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Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Iowa

Imperigo has identified 200 funders that made 3,800 grants totaling $166.8M to 307 arts & culture organizations in Iowa, with a median grant of $10K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in Iowa

Total granted $166.8M
Funders 200
Grants 3,800
Organizations funded 307

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc
209 grants to 41 organizations · largest $510K · through 2024 · 65.0% of their giving
$17.6M
2. Anna K Meredith Endowment Trust
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.5M · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$13.1M
3. Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/a Greater Des Moines Community Fdn
1,658 grants to 104 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 9.1% of their giving
$28.6M
4. Des Moines Metro Opera Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$12.6M
5. Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation
39 grants to 11 organizations · largest $1.8M · through 2024 · 15.2% of their giving
$10.3M
6. Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines
74 grants to 16 organizations · largest $144K · through 2024 · 15.9% of their giving
$7.2M
7. Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
79 grants to 21 organizations · largest $282K · through 2024 · 15.8% of their giving
$7.0M
8. Quad Cities Cultural & Educational Supporting Charitable Trust
18 grants to 4 organizations · largest $403K · through 2024 · 65.3% of their giving
$4.6M
9. Missouri River Historical Development Inc
36 grants to 20 organizations · largest $615K · through 2024 · 20.5% of their giving
$4.3M
10. Quad City Symphony Trust
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $659K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.8M
11. Old Threshers Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $502K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.5M
12. Siouxland Community Foundation
52 grants to 14 organizations · largest $176K · through 2024 · 13.2% of their giving
$1.5M
13. Tcr Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $425K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$810K
14. The Greater Jefferson County Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $707K · through 2024 · 28.5% of their giving
$800K
15. George Daily Charitable Trust
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $157K · through 2024 · 74.8% of their giving
$644K
16. United Way and Community Foundation of Greater Fort Dodge
14 grants to 6 organizations · largest $255K · through 2024 · 18.0% of their giving
$683K
17. Dupaco Community Credit Union
15 grants to 6 organizations · largest $124K · through 2024 · 17.9% of their giving
$514K
18. Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
58 grants to 16 organizations · largest $192K · through 2024 · 5.6% of their giving
$1.6M
19. Heartland Charitable Trust
15 grants to 7 organizations · largest $135K · through 2023 · 16.8% of their giving
$539K
20. GreenState Credit Union
74 grants to 25 organizations · largest $35K · through 2025 · 8.1% of their giving
$1.0M
21. Scott County Regional Authority
27 grants to 8 organizations · largest $121K · through 2024 · 6.1% of their giving
$1.0M
22. Friends of Khkekuni Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $270K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$306K
23. Community Foundation of Johnson County
41 grants to 13 organizations · largest $56K · through 2024 · 5.9% of their giving
$841K
24. Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc
93 grants to 35 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$2.2M
25. Humanities Iowa
16 grants to 13 organizations · largest $20K · through 2022 · 33.1% of their giving
$189K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in Iowa, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 13 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in Iowa. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in Iowa, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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