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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 3 of 4

51. Heartland Charitable Trust
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $34K · through 2023 · 2.5% of their giving
$80K
52. Quad-City Labor Management Cooperative Committee Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2019 · 19.0% of their giving
$10K
53. Greater Greenfield Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$9K
54. Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio Grand Lodge
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $21K · through 2024 · 7.9% of their giving
$21K
55. United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $41K · through 2020 · 1.8% of their giving
$94K
56. Creating Great Places
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $13K · through 2020 · 11.2% of their giving
$13K
57. Csb Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 3.6% of their giving
$37K
58. Good Neighbor Fund-Spirit Lake
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024 · 5.7% of their giving
$22K
59. Black Hawk County Gaming Association
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $75K · through 2020
$185K
60. Iowa Manufactured Housing Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022 · 11.8% of their giving
$10K
61. Central Iowa Tourism Region
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$6K
62. Council for Biotechnology Information
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2019 · 50.0% of their giving
$5K
63. Collins Community Credit Union
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024 · 7.7% of their giving
$12K
64. Rotary International
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2022 · 10.5% of their giving
$8K
65. Appanoose Industrial Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2019 · 8.7% of their giving
$10K
66. United Way of Siouxland Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $42K · through 2021
$92K
67. Iowa Beef Cattle Producers Association DBA Iowa Beef Industry Council
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $23K · through 2022
$63K
68. Clarke County Development Corporation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2021
$70K
72. Quad Cities Community Foundation
7 grants to 5 organizations · largest $42K · through 2024
$139K
73. Moline Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2022
$64K
74. Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $138K · through 2024
$138K
75. Indiana Soybean Alliance Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2021
$75K
77. Washington County Riverboat Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $41K · through 2021
$79K
84. Santa Barbara Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $62K · through 2024
$125K
85. Delta Dental of Iowa
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2020
$55K

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.

Other Causes Funded in Iowa

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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