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Foundations That Fund Human Services in Iowa

Imperigo has identified 600 funders that made 6,202 grants totaling $506.1M to 524 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 $506.1M
Funders 600
Grants 6,202
Organizations funded 524

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $2.2M · through 2023
$7.2M
52. Burlington W Burlington Area United Way
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $61K · through 2024 · 27.3% of their giving
$312K
53. Story County Housing Trust
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $96K · through 2024 · 18.1% of their giving
$328K
54. Balance Autism Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $251K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$282K
55. United Way of Spencer
13 grants to 6 organizations · largest $183K · through 2024 · 16.8% of their giving
$325K
56. East Central Iowa Housing Trust Fun
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $128K · through 2023 · 17.7% of their giving
$309K
57. United Fund of Grinnell Iowa Inc
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024 · 50.8% of their giving
$255K
58. Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation
53 grants to 16 organizations · largest $226K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$1.8M
59. GreenState Credit Union
69 grants to 32 organizations · largest $45K · through 2025 · 6.0% of their giving
$764K
60. Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Inc
17 grants to 5 organizations · largest $112K · through 2025 · 5.1% of their giving
$869K
61. Comprehensive Systems Inc Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$220K
62. Ridgeway Rental Housing Incorporated
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024 · 31.5% of their giving
$200K
63. David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness -Based Education and World Peace
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $77K · through 2024 · 19.5% of their giving
$192K
64. Pottawattamie County Housing Trust Fund Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $47K · through 2022 · 36.0% of their giving
$187K
65. Iowa Scottish Rite Masonic Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2024 · 21.0% of their giving
$170K
68. Usaging
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $594K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$1.4M
69. Otto Schoitz Foundation
8 grants to 8 organizations · largest $210K · through 2019 · 3.8% of their giving
$724K
71. Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine
24 grants to 6 organizations · largest $138K · through 2024 · 4.2% of their giving
$597K
82. Threshold Coc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $359K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$882K
88. Tides Foundation
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024
$5.3M
96. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
51 grants to 18 organizations · largest $911K · through 2024
$8.3M
104. American Gift Fund
13 grants to 12 organizations · largest $410K · through 2024
$1.1M
110. Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
31 grants to 10 organizations · largest $172K · through 2024
$1.1M
113. Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $646K · through 2023
$646K
122. Foundation for the Carolinas
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$1.9M

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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