Iowa · Grantmakers

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 2 of 4

26. Quad Cities Community Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $56K · through 2024
$128K
27. Dubuque Racing Association Ltd
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $35K · through 2024
$98K
28. Siouxland Community Foundation
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $15K · through 2023
$62K
29. Community Foundation for Western Iowa
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024
$80K
30. Marin Community Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2023
$600K
31. Veridian Credit Union
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024
$25K
32. Community Foundation of Johnson County
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $28K · through 2023
$54K
33. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $249K · through 2022
$542K
34. Humanities Iowa
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020 · 1.8% of their giving
$10K
35. Tides Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2023
$650K
36. Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $80K · through 2021
$105K
37. Points of Light Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2022
$40K
38. Black Hawk County Gaming Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2019
$35K
39. Clarinda Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2019
$9K
40. Rei Cooperative Action Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024
$30K
41. Comm Foundation of Carroll County Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2023
$8K
42. Toledo Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2019
$50K
43. Moline Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024
$15K
44. Upper Mississippi Gaming Corp
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2020
$8K
45. Otto Schoitz Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2019
$20K
46. Heartland Charitable Trust
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $4K · through 2020
$6K
47. Missouri River Historical Development Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2021
$15K
48. West Bend Community Foundation Inc C/O Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022
$10K
49. Give Lively Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024
$20K
50. Forvis Mazars Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2024
$5K

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.

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 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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