The Denny and Candy Elwell Foundation

ANKENY, IA EIN: 42-1298057

Financial Overview

From 2024 IRS Form 990-PF

Total Assets

Annual Giving

$292K

+63.9% YoY

Grant Count

44

+10.0% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$7K

+49.0% YoY

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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$0.275$0.55$0.8250000000000001$1.1201920202021202220232024
Metric202420232022
Total Assets
Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
Distributable Amount

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$73K$146K$219K$292K17 grants201910 grants202015 grants202130 grants202240 grants202344 grants2024

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2024

PRAIRIE RIDGE CHURCH$62KALZHEIMERS ASSOCATION$25KMAYO CLINIC$25KWORLD FOOD PRIZE FOUNDAT…$13KANKENY AREA HISTORICAL S…$11KANKENY SERVICE CENTER$10KBLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATIO…$10KGREATER GREENFIELD COMMU…$10KIMPACT COMMUNITY ACTION$10KPROFESSIONALS FOR CHARIT…$10K

Grant Size Distribution

156 grants across all recorded years

155<$50K1$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for .

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Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Compensation Overview

From 2024 IRS filing

From 2024 filing

NameTitleHoursCompensation
DENNIS L ELWELLPRES, TREAS & DIRECTOR0.25
CANDY ELWELLVP, SEC & DIRECTOR0.25
BRIANNA ELWELL KINSLEYDIRECTOR0.25
CHRISTIAN M MURRAYDIRECTOR0.25

Geographic Focus

Where this funder has awarded grants

Grant Distribution by State

11states
+3 more states

Cities

ALLEMANANKENYBOONECHARLOTTECHICAGOCLIVEDES MOINESDUBUQUEFORT MYERSGILBERTGREENFIELDGRIMESHUXLEYJACKSONVILLEJEFFERSONJOHNSTONLITTLETONMEMPHISNEVADANEWTON

Data last updated March 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

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