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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Iowa

Imperigo has identified 200 funders that made 1,350 grants totaling $55.7M to 200 community improvement organizations in Iowa, with a median grant of $13K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Iowa

Total granted $55.7M
Funders 200
Grants 1,350
Organizations funded 200

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Southeast Iowa Regional Riverboat Commission
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $464K · through 2024 · 31.2% of their giving
$2.5M
2. Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/a Greater Des Moines Community Fdn
403 grants to 57 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$10.3M
3. Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $695K · through 2024 · 10.5% of their giving
$2.9M
4. Iowa Propane Education and Research Council
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $208K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.0M
5. Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine
16 grants to 4 organizations · largest $354K · through 2024 · 10.8% of their giving
$1.5M
6. Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
23 grants to 13 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 6.1% of their giving
$1.8M
7. Iowa Pork Producers Association
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $184K · through 2024 · 9.3% of their giving
$1.2M
8. American Future Fund
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $187K · through 2024 · 36.8% of their giving
$404K
9. Missouri River Historical Development Inc
9 grants to 6 organizations · largest $750K · through 2024 · 5.8% of their giving
$1.2M
10. Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc
51 grants to 23 organizations · largest $350K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$2.9M
11. Iowa Association of Community Action Directors
15 grants to 5 organizations · largest $52K · through 2021 · 23.3% of their giving
$287K
12. Wiese Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $90K · through 2025 · 18.9% of their giving
$285K
13. Southwest Iowa Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2023 · 17.9% of their giving
$300K
14. Southern Iowa Cog Housing Trust Fund Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $133K · through 2022 · 24.9% of their giving
$219K
15. Iowa State Acacia Chapter Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $65K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$205K
16. Dubuque Racing Association Ltd
16 grants to 8 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$939K
17. Cedar Falls Community Foundation
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $163K · through 2025 · 11.3% of their giving
$298K
18. The Directors Council
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $90K · through 2024 · 27.3% of their giving
$110K
19. Masonic Charity Foundation of New Mexico Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $49K · through 2023 · 29.1% of their giving
$84K
20. Quad Cities Chamber Foundation - Illinois
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $46K · through 2022 · 80.8% of their giving
$77K
21. Waverly Softball Association Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $72K · through 2020 · 47.1% of their giving
$72K
22. GreenState Credit Union
36 grants to 13 organizations · largest $35K · through 2025 · 3.1% of their giving
$391K
23. United Way of Story County Inc
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $74K · through 2024 · 4.3% of their giving
$272K
24. American Firearms Coalition
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $46K · through 2020 · 28.8% of their giving
$46K
25. Tyrrell Masonic Lodge No 116
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 78.9% of their giving
$45K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement 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. 12 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 community improvement 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 community improvement funding in Iowa, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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