The Geisler-Penquite Foundation Grants
Private foundation · Newton, IA · EIN 23-7103845 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
The Geisler-Penquite Foundation is a private foundation based in Newton, IA (EIN 23-7103845). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 report $17.5M paid in 34 grants, with a median grant of $362.7K. It publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations.
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Dan Skokan
- Address
- Po Box 924 Newton, IA, 50208
- Phone
- (641) 791-2874
- Application materials
- Letter which states amount of request and charitable purpose for the request
The filing does not state deadlines or limits; check with the foundation.
Original filing text
- Contact
- DAN SKOKAN
- Address
- PO BOX 924 NEWTON, IA, 50208
- Phone
- 6417912874
- Deadlines
- NONE
- Application materials
- LETTER WHICH STATES AMOUNT OF REQUEST AND CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE REQUEST
- Restrictions
- NONE
Reported organization name: THE GEISLER-PENQUITE 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.
Where The Geisler-Penquite 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.
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central College | Pella, IA | Endowment fund | Tax year 20242024 | $9.1M |
| Jasper Community Foundation-Newton | Newton, IA | Endowment fund | Tax year 20242024 | $2M |
| Central College | Pella, IA | Endowment fund | Tax year 20232023 | $480K |
| Jasper County Historical Society | Newton, IA | Endowment fund | Tax year 20242024 | $382.9K |
| Mercy One Newton | Newton, IA | Endowment fund | Tax year 20242024 | $382.9K |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (34 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Geisler-Penquite Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). 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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