Iowa · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Human Services in Iowa

Imperigo has identified 619 funders that made 6,400 grants totaling $522.8M to 529 human services organizations in Iowa, with a median grant of $14K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in Iowa

Total granted $522.8M
Funders 619
Grants 6,400
Organizations funded 529

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Bartels Lutheran Home Memorial Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $325K · through 2025 · 66.3% of their giving
$1.2M
27. Ridgecrest Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $610K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
28. Burlington Area YMCA Endowment Foundation
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $367K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
29. Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc DBA Global Refuge
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.1M · through 2025 · 1.7% of their giving
$12.7M
30. Iowa Health Care Association Foundation
71 grants to 24 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024 · 14.1% of their giving
$1.4M
31. Community Foundation of Johnson County
69 grants to 19 organizations · largest $119K · through 2024 · 11.8% of their giving
$1.7M
32. Quad Cities Community Foundation
54 grants to 19 organizations · largest $367K · through 2024 · 6.4% of their giving
$2.8M
33. Community Foundation for Western Iowa
23 grants to 9 organizations · largest $600K · through 2024 · 9.2% of their giving
$1.8M
34. Exceptional Persons Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $412K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$778K
35. Kansas Association of Community Action Programs Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $146K · through 2024 · 36.0% of their giving
$683K
36. Cedar Valley United Way
23 grants to 6 organizations · largest $169K · through 2024 · 13.4% of their giving
$1.0M
37. The Roth & Letch Family Charitable Foundation
9 grants to 8 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 10.8% of their giving
$1.2M
38. Milestones Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $646K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$646K
39. Ind Order of Odd Fellows Grand Lodge
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2022 · 46.7% of their giving
$640K
40. Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
92 grants to 34 organizations · largest $97K · through 2024 · 6.6% of their giving
$1.9M
41. Le Mars Area Betterment Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2024 · 44.7% of their giving
$600K
42. Family Management Financial Solutio
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $135K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$584K
43. United Way Quad Cities
26 grants to 6 organizations · largest $160K · through 2024 · 7.9% of their giving
$1.4M
44. Hope Haven a Division of Imagine the Possibilities Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $182K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$511K
45. Missouri River Historical Development Inc
39 grants to 17 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 6.9% of their giving
$1.4M
46. Mayflower Homes Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $170K · through 2021 · 25.3% of their giving
$492K
47. Iowa Association of Community Action Directors
16 grants to 6 organizations · largest $97K · through 2021 · 34.8% of their giving
$429K
48. The Chicago Community Trust
16 grants to 8 organizations · largest $8.0M · through 2024
$27.1M
49. Reynolds-Gregg Inaugural Committee
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $398K · through 2023 · 24.0% of their giving
$398K
50. The Wfg Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $251K · through 2024 · 28.9% of their giving
$333K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to human services 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. 19 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 human services 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 human services funding in Iowa, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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