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Foundations That Fund Youth Development in Iowa

Imperigo has identified 195 funders that made 1,523 grants totaling $265.4M to 98 youth development organizations in Iowa, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Youth Development Funding in Iowa

Total granted $265.4M
Funders 195
Grants 1,523
Organizations funded 98

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Quad Cities Community Foundation
23 grants to 7 organizations · largest $56K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$524K
27. Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc
25 grants to 15 organizations · largest $220K · through 2024
$865K
28. United Way of North Central Iowa
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $23K · through 2024 · 5.6% of their giving
$74K
29. Tahoe Community Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $452K · through 2025
$592K
30. United Way of Whiteside County
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 3.6% of their giving
$101K
31. Des Moines Construction Council
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2021 · 19.4% of their giving
$15K
32. Community Foundation of Johnson County
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $69K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$198K
33. Missouri River Historical Development Inc
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $70K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$231K
34. Burlington W Burlington Area United Way
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $24K · through 2022 · 4.4% of their giving
$50K
35. The Ranch Life Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2019 · 10.0% of their giving
$20K
36. Christian Community Foundation Inc
18 grants to 1 organization · largest $286K · through 2024
$1.1M
37. Waverly-Shell Rock Area United Way
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2025 · 5.0% of their giving
$34K
38. Waterloo Community Foundation
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $12K · through 2025 · 5.9% of their giving
$28K
39. Youth for Christ Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $65K · through 2024
$173K
40. National Christian Foundation Real Property Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $396K · through 2022
$396K
41. Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2024
$580K
42. Cedar Skyline Corp DBA Main St Waterl
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2024 · 53.4% of their giving
$7K
43. The New Horizons Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $343K · through 2024
$343K
44. Dayton Foundation Depository
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $146K · through 2023
$368K
45. Moline Foundation
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$97K
46. 7 X 24 Exchange International Silicon Prairie
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2024 · 25.0% of their giving
$5K
47. Black Hawk County Gaming Association
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2025
$178K
48. Mercy Health Network Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020 · 8.7% of their giving
$10K
49. The US Charitable Gift Trust
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $838K · through 2024
$885K
50. The Denver Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $409K · through 2024
$527K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to youth development 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. 15 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 youth development 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 youth development funding in Iowa, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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