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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 2 of 4

26. Community Foundation for San Benito County
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $175K · through 2023
$305K
27. United Way of Story County Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $47K · through 2023 · 1.9% of their giving
$121K
28. GreenState Credit Union
11 grants to 6 organizations · largest $25K · through 2025 · 1.3% of their giving
$171K
29. South Central Iowa Community Founda
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $21K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$57K
30. Johnson County Local Food Alliance
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$6K
31. Iowa Beef Cattle Producers Association DBA Iowa Beef Industry Council
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $32K · through 2022 · 1.4% of their giving
$88K
32. Simon Estes Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020 · 12.2% of their giving
$10K
33. United Way and Community Foundation of Greater Fort Dodge
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $68K · through 2023 · 1.8% of their giving
$68K
34. Dfacares Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $29K · through 2020 · 2.8% of their giving
$29K
35. Otto Schoitz Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $115K · through 2019
$115K
36. Delta Dental of Iowa
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $140K · through 2020
$140K
37. The Albertsons Companies Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $352K · through 2021
$420K
38. Veridian Credit Union
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2022 · 1.4% of their giving
$39K
39. Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$36K
40. Brooklyn Community Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2020 · 3.3% of their giving
$13K
41. The Greater Jefferson County Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $12K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$34K
42. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
13 grants to 6 organizations · largest $178K · through 2024
$749K
43. United Way of East Central Iowa
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $42K · through 2024
$83K
44. Black Hawk County Gaming Association
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2020
$60K
45. United Way Worldwide
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $62K · through 2020
$170K
46. Iowa Scottish Rite Masonic Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022 · 1.2% of their giving
$10K
47. Keokuk Area Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2022
$16K
48. Caliber Collision Centers Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2024
$13K
49. Forvis Mazars Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024
$24K
50. Charities Aid Foundation America
23 grants to 7 organizations · largest $71K · through 2024
$367K

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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