Roswell and Elizabeth Garst Foundation
Private foundation · Sac City, IA · EIN 42-1266319 · reported 2023–2025
67grants reported
$3,000median award
$2,000lower quartile
$1,000smallest grant
$275Ktotal paid
2states reached
3years giving
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
PO Box 486
Sac City, IA 50583-0486
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | New York, NY | $11,000 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | New York, NY | $11,000 |
| Iowa State University | Ames, IA | $11,000 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | New York, NY | $11,000 |
| Iowa State University | Ames, IA | $11,000 |
| New Hope Village Foundation | Carroll, IA | $7,000 |
| New Hope Village Foundation | Carroll, IA | $7,000 |
| All Strings Attached | Carroll, IA | $6,000 |
| Iowa Public Television | Johnston, IA | $6,000 |
| All Strings Attached | Carroll, IA | $6,000 |
| Iowa Public Television | Johnston, IA | $6,000 |
| New Hope Village Foundation | Carroll, IA | $6,000 |
| World Food Prize Foundation | Des Moines, IA | $6,000 |
| All Strings Attached | Carroll, IA | $6,000 |
| Iowa Public Television | Johnston, IA | $6,000 |
| World Food Prize Foundation | Des Moines, IA | $6,000 |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Community of Concern Food Pantry | Carroll, IA | $5,000 |
| Coon Rapids Bayard Food Pantry | Carroll, IA | $5,000 |
| World Food Prize Foundation | Des Moines, IA | $5,000 |
| Sac County Food Pantry | Sac City, IA | $5,000 |
| Sac Community Foundation | Sac City, IA | $5,000 |
| Community of Concern Food Pantry | Carroll, IA | $5,000 |
| Coon Rapids Bayard Food Pantry | Carroll, IA | $5,000 |
| Main Street Coon Rapids | Coon Rapids, IA | $5,000 |
| Community of Concern Food Pantry | Carroll, IA | $5,000 |
| Coon Rapids Bayard Food Pantry | Carroll, IA | $5,000 |
| Main Street Coon Rapids | Coon Rapids, IA | $5,000 |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Iowa Public Radio | Iowa City, IA | $3,500 |
| Iowa Public Radio | Iowa City, IA | $3,500 |
| Iowa Public Radio | Iowa City, IA | $3,500 |
| Coon Rapids Public Library | Coon Rapids, IA | $3,000 |
| East Sac County Music Boosters | Lake View, IA | $3,000 |
| Coon Rapids Public Library | Coon Rapids, IA | $3,000 |
| City of Coon Rapids | Coon Rapids, IA | $3,000 |
| City of Coon Rapids | Coon Rapids, IA | $3,000 |
| Coon Rapids Public Library | Coon Rapids, IA | $3,000 |
| Grinnell College | Grinnell, IA | $2,750 |
| Grinnell College | Grinnell, IA | $2,750 |
| Grinnell College | Grinnell, IA | $2,750 |
| Des Moines Metro Opera | Des Moines, IA | $2,500 |
| Iowa Arboretum | Madrid, IA | $2,500 |
| Main Street Coon Rapids | Coon Rapids, IA | $2,500 |
| Des Moines Metro Opera | Des Moines, IA | $2,500 |
| Iowa Arboretum | Madrid, IA | $2,500 |
| Des Moines Metro Opera | Des Moines, IA | $2,500 |
| Iowa Arboretum | Madrid, IA | $2,500 |
| Breda Day Care Center | Breda, IA | $2,000 |
| Carroll Area Child Care Center | Carroll, IA | $2,000 |
| Des Moines Symphony | Des Moines, IA | $2,000 |
| Lake City Daycare | Lake City, IA | $2,000 |
| Lil Wildcat Education Center Inc | Glidden, IA | $2,000 |
| Kids World Inc | Sac City, IA | $2,000 |
| Des Moines Symphony | Des Moines, IA | $2,000 |
| Breda Day Care Center | Breda, IA | $1,750 |
| Carroll Area Child Care Center | Carroll, IA | $1,750 |
| Lake City Daycare | Lake City, IA | $1,750 |
| Lil Wildcat Education Center Inc | Glidden, IA | $1,750 |
| Breda Day Care Center | Breda, IA | $1,750 |
Showing the 60 largest of 67 reported grants.
Which foundations would fund your organization?
Tell us what you do, where you are and how big you are. We search 4,435,845 reported grants and hand back the foundations that already funded organizations like yours, at a size you can actually win.
Get your funder match — $29