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Foundations That Fund Education in Iowa

Imperigo has identified 619 funders that made 6,859 grants totaling $1.2B to 411 education organizations in Iowa, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Iowa

Total granted $1.2B
Funders 619
Grants 6,859
Organizations funded 411

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. PEO Sisterhood MO State Chapter
24 grants to 4 organizations · largest $83K · through 2025 · 40.4% of their giving
$1.3M
27. PEO Sisterhood OR State Chapter
24 grants to 4 organizations · largest $160K · through 2025 · 51.9% of their giving
$1.3M
28. University of Northern Iowa Alumni Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
29. PEO Sisterhood WI State Chapter
24 grants to 4 organizations · largest $187K · through 2025 · 53.6% of their giving
$1.0M
30. PEO Sisterhood VA State Chapter
30 grants to 5 organizations · largest $91K · through 2025 · 70.8% of their giving
$988K
31. PEO Sisterhood AZ State Chapter
24 grants to 4 organizations · largest $80K · through 2025 · 47.3% of their giving
$979K
32. PEO Sisterhood IA State Chapter
24 grants to 4 organizations · largest $57K · through 2025 · 30.0% of their giving
$963K
33. PEO Sisterhood KS State Chapter
24 grants to 4 organizations · largest $61K · through 2025 · 42.1% of their giving
$944K
34. Siouxland Community Foundation
19 grants to 7 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 12.7% of their giving
$1.4M
35. Mabel E Sherman Educational Fund C/O Citizens First National Bank
18 grants to 3 organizations · largest $81K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$886K
36. PEO Sisterhood AR State Chapter
24 grants to 4 organizations · largest $52K · through 2025 · 49.5% of their giving
$868K
37. PEO Sisterhood MN State Chapter
24 grants to 4 organizations · largest $62K · through 2025 · 43.2% of their giving
$868K
38. PEO Sisterhood MT State Chapter
24 grants to 4 organizations · largest $50K · through 2025 · 52.0% of their giving
$868K
39. Quad Cities Community Foundation
68 grants to 27 organizations · largest $286K · through 2024 · 6.2% of their giving
$2.7M
40. PEO Sisterhood TN State Chapter
24 grants to 4 organizations · largest $82K · through 2025 · 62.9% of their giving
$848K
41. Iowa Pork Producers Association
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $821K · through 2024 · 11.5% of their giving
$1.4M
42. PEO Sisterhood NC State Chapter
24 grants to 4 organizations · largest $43K · through 2025 · 50.8% of their giving
$811K
43. PEO Sisterhood GA State Chapter
24 grants to 4 organizations · largest $83K · through 2025 · 60.8% of their giving
$797K
44. Columbus Foundation
22 grants to 6 organizations · largest $2.8M · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$13.6M
45. United Way of Spencer
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $516K · through 2025 · 32.7% of their giving
$746K
46. PEO Sisterhood IN State Chapter
24 grants to 4 organizations · largest $42K · through 2025 · 45.1% of their giving
$729K
47. PEO Sisterhood MI State Chapter
24 grants to 4 organizations · largest $45K · through 2025 · 45.6% of their giving
$722K
48. Iowa Lions Foundation
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $247K · through 2024 · 33.9% of their giving
$718K
49. PEO Sisterhood ID State Chapter
24 grants to 4 organizations · largest $78K · through 2025 · 50.1% of their giving
$698K
50. PEO Sisterhood NE State Chapter
24 grants to 4 organizations · largest $45K · through 2025 · 34.3% of their giving
$670K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 16 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 education 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 education funding in Iowa, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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