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 2 of 4

26. Friendship Home Foundation
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $722K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.5M
27. St Luke's Healthcare
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.5M
28. Eventide Foundation for the Care Of
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $765K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.4M
29. Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
42 grants to 12 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 7.6% of their giving
$3.3M
30. Dyersville Health Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $699K · through 2024 · 89.8% of their giving
$1.3M
31. Knoxville Hospital and Clinics
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.2M
32. Virginia Gay Hospital Health Care Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $270K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
33. Allen Health Systems Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $964K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$964K
34. Ivan & Caroline Wilson Memorial Trust
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $184K · through 2024 · 45.0% of their giving
$894K
35. Burgess Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $559K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$875K
36. Rosecrance Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $468K · through 2024 · 17.9% of their giving
$952K
37. Mercy Health Care Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $508K · through 2023 · 87.4% of their giving
$842K
38. United Way of East Central Iowa
31 grants to 5 organizations · largest $282K · through 2024 · 8.0% of their giving
$1.9M
39. Henry B Allen Family Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $144K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$676K
40. Missouri River Historical Development Inc
19 grants to 9 organizations · largest $700K · through 2024 · 7.7% of their giving
$1.6M
41. Homeward Iowa
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $399K · through 2024 · 72.4% of their giving
$524K
42. Bethany Manor Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $161K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$488K
43. United Way of Johnson & Washington Count
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $137K · through 2024 · 11.3% of their giving
$812K
44. Finley Tri-States Health Group Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $458K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$458K
45. Friends of Cmh Sumner Community Memorial Hospital Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $176K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$446K
46. Commonspirit Health
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $393K · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$1.8M
48. Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/a Greater Des Moines Community Fdn
458 grants to 38 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$4.4M
57. Ronald McDonald House Global
18 grants to 3 organizations · largest $315K · through 2025
$2.9M
58. The Chicago Community Trust
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2023
$14.0M
67. Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc
52 grants to 23 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$1.3M

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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