Iowa · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Health & Medicine in Iowa

Imperigo has identified 319 funders that made 3,084 grants totaling $1.9B to 264 health & medicine organizations in Iowa, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Health & Medicine Funding in Iowa

Total granted $1.9B
Funders 319
Grants 3,084
Organizations funded 264

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $35.7M · through 2024 · 95.8% of their giving
$151.2M
2. Fort Madison Community Hospital
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $62.6M · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$62.6M
3. Central Iowa Health Properties Corporation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $37.5M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$38.4M
4. Delta Dental of Iowa
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $6.1M · through 2024 · 92.8% of their giving
$27.3M
5. Hospice of Central Iowa Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.2M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$13.8M
6. St Anthony Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.7M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$12.4M
7. Family Planning Council of Iowa
35 grants to 10 organizations · largest $589K · through 2024 · 77.6% of their giving
$6.3M
8. Iowa Primary Care Association Inc
67 grants to 13 organizations · largest $552K · through 2024 · 91.2% of their giving
$4.6M
9. St Luke's Health System Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.2M · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.3M
10. Women's Fund of Greater Omaha Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.9M · through 2022 · 17.3% of their giving
$4.8M
11. Central Iowa Health System
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $4.0M · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.0M
12. Mercy Healthcare Foundation - Clinton
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 99.8% of their giving
$3.6M
13. Pella Hospital Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.5M
14. Shenandoah Medical Center Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.4M · through 2024 · 99.9% of their giving
$3.5M
15. Mercy Hospital Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.3M · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.3M
16. Eva R Huxford Trust
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $648K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.7M
17. Great River Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10.0M · through 2020 · 5.4% of their giving
$10.0M
18. St Luke's Health Resources
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.1M · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.1M
19. Iowa Health Care Association Foundation
134 grants to 32 organizations · largest $69K · through 2024 · 20.2% of their giving
$2.1M
20. Great River Health Foundation Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $852K · through 2024 · 33.6% of their giving
$1.9M
21. Unity Healthcare Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $903K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.9M
22. Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
49 grants to 12 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 11.1% of their giving
$3.3M
23. Cedar Valley United Way
17 grants to 3 organizations · largest $298K · through 2024 · 23.6% of their giving
$1.8M
24. Promise Partners
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $330K · through 2024 · 26.1% of their giving
$1.7M
25. Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines
36 grants to 9 organizations · largest $224K · through 2024 · 8.4% of their giving
$3.8M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to health & medicine 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. 13 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 health & medicine 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 health & medicine funding in Iowa, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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