Iowa · Grantmakers

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 4 of 4

128. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $600K · through 2023
$1.4M
138. Seattle Foundation
31 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2023
$956K
139. Impactassetsinc
12 grants to 6 organizations · largest $677K · through 2024
$1.3M
145. Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024
$1.3M
152. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
8 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.9M · through 2024
$3.3M
171. The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
15 grants to 5 organizations · largest $118K · through 2024
$577K
174. California Community Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $845K · through 2024
$884K
180. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
34 grants to 30 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$720K
208. Jewish Communal Fund
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $269K · through 2024
$779K
399. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncDonor-advised
248 grants to 90 organizations · largest $23.1M · through 2024
$51.4M
400. National Philanthropic TrustDonor-advised
62 grants to 30 organizations · largest $7.8M · through 2024
$19.1M
401. American Online Giving Foundation IncDonor-advised
247 grants to 88 organizations · largest $329K · through 2024
$6.2M
402. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
55 grants to 29 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024
$3.7M
403. Network for GoodDonor-advised
71 grants to 30 organizations · largest $225K · through 2024
$2.3M
404. Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundDonor-advised
24 grants to 10 organizations · largest $758K · through 2024
$1.7M
405. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
70 grants to 32 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024
$4.7M
406. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
41 grants to 20 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024
$2.7M
407. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
345 grants to 156 organizations · largest $935K · through 2024
$9.6M
408. Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund C/O Bny Mellon NaDonor-advised
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $881K · through 2024
$1.1M
409. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncDonor-advised
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2023
$3.1M
418. Youth and Shelter Services FoundationRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $12.1M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$25.3M
419. United Way of Central IowaRegrantor
137 grants to 28 organizations · largest $679K · through 2024 · 27.9% of their giving
$23.1M
420. Camp Courageous of Iowa FoundationRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.1M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$12.0M
421. Camp Courageous of IowaRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.5M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$12.0M
422. Brahmananda Saraswati FoundationRegrantor
11 grants to 2 organizations · largest $3.3M · through 2025 · 73.0% of their giving
$10.8M

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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