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Foundations That Fund Housing & Shelter in Iowa

Imperigo has identified 131 funders that made 992 grants totaling $127.7M to 98 housing & shelter organizations in Iowa, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Housing & Shelter Funding in Iowa

Total granted $127.7M
Funders 131
Grants 992
Organizations funded 98

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. One Vision Charitable Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $6.5M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$7.2M
2. Friendship Haven Memorial Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $755K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.3M
3. Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/a Greater Des Moines Community Fdn
279 grants to 17 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 3.5% of their giving
$10.9M
4. Western Home Foundation Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $873K · through 2024 · 95.2% of their giving
$1.8M
5. Friendship Village Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $516K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.2M
6. Behavioral Technologies Corp
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.2M
7. Central Iowa Housing Trust Fund
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $225K · through 2024 · 44.4% of their giving
$733K
8. The Lifespace Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $275K · through 2023 · 11.4% of their giving
$909K
9. Community Foundation for Western Iowa
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 6.0% of their giving
$1.1M
10. Scott County Regional Authority
11 grants to 5 organizations · largest $196K · through 2024 · 5.1% of their giving
$861K
11. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
17 grants to 3 organizations · largest $575K · through 2023
$5.1M
12. Quad Cities Community Foundation
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $351K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$1.3M
13. Black Hawk County Gaming Association
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $833K · through 2020 · 3.2% of their giving
$871K
14. Iowa Association of Regional Councils
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $91K · through 2024 · 8.9% of their giving
$265K
15. Pottawattamie County Housing Trust Fund Inc
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $36K · through 2022 · 22.3% of their giving
$116K
16. Wiese Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2025 · 12.3% of their giving
$185K
17. Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc
16 grants to 8 organizations · largest $700K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$1.6M
18. Dallas County Local Housing Trust Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $93K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$93K
19. Iowa Health Care Association Foundation
18 grants to 8 organizations · largest $61K · through 2024 · 3.9% of their giving
$396K
20. Burlington W Burlington Area United Way
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2024 · 11.4% of their giving
$130K
21. Dyersville Health Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $130K · through 2023 · 10.2% of their giving
$142K
22. Aging Resources of Central Iowa
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$446K
23. United Way of Story County Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $111K · through 2022 · 4.7% of their giving
$299K
24. Elderbridge Agency on Aging
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $120K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$448K
25. United Way of East Central Iowa
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $546K · through 2020 · 2.3% of their giving
$564K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to housing & shelter 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. 10 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 housing & shelter 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 housing & shelter funding in Iowa, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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