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Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Iowa

Imperigo has identified 206 funders that made 3,871 grants totaling $170.0M to 308 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 $170.0M
Funders 206
Grants 3,871
Organizations funded 308

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Red Oak Heritage Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $23K · through 2024 · 6.6% of their giving
$23K
52. Monsignor McCann Community Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2021 · 6.8% of their giving
$20K
53. Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2023 · 29.4% of their giving
$5K
54. Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2025
$100K
55. United Way Quad Cities
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $57K · through 2024
$124K
56. Washington County Riverboat Foundation Inc
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024
$144K
57. The Cy Rapp and Carolyn Rapp Charitable Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2019 · 3.8% of their giving
$20K
58. The Bessemer Giving Fund C/O Bessemer Trust Company Trustee
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $415K · through 2024
$650K
59. Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2022
$200K
60. Association of Performing Arts Professionals
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2021 · 1.7% of their giving
$35K
61. South Dakota Community Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $123K · through 2024
$270K
62. Communitygiving
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $103K · through 2024
$203K
63. Cedar Valley United Way
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $55K · through 2024
$55K
65. Moline Foundation
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024
$58K
66. The Minneapolis Foundation
17 grants to 6 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024
$452K
67. Annette and Paul Smith Charitable Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024
$60K
68. Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2021
$64K
71. Cars for Charity Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $13K · through 2024
$59K
75. Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$208K
76. The American Center for Philanthropy Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $55K · through 2021
$55K
78. Amg Charitable Gift Foundation
24 grants to 7 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024
$86K
80. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
17 grants to 13 organizations · largest $105K · through 2025
$434K
87. Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $28K · through 2024
$56K
88. The Miami Foundation Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$174K
90. Columbus Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024
$250K

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. 14 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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