursing (Thru 1/25): $122KKim BroDean College of Nursing (Thru…$122KBrittney Burmahl — VP for Business & Finance: $113KBrittney BurmahlVP for Business & Finance$113KBrenda Haefner — VP Dev & Alumni Relat. (Thru 4/24): $108KBrenda HaefnerVP Dev & Alumni Relat. (Thru…$108KJennifer Rasmussen — Professor of Education & Dept Chair: $104KJennifer RasmussenProfessor of Education & Dept…$104KRitu Shandilya — Assoc. Prof. of Comp. & Data Science: $102KRitu ShandilyaAssoc. Prof. of Comp. & Data…$102K

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Mound Farm Holdings Inc?

Mound Farm Holdings Inc is a nonprofit organization focused on Education, based in Cedar Rapids, IA. It holds — in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Mound Farm Holdings Inc operate?

Mound Farm Holdings Inc has awarded grants in Iowa.

What size grants does Mound Farm Holdings Inc award?

In 2025, Mound Farm Holdings Inc awarded 1 grant totaling $109.3M — an average of about $109.3M per grant, based on its IRS Form 990 filings.

What is Mound Farm Holdings Inc's EIN?

Mound Farm Holdings Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 42-0681046. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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