Grantmakers

Charities and Community Foundations That Give Grants in Iowa

These 74 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.

74grantmaking charities
$1.5Bgranted between them
8,387funding relationships mapped

Ordered by number of organizations funded. A grantmaker supporting sixty groups is a more realistic prospect than one writing two very large cheques, which is why this is not ranked by dollars.

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
Iowa Health Care Association FoundationWest Des Moines$15,081250$10.1M
Hawkeye Area Community ActionHiawatha$32,208235$60.4M
Greenstate Credit UnionNorth Liberty$10,000231$10.6M
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$54,727150$56.3M
Scott County Regional AuthorityBettendorf$25,000131$12.2M
Believers Stewardship Services IncDubuque$16,400130$12.7M
Dubuque Racing Association LtdDubuque$20,000130$23.2M
Iowa Farm Bureau FederationWest Des Moines$34,203127$55.5M
Variety - the Children's Charity of IowaDes Moines$19,000109$11.5M
Golf Charitable FoundationDes Moines$100,00099$29.2M
United Way and Community FoundationFort Dodge$10,72289$3.2M
Black Hawk County Gaming AssociationWaterloo$27,92785$30.1M
Bravo Greater Des Moines IncDes Moines$30,00084$16.7M
Washington County RiverboatWashington$32,74081$16.3M
United Way Quad CitiesBettendorf$28,98480$13.4M
Community Foundation of GreaterMuscatine$11,89377$5.9M
Community Foundation for Western IowaCouncil Bluffs$20,00075$14.2M
The Catholic Foundation for theCedar Rapids$18,11272$11.9M
Casey's Charities IncAnkeny$17,25071$10.6M
Elderbridge Agency on AgingMason City$32,52569$9.8M
Chrysalis FoundationWest Des Moines$5,10063$1.1M
Lyon County Riverboat Foundation IncRock Rapids$60,00060$12.9M
Iowa Pork Producers AssociationClive$18,73860$10.6M
Food Bank of Siouxland IncSioux City$30,39158$9.2M
Upper Mississippi Gaming CorpMcgregor$15,74757$2.5M
South Central Iowa Community FoundationChariton$10,45056$1.3M
Comm Foundation of Carroll County IncCarroll$12,00051$1.4M
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
Greater Poweshiek Community FoundationGrinnell$9,43247$1.6M
Cedar Valley United WayWaterloo$25,88746$5.8M
United Way of Siouxland IncSioux City$40,25645$8.0M
United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-StatesDubuque$23,50045$3.5M
Iowa Women's FoundationCoralville$10,00043$836K
Bioconnect IowaDes Moines$25,00043$3.0M
Iowa Corn Grower's AssociationJohnston$26,00040$35.4M
Grow Greene County Gaming CorporationJefferson$51,50039$5.5M
Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa CorpDes Moines$23,54235$144.3M
Iowa Beef Cattle Producers AssociationAmes$38,00035$7.0M
United Way of Story County IncAmes$32,85135$4.8M
Mercy Medical CenterCedar Rapids$15,00034$47.1M
United Way of Johnson & Washington CountIowa City$25,91733$4.7M
The Greater Jefferson CountyFairfield$10,00033$1.5M
Mercy Health Services - Iowa CorpMason City$16,25032$4.4M
Orchard PlaceDes Moines$6,00029$276K
Iowa College FoundationDes Moines$51,78028$6.5M
Marshalltown Area United WayMarshalltown$19,96728$2.5M
Aging Resources of Central IowaDes Moines$99,09828$11.8M
Housing Trust Fund of JohnsonIowa City$16,47725$1.0M
East Central Iowa Housing Trust FunCedar Rapids$16,31325$1.0M
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
Humanities IowaAmes$10,00024$315K
Central Iowa Hospital CorporationDes Moines$20,00024$170.1M
Housing Fund for Linn CountyCedar Rapids$25,00023$4.0M
United Ways of IowaJohnston$25,00023$2.2M
Invest DsmDes Moines$39,66322$1.6M
Trees Forever IncMarion$10,00021$306K
Catholic School Foundation of theSioux City$29,83220$2.6M
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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