Richard E Phelps Sr Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation's stated priority is Eastern Iowa, and most of its recorded grants go to animal welfare and pet rescue groups, or to care and shelter, homelessness, abused children and food assistance work, so those are the clearest fits.
- Most of its grants fall between $4,000 and $35,000 and the median is $12,000, so a modest request matches its usual pattern, although its largest grant was $230,000.
- The filing says it does not accept unsolicited requests, so do not send a cold application.
- Giving is concentrated in organisations it has funded before, with 92% of grant dollars to repeat recipients, so any approach should be made with that in mind.
Overview
Richard E Phelps Sr Foundation is a US private foundation based in Moline, IL.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 13 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation describes its activity as grants awarded to non-profit organisations in Eastern Iowa. In the recorded grant rows, many recipients are animal welfare and pet rescue organisations; others provide care and shelter, serve people experiencing homelessness, care for abused children or provide food assistance. The purposes for a number of grants are described only as donations, so the filings do not give a more specific purpose for those awards. Recipients are located in Iowa and Illinois. The filings do not set out detailed applicant criteria or a wider list of fields it supports. This summary reflects the kinds of organisations and services represented in the grant record rather than treating an individual award as a separate funding priority.
Geographic Focus
Priority: Eastern Iowa.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 92% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023 and TY2025 filings, half of its 26 grants to organisations were $12,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2025.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 38% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 92% of grant dollars went to organisations Richard E Phelps Sr Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 14 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $17,500 (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Scott County Humane Society · Donation$230,0002025 tax year
- Center · Donation$55,0002025 tax year
- Juan Diez Rancheros · Donation$35,0002025 tax year
- One Eighty · Donation$25,0002025 tax year
- QC Animal Welfare Center · Donation$20,0002025 tax year
- QC Paws · Donation$20,0002025 tax year
- Kings Harvest Pet Rescue · Donation$20,0002025 tax year
- Muscatine County Humane Society · Donation$15,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Guaranty Bank — Investment M
- Glen A Phelps — Vice Preside
- Maryann Bartz — Secretary / Treasurer
- Michael A Detmer — President / Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $0 | $0 | $1,947,405 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $157,291 | $125,000 | $11,000,952 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $562,652 | $492,000 | $15,895,439 | Filing for 2025 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- Moline, IL