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Foundations That Fund Environment & Conservation in Iowa

Imperigo has identified 111 funders that made 953 grants totaling $42.5M to 84 environment & conservation organizations in Iowa, with a median grant of $13K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Environment & Conservation Funding in Iowa

Total granted $42.5M
Funders 111
Grants 953
Organizations funded 84

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/a Greater Des Moines Community Fdn
454 grants to 25 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$13.9M
2. Iowa Pork Producers Association
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 9.7% of their giving
$1.2M
3. Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $280K · through 2024 · 5.4% of their giving
$1.5M
4. Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
17 grants to 7 organizations · largest $298K · through 2024 · 3.6% of their giving
$1.6M
5. United States Energy Foundation
16 grants to 5 organizations · largest $532K · through 2024
$3.1M
6. Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc
16 grants to 6 organizations · largest $425K · through 2024
$1.2M
7. Trees Forever Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $22K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$52K
8. Croplife Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2020 · 23.4% of their giving
$40K
9. Bock Family Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $19K · through 2023 · 9.3% of their giving
$66K
10. Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $138K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$459K
11. Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
11 grants to 5 organizations · largest $66K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$349K
12. The Greater Jefferson County Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 3.8% of their giving
$108K
13. Izaak Walton League of America Endowment
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2021 · 7.5% of their giving
$38K
14. Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $111K · through 2024
$376K
15. Safari Club International Iowa Chapter Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2022 · 10.5% of their giving
$20K
16. Scott County Regional Authority
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$172K
17. Washington County Riverboat Foundation Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $112K · through 2025
$212K
18. Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $166K · through 2023
$166K
19. Assistance League of Marshalltown C/O Allison Grosvenor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024 · 29.0% of their giving
$8K
20. GreenState Credit Union
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $33K · through 2025
$112K
21. Iowa Division of the Izaak Walton League of America Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 9.5% of their giving
$10K
22. The Minneapolis Foundation
17 grants to 7 organizations · largest $79K · through 2024
$728K
23. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $245K · through 2023
$1.0M
24. United Way and Community Foundation of Greater Fort Dodge
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$40K
25. Iowa Consortium for Comprehensive Cancer Control DBA Iowa Cancer Consortium
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2019 · 2.4% of their giving
$16K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to environment & conservation 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. 9 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 environment & conservation 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 environment & conservation funding in Iowa, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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