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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 4 of 4

81. The Energy FoundationRegrantor
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $510K · through 2019
$580K
82. Earth Island Institute IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $139K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$139K
83. Maharishi International UniversityRegrantor
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024 · 3.5% of their giving
$83K
84. The Nature ConservancyRegrantor
14 grants to 4 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024
$1.0M
85. Beneficial Electrification LeagueRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2021 · 16.8% of their giving
$12K
86. Midwest Building Decarbonization CoalitionRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 8.9% of their giving
$20K
87. Kcc-the Kentucky Conservation Committee IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024 · 33.3% of their giving
$8K
88. Food & Water WatchRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $45K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$45K
89. Climate Imperative FoundationRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2024
$800K
90. Sustainable Markets FoundationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2021
$200K
91. New Schools FundRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $350K · through 2022
$350K
92. American ForestsRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $56K · through 2024
$106K
93. Rails to Trails ConservancyRegrantor
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2023
$40K
94. Water Environment FederationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2023 · 2.6% of their giving
$15K
95. Solutions Project IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2023
$117K
96. Climate Emergency FundRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2022
$50K
97. Windward FundRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $175K · through 2024
$375K
98. National Arbor Day FoundationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $85K · through 2024
$85K
99. Center for Rural AffairsRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $22K · through 2023
$22K
100. Health Care Without HarmRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $19K · through 2019
$19K
101. The Garden Club of AmericaRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020 · 1.2% of their giving
$10K
102. Tides CenterRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2023
$150K
103. National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United StatesRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2023
$50K
104. National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $70K · through 2024
$70K
105. Delta Dental of Iowa FoundationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024
$15K

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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