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Foundations That Fund Food, Agriculture & Nutrition in Iowa

Imperigo has identified 147 funders that made 1,239 grants totaling $75.8M to 78 food, agriculture & nutrition organizations in Iowa, with a median grant of $10K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Food, Agriculture & Nutrition Funding in Iowa

Total granted $75.8M
Funders 147
Grants 1,239
Organizations funded 78

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
12 grants to 7 organizations · largest $134K · through 2023 · 9.1% of their giving
$791K
2. Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $214K · through 2024 · 3.8% of their giving
$1.7M
3. Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/a Greater Des Moines Community Fdn
432 grants to 17 organizations · largest $699K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$4.0M
4. Scott County Regional Authority
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 4.6% of their giving
$772K
5. Waverly-Shell Rock Area United Way
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $24K · through 2025 · 21.1% of their giving
$146K
6. Quad Cities Community Foundation
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $436K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$1.1M
7. Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $500K · through 2025 · 5.0% of their giving
$508K
8. South Slope Cooperative Telephone Company
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $107K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$107K
9. United Way of North Central Iowa
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $38K · through 2024 · 11.9% of their giving
$156K
10. Community Foundation of Johnson County
13 grants to 4 organizations · largest $219K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$454K
11. Elderbridge Agency on Aging
11 grants to 2 organizations · largest $60K · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$428K
12. Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc
26 grants to 10 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024
$1.2M
13. Iowa Insurance Institute
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $13K · through 2024 · 74.0% of their giving
$57K
14. Moline Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $115K · through 2024 · 3.5% of their giving
$327K
15. Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
14 grants to 5 organizations · largest $215K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$643K
16. Iowa Turkey Federation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $13K · through 2025 · 28.1% of their giving
$46K
17. Iowa Pork Producers Association
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $65K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$336K
18. Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $202K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$775K
19. American Dairy Association of the Midwest
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 56.3% of their giving
$40K
20. Affinity Credit Union
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2023 · 24.1% of their giving
$30K
21. Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
19 grants to 6 organizations · largest $103K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$372K
22. Cedar Valley United Way
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $41K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$178K
23. United Way of Johnson & Washington Count
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $22K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$170K
24. Ih Mississippi Valley Credit Union
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 9.8% of their giving
$39K
25. Modern Woodmen of America
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $33K · through 2024 · 3.6% of their giving
$89K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to food, agriculture & nutrition 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. 11 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 food, agriculture & nutrition 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 food, agriculture & nutrition funding in Iowa, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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