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The Denny and Candy Elwell Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 42-1298057 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$1M
Grants reported
116
Typical grant
$5K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: THE DENNY AND CANDY ELWELL FOUNDATION

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
202572$725.8K
202444$291.7K

Where The Denny and Candy Elwell Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Prairie Ridge Church

ANKENY, IA

$75KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

General fund

Prairie Ridge Church

ANKENY, IA

$62KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

General fund

Mayo Clinic

ROCHESTER, MN

$50KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Alzheimer's disease research

Iowa Health Foundation

DES MOINES, IA

$50KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

General fund

Des Moines Children Museum

WEST DES MOINES, IA

$50KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

General fund

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from The Denny and Candy Elwell Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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