Funding search · EIN 203598346 · Des Moines, IA

Bravo Greater Des Moines

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

261
grants reported
$20.1M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$30,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Des Moines Performing Arts4 grants · $1.8M
  • Edmundson Art Foundation Inc Dba Des Moines Art Center4 grants · $1.8M
  • Science Center of Iowa4 grants · $1.3M
  • Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden4 grants · $965,000
  • Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation4 grants · $913,600
  • Des Moines Symphony Association4 grants · $897,800
  • Blank Park Zoo Foundation4 grants · $850,000
  • Ballet Des Moines4 grants · $730,480
  • Des Moines Metro Opera2 grants · $627,925
  • Des Moines Community Playhouse4 grants · $625,179

Giving over time

$4.5M
2021
$4.3M
2022
$5.2M
2023
$6.2M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 261 grants.

  • $550,000

    Des Moines Performing Arts · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant

  • $510,000

    Edmundson Art Foundation Inc Dba Des Moines Art Center · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant, capital project grant

  • $500,000

    Edmundson Art Foundation Inc Dba Des Moines Art Center · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant

  • $500,000

    Des Moines Performing Arts · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant

  • $476,000

    Edmundson Art Foundation Inc Dba Des Moines Art Center · Des Moines, IA · 2021

    General funding, capital project funding

  • $410,000

    Science Center of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $400,000

    Des Moines Performing Arts · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General funding

  • $398,950

    Des Moines Performing Arts · Des Moines, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $375,000

    Blank Park Zoo Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant

  • $341,500

    Des Moines Metro Opera · Indianola, IA · 2023

    Operating grant, capital project grant

  • $332,075

    Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant, capital project grant

  • $318,500

    Edmundson Art Foundation Inc Dba Des Moines Art Center · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General funding

  • $316,400

    Des Moines Metro Opera · Indianola, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $305,200

    Science Center of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant

  • $295,000

    Des Moines Metro Opera · Indianola, IA · 2022

    General funding

  • $295,000

    Science Center of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General funding

  • $289,580

    Ballet Des Moines · West Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant, capital project grant

  • $286,425

    Des Moines Metro Opera · Indianola, IA · 2024

    Operating grant

  • $280,000

    Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant, capital project grant

  • $260,600

    Des Moines Symphony Association · Des Moines, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $246,283

    Des Moines Film Society · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant, capital project grant

  • $245,000

    Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant

  • $245,000

    Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden · Des Moines, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $240,750

    Science Center of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant, capital project grant

  • $240,179

    Des Moines Community Playhouse · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant, capital project grant

  • $237,775

    Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General funding, capital project funding

  • $232,000

    Des Moines Symphony Association · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant

  • $220,400

    Des Moines Symphony Association · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant

  • $205,500

    Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant

  • $198,910

    Mainframe Studios · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant, capital project grant

  • $195,000

    Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General funding

  • $190,900

    Ballet Des Moines · West Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General funding, capital project funding

  • $184,800

    Des Moines Symphony Association · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General funding, capital project funding

  • $175,650

    Arts for the City · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant

  • $175,200

    Living History Farms Foundation · Urbandale, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $175,000

    Blank Park Zoo Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General funding, capital project funding

  • $175,000

    Des Moines Community Playhouse · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General funding, capital project funding

  • $163,025

    Living History Farms Foundation · Urbandale, IA · 2024

    Operating grant, capital project grant

  • $159,750

    Salisbury House Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant, capital project grant

  • $150,000

    Salisbury House Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant

  • $150,000

    Blank Park Zoo Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant

  • $150,000

    Blank Park Zoo Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $138,250

    Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $131,575

    Des Moines Arts Festival · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant

  • $125,875

    State Historical Museum · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant

  • $125,000

    Ballet Des Moines · West Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant

  • $125,000

    Capital City Pride Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant

  • $125,000

    Des Moines Arts Festival · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant

  • $125,000

    Mainframe Studios · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant

  • $125,000

    Des Moines Arts Festival · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General funding

  • $125,000

    Ballet Des Moines · West Des Moines, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $122,700

    Living History Farms Foundation · Urbandale, IA · 2022

    General funding, capital project funding

  • $122,000

    Mainframe Studios · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General funding, capital project funding

  • $120,000

    Des Moines Community Playhouse · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant

  • $119,500

    Iowa Historical Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $118,750

    Capital City Pride Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant

  • $111,575

    Iowa Arts-in-Education Dba Artforce Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $106,250

    Des Moines Arts Festival · Des Moines, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $105,760

    Greater Des Moines Music Coalition · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant

  • $101,600

    Greater Des Moines Music Coalition · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General funding

  • $101,350

    Des Moines Film Society · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant

  • $101,150

    Iowa Historical Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant

  • $100,000

    City of Clive · Clive, IA · 2022

    Public arts grants - icon

  • $99,850

    City of Bondurant · Bondurant, IA · 2023

    Public art grant

  • $98,400

    Cultureall · Urbandale, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $95,300

    Salisbury House Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2021

    General funding, capital project funding

  • $93,000

    Living History Farms Foundation · Urbandale, IA · 2023

    Operating grant

  • $92,700

    Civic Music Association of Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant

  • $90,350

    Cultureall · Urbandale, IA · 2023

    Operating grant

  • $90,000

    Des Moines Community Playhouse · Des Moines, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $88,650

    Cultureall · Urbandale, IA · 2024

    Operating grant

  • $88,000

    Downtown Events Group · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant

  • $84,700

    Iowa Asian Alliance · West Des Moines, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $83,430

    Civic Music Association of Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant

  • $82,650

    Girls Rock Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant

  • $80,100

    Iowa Historical Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General funding

  • $79,200

    Downtown Events Group · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant

  • $75,000

    Cultureall · Urbandale, IA · 2022

    General funding

  • $74,385

    Girls Rock Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant

  • $71,100

    Iowa Arts in Education · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant

  • $67,575

    Iowa Arts in Education Dba Artforce Iowa · Dubuque, IA · 2022

    General funding

  • $66,200

    Greater Des Moines Music Coalition · Des Moines, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $64,050

    Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $64,000

    City of Grimes · Grimes, IA · 2024

    Public art grant

  • $63,990

    Iowa Arts in Education · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant

  • $63,500

    City of Clive · Clive, IA · 2024

    Public art grant

  • $62,425

    City of Bondurant · Bondurant, IA · 2024

    Public art grant

  • $61,381

    Japan America Society of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant, capital project grant

  • $60,750

    Salisbury House Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General funding

  • $58,500

    Iowa Asian Alliance Foundation · West Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant

  • $58,500

    Stagewest Dba Iowa Stage Theatre Company · Des Moines, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $58,300

    Heartland Youth Choir · Windsor Heights, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $57,050

    Civic Music Association of Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $54,000

    Downtown Events Group · Des Moines, IA · 2022

    General funding

  • $53,700

    Iowa National Guard Memorial Association · Johnston, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $52,650

    Iowa Asian Alliance Foundation · West Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Operating grant

  • $51,000

    Arts for the City · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant

  • $50,375

    Italian-American Cultural Center of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2023

    Operating grant, capital project grant

  • $50,100

    Mainframe Studios · Des Moines, IA · 2021

    General funding

  • $50,000

    City of Waukee · Waukee, IA · 2023

    Public art grant

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.