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Foundations That Fund Mental Health & Crisis Services in Iowa

Imperigo has identified 117 funders that made 727 grants totaling $65.7M to 63 mental health & crisis services organizations in Iowa, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Mental Health & Crisis Services Funding in Iowa

Total granted $65.7M
Funders 117
Grants 727
Organizations funded 63

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Tanager Place Endowment Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$5.2M
2. United Way of East Central Iowa
15 grants to 2 organizations · largest $486K · through 2024 · 9.6% of their giving
$2.3M
3. Promise Partners
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2024 · 13.8% of their giving
$890K
4. Southwest Iowa Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $192K · through 2024 · 32.9% of their giving
$550K
5. Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/a Greater Des Moines Community Fdn
175 grants to 11 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$4.8M
6. Clarinda Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $168K · through 2024 · 17.8% of their giving
$312K
7. Exceptional Opportunities Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $260K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$260K
8. Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$2.5M
9. Waverly-Shell Rock Area United Way
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $26K · through 2025 · 21.6% of their giving
$149K
10. Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $279K · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$1.1M
11. Better Health Foundation Melinda Gowey
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $75K · through 2022 · 6.6% of their giving
$350K
12. Cedar Valley United Way
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $130K · through 2024 · 5.4% of their giving
$408K
13. United Way of Story County Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $80K · through 2024 · 5.8% of their giving
$366K
14. Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $138K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$903K
15. The Nelson Family Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023 · 17.4% of their giving
$100K
16. Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $153K · through 2020 · 8.1% of their giving
$203K
17. Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc
19 grants to 5 organizations · largest $280K · through 2024
$1.2M
18. Burlington W Burlington Area United Way
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $26K · through 2024 · 8.3% of their giving
$95K
19. United Way of Siouxland Inc
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $44K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$288K
20. Chrysalis Foundation
14 grants to 3 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024 · 6.2% of their giving
$101K
21. Central Iowa Housing Trust Fund
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $31K · through 2024 · 5.6% of their giving
$92K
22. National Alliance of State and Territorial Aids Directorsdba Nastad
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $125K · through 2023 · 1.3% of their giving
$352K
23. United Way of Johnson & Washington Count
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $38K · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$177K
24. Ind Order of Odd Fellows Grand Lodge
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 5.3% of their giving
$73K
25. Leadingage Iowa FKA Iowa Association of Homes & Services for the Aging
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2023 · 36.8% of their giving
$15K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to mental health & crisis 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. 8 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 mental health & crisis 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 mental health & crisis services funding in Iowa, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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