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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Iowa

Imperigo has identified 202 funders that made 1,391 grants totaling $60.9M to 202 community improvement organizations in Iowa, with a median grant of $14K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Iowa

Total granted $60.9M
Funders 202
Grants 1,391
Organizations funded 202

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. American Firearms Coalition
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $46K · through 2020 · 28.8% of their giving
$46K
27. Tyrrell Masonic Lodge No 116
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 78.9% of their giving
$45K
28. South Central Iowa Community Founda
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $30K · through 2023 · 5.8% of their giving
$145K
29. Clarinda Youth Corporation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2020 · 28.8% of their giving
$40K
30. Iowa Turkey Federation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2023 · 22.9% of their giving
$38K
31. Iowa Shrine Bowl Games Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $19K · through 2024 · 12.5% of their giving
$59K
32. Veridian Credit Union
15 grants to 8 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 5.2% of their giving
$140K
33. Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $76K · through 2024 · 5.2% of their giving
$130K
34. Muscatine Charities Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $23K · through 2020 · 15.0% of their giving
$43K
35. Keokuk Economic Development Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $31K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$31K
36. National Council of Nonprofits
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2025 · 4.3% of their giving
$132K
37. Grand Lodge of Af & AM of Minnesota
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $52K · through 2024 · 6.7% of their giving
$81K
38. Comm Foundation of Carroll County Inc
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 5.7% of their giving
$90K
39. United Way of Spencer
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $34K · through 2025 · 4.5% of their giving
$102K
40. Marshalltown Area United Way
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2025 · 3.2% of their giving
$141K
41. Black Hawk Economic Development Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2023 · 50.1% of their giving
$20K
42. United Way Quad Cities
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $57K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$264K
43. American Dairy Association of the Midwest
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024 · 23.9% of their giving
$17K
44. Upper Mississippi Gaming Corp
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$100K
45. Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
14 grants to 5 organizations · largest $86K · through 2024
$361K
46. Dupaco Community Credit Union
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$91K
47. Siouxland Community Foundation
7 grants to 5 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$164K
48. Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
13 grants to 5 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$167K
49. The Royal Order of Scotland
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2025 · 7.6% of their giving
$30K
50. United Way and Community Foundation of Greater Fort Dodge
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$92K

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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