Funding search · EIN 420745995 · Des Moines, IA
Iowa College Foundation
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 105
- grants reported
- $5.2M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $53,626
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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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4 grants matching “cliffs” · $205,574
- $57,928
Briar Cliff University · Sioux City, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $47,999
Briar Cliff University · Sioux City, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $46,822
Briar Cliff University · Sioux City, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $52,825
Briar Cliff University · Sioux City, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Wartburg College4 grants · $273,480
- Drake University4 grants · $259,720
- Dordt College4 grants · $252,452
- Morningside College4 grants · $250,707
- Grand View University4 grants · $250,594
- Luther College4 grants · $250,545
- St Ambrose University4 grants · $243,607
- Northwestern College4 grants · $241,297
- Grinnell College4 grants · $236,202
- Central College4 grants · $229,744
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 105 grants.
- $79,154
Morningside College · Sioux City, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $72,754
Wartburg College · Waverly, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $69,643
Dordt College · Sioux Center, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $68,311
Grand View University · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $68,107
Dordt College · Sioux Center, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $67,770
Wartburg College · Waverly, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $67,567
Wartburg College · Waverly, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $67,543
Drake University · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $67,519
Drake University · Des Moines, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $66,389
Luther College · Decorah, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $65,883
St Ambrose University · Davenport, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $65,389
Wartburg College · Waverly, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $63,975
Grand View University · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $63,689
Northwestern College · Orange City, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $63,625
Grand View University · Des Moines, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $63,510
Northwestern College · Orange City, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $63,282
Drake University · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $63,082
Luther College · Decorah, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $62,361
Grinnell College · Grinnell, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $62,265
Grinnell College · Grinnell, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $61,527
St Ambrose University · Davenport, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $61,440
Northwestern College · Orange City, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $61,376
Drake University · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $61,127
William Penn University · Oskaloosa, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $61,110
Luther College · Decorah, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $60,593
Dordt College · Sioux Center, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $60,276
St Ambrose University · Davenport, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $60,266
Central College · Pella, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $60,256
Simpson College · Indianola, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $60,116
Morningside College · Sioux City, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $59,964
Luther College · Decorah, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $58,789
Buena Vista University · Storm Lake, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $58,695
University of Dubuque · Dubuque, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $58,204
Central College · Pella, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $58,119
Simpson College · Indianola, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $57,946
Simpson College · Indianola, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $57,928
Briar Cliff University · Sioux City, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $57,477
Coe College · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $57,211
Grinnell College · Grinnell, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $56,545
Central College · Pella, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $56,515
Morningside College · Sioux City, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $56,190
University of Dubuque · Dubuque, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $56,094
Buena Vista University · Storm Lake, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $56,065
Mount Mercy College · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $55,929
Coe College · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $55,921
St Ambrose University · Davenport, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $54,922
Morningside College · Sioux City, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $54,729
Central College · Pella, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $54,696
Loras College · Dubuque, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $54,683
Grand View University · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $54,365
Grinnell College · Grinnell, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $54,109
Dordt College · Sioux Center, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $53,626
Cornell College · Mt Vernon, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $52,825
Briar Cliff University · Sioux City, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $52,658
Northwestern College · Orange City, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $52,248
Cornell College · Mt Vernon, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $51,884
Coe College · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $51,676
William Penn University · Oskaloosa, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $51,603
Simpson College · Indianola, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $51,262
Loras College · Dubuque, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $50,790
Loras College · Dubuque, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $50,771
Cornell College · Mt Vernon, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $50,708
University of Dubuque · Dubuque, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $50,338
University of Dubuque · Dubuque, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $49,797
Loras College · Dubuque, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $49,433
Coe College · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $49,390
Mount Mercy College · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $48,309
Mount Mercy College · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $48,267
Graceland University · Lamoni, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $47,999
Briar Cliff University · Sioux City, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $47,998
Buena Vista University · Storm Lake, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $47,755
Cornell College · Mt Vernon, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $47,739
Clarke University · Dubuque, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $47,737
Mount Mercy College · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $46,822
Briar Cliff University · Sioux City, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $46,701
Graceland University · Lamoni, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $46,687
William Penn University · Oskaloosa, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $46,365
William Penn University · Oskaloosa, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $45,902
Clarke University · Dubuque, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $45,298
Upper Iowa University · Fayette, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $45,097
Upper Iowa University · Fayette, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $44,173
Buena Vista University · Storm Lake, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $43,094
Iowa Wesleyan College · Mt Pleasant, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $42,986
Graceland University · Lamoni, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $42,771
Clarke University · Dubuque, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $42,654
Graceland University · Lamoni, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $42,583
Clarke University · Dubuque, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $41,000
Iowa State University · Ames, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $40,885
Upper Iowa University · Fayette, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $40,622
Upper Iowa University · Fayette, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $33,000
Iowa State University · Ames, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $28,000
Iowa State University · Ames, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $28,000
University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $21,000
University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $17,500
University of Northern Iowa · Cedar Falls, IA · 2021
Provide scholarships
- $16,500
Iowa State University · Ames, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $15,250
University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2024
Provide scholarships
- $12,500
Des Moines Area Community College · Ankeny, IA · 2023
Provide scholarships
- $12,500
Des Moines Area Community College · Ankeny, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
- $12,106
Iowa Wesleyan College · Mt Pleasant, IA · 2022
Provide scholarships
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