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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 2 of 4

26. South Central Iowa Community Founda
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $30K · through 2023 · 5.8% of their giving
$145K
27. Clarinda Youth Corporation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2020 · 28.8% of their giving
$40K
28. Iowa Turkey Federation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2023 · 22.9% of their giving
$38K
29. Iowa Shrine Bowl Games Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $19K · through 2024 · 12.5% of their giving
$59K
30. Veridian Credit Union
15 grants to 8 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 5.2% of their giving
$140K
31. National Council of Nonprofits
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 6.7% of their giving
$100K
32. Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $76K · through 2024 · 5.2% of their giving
$130K
33. Muscatine Charities Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $23K · through 2020 · 15.0% of their giving
$43K
34. Keokuk Economic Development Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $31K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$31K
35. Grand Lodge of Af & AM of Minnesota
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $52K · through 2024 · 6.7% of their giving
$81K
36. Comm Foundation of Carroll County Inc
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 5.7% of their giving
$90K
37. Black Hawk Economic Development Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2023 · 50.1% of their giving
$20K
38. Upper Mississippi Gaming Corp
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 4.0% of their giving
$100K
39. United Way Quad Cities
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $57K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$264K
40. Marshalltown Area United Way
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$116K
41. American Dairy Association of the Midwest
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024 · 23.9% of their giving
$17K
42. Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
14 grants to 5 organizations · largest $86K · through 2024
$361K
43. Dupaco Community Credit Union
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$91K
44. Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
12 grants to 5 organizations · largest $25K · through 2023 · 1.8% of their giving
$157K
45. United Way of Spencer
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $34K · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$72K
46. Siouxland Community Foundation
7 grants to 5 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$164K
47. The Royal Order of Scotland
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2025 · 7.6% of their giving
$30K
48. United Way and Community Foundation of Greater Fort Dodge
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$92K
49. Scott County Regional Authority
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $125K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$185K
50. Valley Pullers Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$10K

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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