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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 2 of 4

26. Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $384K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$907K
27. The Roth & Letch Family Charitable Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $175K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$350K
28. United Way of North Central Iowa
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $23K · through 2024 · 8.5% of their giving
$112K
29. Sheldon Christian Retirement Home Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$40K
30. East Central Iowa Housing Trust Fun
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $38K · through 2024 · 5.5% of their giving
$95K
31. Cedar Valley United Way
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $42K · through 2024 · 2.6% of their giving
$193K
32. United Way of the Midlands
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$520K
33. Story County Housing Trust
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $38K · through 2024 · 4.8% of their giving
$87K
34. Missouri River Historical Development Inc
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $80K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$254K
35. Points of Light Foundation
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $121K · through 2023 · 1.0% of their giving
$303K
36. Threshold Coc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $108K · through 2024
$361K
37. Veridian Credit Union
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$86K
38. Waverly-Shell Rock Area United Way
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 6.1% of their giving
$42K
39. St Johns Conference of St Vincent De Paul Society
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$10K
40. Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $136K · through 2024
$290K
41. Chrysalis Foundation
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$53K
42. Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $138K · through 2024
$272K
43. Marshalltown Area United Way
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $46K · through 2023 · 2.1% of their giving
$78K
44. Immanuel Community Vision Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024
$130K
45. Central Iowa Housing Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2025 · 4.4% of their giving
$20K
46. Jasper Community Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 1.8% of their giving
$45K
47. United Way and Community Foundation of Greater Fort Dodge
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$52K
48. Siouxland Community Foundation
8 grants to 5 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024
$75K
49. Modern Woodmen of America
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$35K
50. Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024
$226K

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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