Foundations
Private foundations in Iowa
966 private foundations based in Iowa gave $396 million in 14,186 grants in their latest year, and 366 of them accept applications.
Foundations that fund causes in Iowa
These count grants to recipients in Iowa, including from foundations based elsewhere.
Foundations by city in Iowa
- Des Moines
70 foundations · $61.7 million - Cedar Rapids
36 foundations · $43.0 million - Muscatine
17 foundations · $31.0 million - Newton
5 foundations · $17.2 million - West Des Moines
39 foundations · $15.5 million - Ankeny
16 foundations · $14.0 million - Davenport
23 foundations · $11.7 million - Urbandale
29 foundations · $11.3 million - Waterloo
12 foundations · $10.7 million - North Liberty
6 foundations · $7.9 million - Sioux City
37 foundations · $7.6 million - Pella
21 foundations · $7.0 million - Dubuque
28 foundations · $6.6 million - Grinnell
12 foundations · $6.1 million - Fairfield
12 foundations · $4.8 million - Mason City
20 foundations · $4.7 million - Cedar Falls
17 foundations · $3.9 million - Fort Dodge
6 foundations · $3.7 million - Ottumwa
7 foundations · $3.3 million - Ames
18 foundations · $3.0 million - Sioux Center
7 foundations · $2.6 million - Iowa City
24 foundations · $2.3 million - Clive
11 foundations · $2.0 million - Marshalltown
13 foundations · $1.9 million - Bettendorf
12 foundations · $1.7 million - Burlington
28 foundations · $1.6 million - Algona
10 foundations · $1.6 million - Clear Lake
6 foundations · $1.3 million - Clinton
14 foundations · $1.1 million - Carroll
15 foundations · $930,956 - Cherokee
13 foundations · $874,612 - Storm Lake
9 foundations · $738,079 - Glenwood
5 foundations · $656,424 - Johnston
8 foundations · $600,905 - Independence
8 foundations · $511,986 - Coralville
5 foundations · $507,225 - Keokuk
5 foundations · $348,633 - Indianola
6 foundations · $329,706 - Shenandoah
5 foundations · $321,951 - Ida Grove
6 foundations · $256,249
Also: Northwood, Charles City, Winterset, Fort Madison.
Iowa foundations that accept applications
- Charles E Lakin Foundation Inc · Council Bluffs
Accepts applications $26.6 million a year · typical grant $11,755 · Community development - Iowa West Foundation · Council Bluffs
Accepts applications $26.6 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education - Roy J Carver Charitable Trust · Muscatine
Accepts applications $17.4 million a year · typical grant $120,773 · Education - The Geisler-Penquite Foundation · Newton
Accepts applications $16.7 million a year · typical grant $381,119 · Education - MidAmerican Energy Foundation · Des Moines
Accepts applications $5.6 million a year · typical grant $6.2 million - The Seidler Foundation · Des Moines
Accepts applications $4.1 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - John Ruan Foundation Trust · Urbandale
Accepts applications $4.0 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - Otto Schoitz Foundation · Waterloo
Accepts applications $4.0 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Food and hunger - Athene Charitable Foundation · West Des Moines
Accepts applications $3.9 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Community development - Schwartz Family Foundation · Fairfield
Accepts applications $3.7 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - John M Campbell Trust · Grinnell
Accepts applications $3.5 million a year · typical grant $1.8 million - The Wellmark Foundation · Des Moines
Accepts applications $3.1 million a year · typical grant $31,951 · Education - John K and Luise V Hanson Foundation · Forest City
Accepts applications $3.1 million a year · typical grant $9,000 · Education - The Hall-Perrine Foundation · Cedar Rapids
Accepts applications $3.0 million a year · typical grant $260,000 · Arts and culture - Marie H Bechtel Charitable Trust · Davenport
Accepts applications $2.7 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Youth programs - KENT CORPORATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION fka KENT-STEIN FOUNDATION · Muscatine
Accepts applications $2.7 million a year · typical grant $10,500 · Community development - Harold R Bechtel Charitable Trust · Davenport
Accepts applications $2.5 million a year · typical grant $25,564 · Health - Todd and Mary Heistand Family Foundation · Woodbine
Accepts applications $2.3 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Youth programs - Max and Helen Guernsey Charitable Foundation · Cedar Falls
Accepts applications $2.2 million a year · typical grant $16,000 · Youth programs - K2 Charitable Foundation · Urbandale
Accepts applications $2.1 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Faith communities - Berkshire Hathaway Energy Foundation · Des Moines
Accepts applications $2.1 million a year · typical grant $3.6 million - R J McElroy Trust · Waterloo
Accepts applications $2.1 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education - Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Pella
Accepts applications $2.0 million a year · typical grant $1,029 · Education - Dean J King Family Foundation · Logan
Accepts applications $1.8 million a year · typical grant $6,064 · Education - Ochylski Family Foundation · Des Moines
Accepts applications $1.7 million a year · typical grant $90,000 · Faith communities - Tony Schneiderman Charitable Tr · George
Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $450,000 · Disability - HNI Charitable Foundation · Muscatine
Accepts applications $1.6 million a year · typical grant $11,460 · Community development - Carleen and Eugene Grandon Charitable Foundation · Cedar Rapids
Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $45,250 · Arts and culture - EMC Insurance Foundation · Des Moines
Accepts applications $1.5 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Human services - Weiler Foundation · Knoxville
Accepts applications $1.4 million a year · typical grant $1,000 · Health - Foster & Evelyn Barkema Charitable Trust · Hampton
Accepts applications $1.2 million a year · typical grant $1.2 million - Ncmic Foundation Inc · Clive
Accepts applications $1.1 million a year · typical grant $20,500 · Science and research - Martha Ellen Tye Foundation · Marshalltown
Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Arts and culture - Clausen Family Foundation · Holstein
Accepts applications $1.0 million a year · typical grant $505,000 · Health - Tomson Family Foundation Trust · Mason City
Accepts applications $965,500 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education - Northeast Iowa Charitable Foundation · Oelwein
Accepts applications $881,483 a year · typical grant $45,000 · Education - JD Nelson and Debra Nelson Charitable Foundation · Clear Lake
Accepts applications $764,500 a year · typical grant $25,000 · Faith communities - Kinney-Lindstrom Foundation Inc · Mason City
Accepts applications $750,112 a year · typical grant $7,000 · Human services - Mansfield Charitable Foundation · Tama
Accepts applications $745,376 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - The Kimball International - Habig Foundation Inc · Muscatine
Accepts applications $705,922 a year · typical grant $1,562 · Community development - Greenstate Foundation · North Liberty
Accepts applications $702,500 a year · typical grant $5,000 · Community development - The Goldstein Family Foundation · Bettendorf
Accepts applications $626,833 a year · typical grant $7,500 · Faith communities - Gartner Family Foundation · Des Moines
Accepts applications $624,000 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - Meredith Corporation Foundation · Des Moines
Accepts applications $600,000 a year · typical grant $12,500 · Environment and conservation - The Jon and Marcia Kinzenbaw Foundation Inc · Williamsburg
Accepts applications $575,000 a year · typical grant $575,000 - Leonard A Good Testamentary Trust · Ogden
Accepts applications $533,908 a year · typical grant $15,000 · Health - The David & Phyllis Murphy Charitable Foundation · Mason City
Accepts applications $519,000 a year · typical grant $8,000 · Health - Albert Victor Ravenholt Fund · Hanlontown
Accepts applications $511,000 a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - Murphy Charitable Family Foundation · Ankeny
Accepts applications $508,200 a year · typical grant $30,750 · Education - Peter H and E Lucille Gaass Kuyper Foundation · Pella
Accepts applications $506,721 a year · typical grant $2,000 · Education
Largest foundations in Iowa
- Charles E Lakin Foundation Inc · Council Bluffs
Accepts applications $26.6 million a year · typical grant $11,755 · Community development - Iowa West Foundation · Council Bluffs
Accepts applications $26.6 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Education - Roy J Carver Charitable Trust · Muscatine
Accepts applications $17.4 million a year · typical grant $120,773 · Education - The Geisler-Penquite Foundation · Newton
Accepts applications $16.7 million a year · typical grant $381,119 · Education - Aegon Transamerica Foundation · Cedar Rapids
Preselected only $13.2 million a year · typical grant $8.1 million - The Principal Financial Group Foundation Inc · Des Moines
$13.0 million a year · typical grant $13.0 million - The HWS Charitable Foundation Inc · Cedar Rapids
Preselected only $10.9 million a year · typical grant $85,000 · Youth programs - The Gerdin Charitable Foundation · North Liberty
Preselected only $6.9 million a year · typical grant $500,000 · Education - Donald F &Charlene K Lamberti Foundation · Ankeny
Preselected only $6.7 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Faith communities - Krause Gentle Foundation · Des Moines
Preselected only $6.5 million a year · typical grant $34,431 · Arts and culture - MidAmerican Energy Foundation · Des Moines
Accepts applications $5.6 million a year · typical grant $6.2 million - Thomas & Linda Koehn Foundation · Des Moines
Preselected only $5.4 million a year · typical grant $78,000 · Education - Wallace Research Foundation · Cedar Rapids
Preselected only $5.1 million a year · typical grant $105,000 · Environment and conservation - The Seidler Foundation · Des Moines
Accepts applications $4.1 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - John Ruan Foundation Trust · Urbandale
Accepts applications $4.0 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - Otto Schoitz Foundation · Waterloo
Accepts applications $4.0 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Food and hunger - Athene Charitable Foundation · West Des Moines
Accepts applications $3.9 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Community development - Schwartz Family Foundation · Fairfield
Accepts applications $3.7 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - Lauridsen Family Foundation · Ankeny
Preselected only $3.5 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Arts and culture - John M Campbell Trust · Grinnell
Accepts applications $3.5 million a year · typical grant $1.8 million - Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc · Ottumwa
Preselected only $3.1 million a year · typical grant $1,125 · Education - The Wellmark Foundation · Des Moines
Accepts applications $3.1 million a year · typical grant $31,951 · Education - John K and Luise V Hanson Foundation · Forest City
Accepts applications $3.1 million a year · typical grant $9,000 · Education - Jensen Private Foundation Inc · Muscatine
Preselected only $3.1 million a year · typical grant $4,822 · Youth programs - The Hall-Perrine Foundation · Cedar Rapids
Accepts applications $3.0 million a year · typical grant $260,000 · Arts and culture - Sehgal Foundation · Des Moines
Preselected only $3.0 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · International - Lavern T Busse & Audrey Busse Foundation · Cedar Rapids
Preselected only $2.8 million a year · typical grant $25,935 · Education - Marion Jerome Foundation Inc · Decorah
Preselected only $2.8 million a year · typical grant $7,000 · Education - Marie H Bechtel Charitable Trust · Davenport
Accepts applications $2.7 million a year · typical grant $35,000 · Youth programs - KENT CORPORATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION fka KENT-STEIN FOUNDATION · Muscatine
Accepts applications $2.7 million a year · typical grant $10,500 · Community development - C Richard Stark Jr & Joan E Stark Foundation · Fort Dodge
Preselected only $2.7 million a year · typical grant $70,000 · Education - Harold R Bechtel Charitable Trust · Davenport
Accepts applications $2.5 million a year · typical grant $25,564 · Health - The Butler Family Foundation · Dubuque
Preselected only $2.4 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Arts and culture - Todd and Mary Heistand Family Foundation · Woodbine
Accepts applications $2.3 million a year · typical grant $25,000 · Youth programs - The Bright Foundation · Des Moines
Preselected only $2.2 million a year · typical grant $803,406 · Education - Max and Helen Guernsey Charitable Foundation · Cedar Falls
Accepts applications $2.2 million a year · typical grant $16,000 · Youth programs - Telligen Community Initiative · West Des Moines
Preselected only $2.2 million a year · typical grant $48,710 · Health - Van G Miller Family Charitable Foundation · Waterloo
Preselected only $2.1 million a year · typical grant $30,500 · Education - K2 Charitable Foundation · Urbandale
Accepts applications $2.1 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Faith communities - Berkshire Hathaway Energy Foundation · Des Moines
Accepts applications $2.1 million a year · typical grant $3.6 million - Holthues Trust · Muscatine
Preselected only $2.1 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · International - R J McElroy Trust · Waterloo
Accepts applications $2.1 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education - Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Pella
Accepts applications $2.0 million a year · typical grant $1,029 · Education - Gilchrist Foundation · Sioux City
Preselected only $2.0 million a year · typical grant $2.0 million - Dolezal Charitable Trust · Cedar Rapids
Preselected only $2.0 million a year · typical grant $2.0 million · Education - Better Health Foundation · Davenport
Preselected only $1.9 million a year · typical grant $70,000 · Health - Hubbell-Waterman Fndn · Davenport
Preselected only $1.9 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Arts and culture - Dean J King Family Foundation · Logan
Accepts applications $1.8 million a year · typical grant $6,064 · Education - Vermeer Charitable Foundation · Pella
Preselected only $1.8 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education - Ochylski Family Foundation · Des Moines
Accepts applications $1.7 million a year · typical grant $90,000 · Faith communities
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