FundersIowa

Iowa Foundations Making Grants Under $5,000

These 56 foundations are based in Iowa and reported a median grant under $5,000 on their most recent Form 990-PF filing. A typical grant is not a promise about any single gift -- some of a foundation's grants are smaller than its median, some are larger -- but it is a reasonable signal for whether an application here fits the size of your ask.

56foundations in this range
$55.5Mgranted between them
2,911funding relationships mapped

A median grant under $5,000 usually fits a smaller, less formal request -- a single event, a modest program cost, or a first ask to a foundation you have not approached before, rather than a multi-year campaign.

Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars -- the same convention as every list on this site. Funding more organizations means more turnover in who gets a grant each year, which is a reasonable proxy for how often a list like this one changes -- it is not a signal that any specific foundation is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

FoundationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
Pella Rolscreen FoundationPella$1,000649$7.9M
Meredith Corporation FoundationDes Moines$250271$3.5M
Lsb FoundationReinbeck$1,000129$734K
Noonmark FoundationMount Vernon$100129$55K
The West Bancorporation Foundation IncWest Des Moines$2,500122$1.1M
Athene Charitable FoundationWest Des Moines$2,00090$10.1M
New Charitable FoundationFort Dodge$50080$705K
Interstates FoundationSioux Center$1,50079$998K
First Citizens CharitableMason City$3,00072$1.7M
Hni Charitable FoundationMuscatine$1,00068$2.6M
Dupaco Rw Hoefer FoundationDubuque$3,00062$523K
Mid-Iowa Health FoundationDes Moines$2,50061$2.1M
Tomson Family Foundation TrustMason City$3,00057$4.2M
James B & Melita a McdonoughDubuque$3,55057$1.0M
Violet G Young Charitable TrustDes Moines$1,00053$311K
Grinnell Mutual Group FoundationGrinnell$1,60847$696K
Iowa Savings Bank Charitable FoundationCarroll$25047$285K
Esp International Charitable FoundationCedar Rapids$36243$146K
Home State Bank Charitable FoundationJefferson$1,00041$440K
Daniels Family Foundation Fka theWest Des Moines$1,80039$987K
Martin D & Barbara H Rich FamilyDavenport$1,28738$495K
Bsl FoundationGrimes$1,00036$245K
Henry Family FoundationDubuque$2,50036$719K
Charlotte and William HinsonWest Des Moines$1,00035$224K
Sirk Family FoundationDubuque$25031$128K
The Kimball International - HabigMuscatine$50028$894K
Weiler FoundationKnoxville$4,50027$4.3M
Beth E Reinhart Charitable TrustMason City$2,50027$787K
The Miccio FoundationIowa City$3,00025$274K
Iowa Realty FoundationWest Des Moines$2,00022$423K
Iowa State Bank Charitable FoundationSac City$60021$185K
Iowa Lakes Electric MembersEstherville$2,50021$191K
Berenstein Family FoundationSioux City$50020$68K
South Story Bank Charitable FoundationHuxley$1,00020$139K
Mark & Kathy Larson FoundationWest Des Moines$50019$120K
Schiller Family FoundationNewton$1,80019$599K
Charles and Karen Farver CharitablePella$2,50019$296K
Demco Charitable FoundationBoyden$2,50018$800K
Audubon State Bank Charitable FoundationAudubon$47518$203K
Allison Everett Pearson FoundationClinton$2,00018$242K
Molony FoundationBernard$2,50018$406K
Bob & Lamee Holscher Charitable NkaDubuque$3,00017$791K
Mark & Kay Decook Charitable FoundaPella$2,00017$299K
Herrig Charitable FoundationDubuque$1,00016$128K
John H & Ann Ghrist Family FoundationDes Moines$2,00015$138K
Roswell and Elizabeth Garst FoundationCarroll$3,00014$348K
Rasheed Family FoundationClinton$2,00014$456K
W Gerard & Colleen a HuiskampDavenport$50014$377K
Fnnb FoundationNewton$1,00014$65K
Wolf FoundationWest Des Moines$2,11812$195K
A M & Helen L Saylor FoundationHampton$3,25012$330K
J Ralph and Gladys MeierCedar Rapids$73512$32K
Wapello County FoundationOttumwa$3,50011$312K
Olberg Family Charitable TrustMarion$50011$65K
Lee Endowment FoundationMason City$34810$59K
George Paul and Grace E LowreyBoone$3,00010$169K

Other grant sizes in Iowa

$5,000 - $25,000Foundations in Iowa

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