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 4 of 4

95. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
10 grants to 6 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024
$2.6M
96. American Online Giving Foundation IncDonor-advised
116 grants to 42 organizations · largest $103K · through 2024
$2.3M
97. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncDonor-advised
44 grants to 27 organizations · largest $595K · through 2024
$2.1M
98. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
37 grants to 24 organizations · largest $105K · through 2024
$843K
100. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$145K
101. Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundDonor-advised
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $11K · through 2024
$41K
102. Network for GoodDonor-advised
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $24K · through 2023
$45K
103. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
7 grants to 5 organizations · largest $26K · through 2024
$98K
104. National Philanthropic TrustDonor-advised
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024
$112K
106. Fort Madison Sirrc CorporationRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2025 · 33.5% of their giving
$1.1M
107. Dallas Center Grimes Booster Club IncRegrantor
14 grants to 1 organization · largest $230K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$823K
108. Iowa Citycoralville Convention and Visitors BureauRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $448K · through 2024 · 84.3% of their giving
$782K
109. Special Olympics IncRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$5.0M
110. Camp Albrecht Acres FoundationRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $155K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$221K
111. Guardian Project - IaRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $169K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$169K
112. The Iowa Clinic Healthcare FoundationRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $125K · through 2024 · 40.4% of their giving
$166K
113. Mitchell County Historical SocietyRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$80K
114. Iowa Farm Bureau Federation D/B/a Butler County Farm BureauRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $24K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$48K
115. Delta Tau Delta Educational Foundation of Gamma Pi ChapterRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $47K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$47K
116. Iowa City Area Sports CommissionRegrantor
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $19K · through 2024 · 31.3% of their giving
$28K
117. Empower Iowa FundRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $24K · through 2019 · 71.0% of their giving
$24K
118. United States Soccer FederationRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $112K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$248K
119. Iowa Farm Bureau FederationRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$21K
120. United Way of Central IowaRegrantor
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $90K · through 2024
$533K
121. Iowa Farm Bureau Federation D/B/a Monona County Farm BureauRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$16K

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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