Iowa · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Recreation & Sports in Iowa

Imperigo has identified 154 funders that made 1,084 grants totaling $44.7M to 241 recreation & sports organizations in Iowa, with a median grant of $12K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Recreation & Sports Funding in Iowa

Total granted $44.7M
Funders 154
Grants 1,084
Organizations funded 241

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Palo Alto Cty Gaming Develop Corp
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $18K · through 2025
$52K
52. Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $12K · through 2023 · 1.2% of their giving
$29K
53. Scott County Regional Authority
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $32K · through 2024
$75K
54. Good Neighbor Fund-Spirit Lake
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$11K
55. H & H Lee Charitable Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $80K · through 2021
$80K
56. National Collegiate Athletic Association
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $122K · through 2023
$892K
57. Ih Mississippi Valley Credit Union
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2019 · 2.5% of their giving
$10K
58. Washington County Riverboat Foundation Inc
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $56K · through 2025
$78K
59. Safari Club International Iowa Chapter Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2023 · 3.4% of their giving
$6K
60. Grow Greene County Gaming Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $45K · through 2025
$45K
61. The Fraternal Order of Eagles Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $49K · through 2020
$49K
62. Whitetails Unlimited Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2024
$30K
64. Quad Cities Community Foundation
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024
$73K
68. Columbus Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2020
$250K
69. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
12 grants to 9 organizations · largest $52K · through 2022
$255K
76. Gofundmeorg
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $23K · through 2023
$45K
77. Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2023
$50K
78. Charities Aid Foundation America
12 grants to 7 organizations · largest $18K · through 2024
$130K
79. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
9 grants to 7 organizations · largest $41K · through 2023
$127K
80. Pga Tour Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024
$31K
81. United Way Worldwide
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $15K · through 2020
$36K
83. The Minneapolis Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2021
$50K
84. Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024
$36K
85. Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024
$29K
91. The Chicago Community Trust
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2022
$35K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to recreation & sports 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. 11 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 recreation & sports 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 recreation & sports funding in Iowa, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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