Funding search · EIN 421376689 · Des Moines, IA
Iowa State Fair Foundation
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 4
- grants reported
- $13.4M
- total given
- 2020–2023
- filing years
- $3.4M
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2023. 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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4 grants matching “fairgrounds” · $13.4M
- $3.5M
Iowa State Fair Authority · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Cost of capital improvements to the Iowa State Fairgrounds. During this fiscal year the funds were spent on ***
- $3.4M
Iowa State Fair Authority · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Cost of capital improvements to the Iowa State Fairgrounds. During this fiscal year the funds were spent on adding restrooms to Elwell Park
- $3.4M
Iowa State Fair Authority · Des Moines, IA · 2021
Cost of capital improvements to the Iowa State Fairgrounds. The following projects were completed during the fiscal reporting year: Alliant Energy Landing and completion of Elwell Family Park Phase 2.
- $3.1M
Iowa State Fair Authority · Des Moines, IA · 2020
Cost of capital improvements to the Iowa State Fairgrounds. The following projects were completed during the fiscal reporting year: giant slide attraction moved and renovated, new Hospitality Pavilion built and a new at… read allCost of capital improvements to the Iowa State Fairgrounds. The following projects were completed during the fiscal reporting year: giant slide attraction moved and renovated, new Hospitality Pavilion built and a new attraction was completed and labeled as the NW Events Arena/Elwell Park less
Grant history
All 4 reported grants, largest first.
- $3.5M
Iowa State Fair Authority · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Cost of capital improvements to the Iowa State Fairgrounds. During this fiscal year the funds were spent on ***
- $3.4M
Iowa State Fair Authority · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Cost of capital improvements to the Iowa State Fairgrounds. During this fiscal year the funds were spent on adding restrooms to Elwell Park
- $3.4M
Iowa State Fair Authority · Des Moines, IA · 2021
Cost of capital improvements to the Iowa State Fairgrounds. The following projects were completed during the fiscal reporting year: Alliant Energy Landing and completion of Elwell Family Park Phase 2.
- $3.1M
Iowa State Fair Authority · Des Moines, IA · 2020
Cost of capital improvements to the Iowa State Fairgrounds. The following projects were completed during the fiscal reporting year: giant slide attraction moved and renovated, new Hospitality Pavilion built and a new at… read allCost of capital improvements to the Iowa State Fairgrounds. The following projects were completed during the fiscal reporting year: giant slide attraction moved and renovated, new Hospitality Pavilion built and a new attraction was completed and labeled as the NW Events Arena/Elwell Park less
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