Grantmakers

Charities and Community Foundations That Give Grants in Iowa

These 79 organizations are not private foundations. They are charities based in Iowa that give grants to other nonprofits and report them on Form 990 Schedule I -- community foundations, United Ways and federated funds, hospital and university foundations, and operating charities that regrant. Each gave to at least 20 organizations we could identify and filed a return covering 2023 or later.

79grantmaking charities
$1.6Bgranted between them
8,909funding relationships mapped

Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars. 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 grantmaker is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

OrganizationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
Community Fdn of Greater Des MoinesDes Moines$11,0001,634$218.1M
Prairie Meadows Race Track and CasinoAltoona$15,000452$114.1M
Quad Cities Community FoundationBettendorf$14,500394$30.6M
Community Foundation of Greater DubuqueDubuque$12,536346$24.8M
Rsm US FoundationDavenport$12,000336$24.8M
Greater Cedar Rapids CommunityCedar Rapids$21,791302$37.9M
Greenstate Credit UnionNorth Liberty$10,000260$12.7M
Hawkeye Area Community ActionHiawatha$33,249255$75.0M
Iowa Health Care Association FoundationWest Des Moines$15,081250$10.1M
Siouxland Community FoundationSioux City$10,000211$9.1M
Hills Bank Donor Advised Gift FundNorth Liberty$15,000199$15.9M
Missouri River Historical DevelopmentSioux City$20,000195$14.3M
Delta Dental of Iowa FoundationJohnston$15,000176$11.0M
Community Foundation of Johnson CountyCoralville$14,572162$10.1M
United Way of Central IowaDes Moines$54,615151$68.7M
Believers Stewardship Services IncDubuque$16,500148$16.5M
Dubuque Racing Association LtdDubuque$20,000141$27.7M
Variety - the Children's Charity of IowaDes Moines$17,500139$13.2M
Scott County Regional AuthorityBettendorf$25,000131$12.2M
Iowa Farm Bureau FederationWest Des Moines$34,203127$55.5M
Golf Charitable FoundationDes Moines$100,000110$39.1M
Dafpay Network IncBoone$9,672110$1.9M
Washington County RiverboatWashington$36,93798$20.7M
Black Hawk County Gaming AssociationWaterloo$26,46396$35.8M
The Catholic Foundation for theCedar Rapids$16,80794$16.3M
Bravo Greater Des Moines IncDes Moines$30,00092$22.9M
United Way and Community FoundationFort Dodge$10,72289$3.2M
United Way Quad CitiesBettendorf$28,98480$13.4M
Food Bank of Siouxland IncSioux City$31,82580$13.8M
Community Foundation of GreaterMuscatine$11,89377$5.9M
Community Foundation for Western IowaCouncil Bluffs$20,00075$14.2M
Chrysalis FoundationWest Des Moines$5,00072$1.3M
Casey's Charities IncAnkeny$17,25071$10.6M
South Central Iowa Community FoundaChariton$10,45070$1.7M
Elderbridge Agency on AgingMason City$32,11369$11.8M
Lyon County Riverboat Foundation IncRock Rapids$70,00064$16.9M
Iowa Pork Producers AssociationClive$18,73860$10.6M
Upper Mississippi Gaming CorpMcgregor$15,74757$2.5M
Greater Poweshiek Community FoundationGrinnell$9,50054$1.9M
Iowa Corn Grower's AssociationJohnston$25,00052$44.4M
Comm Foundation of Carroll County IncCarroll$12,00051$1.4M
United Way of Siouxland IncSioux City$37,91051$9.9M
United Way of East Central IowaCedar Rapids$63,67351$13.3M
Keokuk Area Community FoundationKeokuk$10,26750$1.9M
Veridian Credit UnionWaterloo$10,00050$2.3M
Heartland Charitable TrustDubuque$15,00049$2.1M
Cedar Valley United WayWaterloo$25,88746$5.8M
United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-StatesDubuque$23,50045$3.5M
Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa CorpDes Moines$22,50044$151.2M
Grow Greene County Gaming CorporationJefferson$50,10544$7.6M
Iowa Women's FoundationCoralville$10,00043$836K
Bioconnect IowaDes Moines$25,00043$3.0M
Mercy Medical CenterCedar Rapids$15,00040$57.9M
Mercy Health Services - Iowa CorpMason City$15,00039$5.8M
The Greater Jefferson CountyFairfield$11,56639$1.9M
Iowa Beef Cattle Producers AssociationAmes$38,00035$7.0M
United Way of Story County IncAmes$32,85135$4.8M
United Way of Johnson & Washington CountIowa City$25,91733$4.7M
Palo Alto Cty Gaming Develop CorpEmmetsburg$32,62932$4.3M
Orchard PlaceDes Moines$6,00032$297K
Trees Forever IncMarion$10,68730$466K
Marshalltown Area United WayMarshalltown$24,89929$3.1M
Aging Resources of Central IowaDes Moines$97,08929$14.1M
Housing Trust Fund of JohnsonIowa City$16,50928$1.6M
Iowa College FoundationDes Moines$51,78028$6.5M
Promise PartnersCouncil Bluffs$85,00027$5.4M
East Central Iowa Housing Trust FunCedar Rapids$16,38026$1.2M
Waterloo Community FoundationWaterloo$10,00026$441K
Dupaco Community Credit UnionDubuque$12,50025$3.0M
Delta Dental of IowaJohnston$25,00025$24.5M
The Wfg Foundation IncCedar Rapids$15,57125$1.5M
Housing Fund for Linn CountyCedar Rapids$30,00024$4.7M
Humanities IowaAmes$10,00024$315K
Central Iowa Hospital CorporationDes Moines$20,00024$170.1M
United Ways of IowaJohnston$25,00023$2.2M
Catholic School Foundation of theSioux City$32,02422$3.4M
Invest DsmDes Moines$39,66322$1.6M
The Trustees of Grinnell CollegeGrinnell$9,76821$1.1M
United Way of North Central IowaMason City$13,30020$966K
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.

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