Iowa · Grantmakers

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 2 of 4

26. Quad Cities Community Foundation
39 grants to 13 organizations · largest $144K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$1.3M
27. Dubuque Racing Association Ltd
45 grants to 16 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$775K
28. Upper Mississippi Gaming Corp
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $100K · through 2023 · 9.0% of their giving
$227K
29. The Grand Opera House Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $63K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$80K
30. South Central Iowa Community Founda
11 grants to 6 organizations · largest $29K · through 2024 · 8.0% of their giving
$200K
31. Iowa Choral Directors Association Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $64K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$72K
32. The Roth & Letch Family Charitable Foundation
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $175K · through 2024 · 3.4% of their giving
$375K
33. Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2025 · 2.5% of their giving
$436K
34. Sons of Norway 3-466 Noreg
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 82.9% of their giving
$50K
35. Floyd County Endowment Fund Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2022 · 37.4% of their giving
$48K
36. Adler Theater Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $30K · through 2020 · 44.4% of their giving
$40K
37. Ujima the National Center on Violence Against Women
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $145K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$275K
38. Modern Woodmen of America
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$110K
39. Good Neighbor Fund-Spirit Lake
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $11K · through 2024 · 10.6% of their giving
$41K
40. The Priestly Brotherhood of St Andrew Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$17K
41. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2025
$3.5M
42. Csb Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $55K · through 2024 · 5.4% of their giving
$55K
43. Mvl Community Development Group
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2019 · 17.6% of their giving
$15K
44. Appanoose County Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2020 · 8.2% of their giving
$27K
45. Des Moines Women's Club
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$10K
46. Iowa Great Lakes Beautification Pro
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $79K · through 2023 · 1.6% of their giving
$117K
47. Ivan & Caroline Wilson Memorial Trust
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$60K
48. Community Foundation for Western Iowa
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $43K · through 2024
$184K
49. Black Hawk County Gaming Association
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $85K · through 2020
$217K
50. Red Oak Heritage Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $23K · through 2024 · 6.6% of their giving
$23K

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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