Funding search · EIN 421441098 · West Des Moines, IA

Great Outdoors Foundation

Name: Great Outdoors Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

23
grants reported: $3.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $125,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

1 grant matching “clive” · $125,000

$125,000
City of Clive · Clive, IA · 2024
Grant distribution

Grant history

All 23 reported grants, largest first.

$1.0M
City of West Des Moines · West Des Moines, IA · 2023
Raccoon river bridge
$547,476
Midamerican Energy Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Return of grant fund
$264,661
Design Workshop · Denver, CO · 2022
Two rivers park
$264,661
Design Workshop · Denver, CO · 2022
Two rivers park
$152,101
Polk County Conservation · Granger, IA · 2025
Conservation proj
$150,000
Great Outdoors Iowa · West Des Moines, IA · 2025
Grant distributions
$125,000
City of Windsor Heights · Windsor Heights, IA · 2025
Grant distributions
$125,000
City of Clive · Clive, IA · 2024
Grant distribution
$125,000
City of Johnston · Johnston, IA · 2024
Grant distribution
$125,000
City of West Des Moines · West Des Moines, IA · 2024
Grant distribution
$125,000
City of Bondurant · Bondurant, IA · 2022
Grant distribution
$125,000
City of Bondurant · Bondurant, IA · 2022
Grant distribution
$106,984
Meeco Sullivan · Warwick, NY · 2022
Shore development
$106,984
Meeco Sullivan · Warwick, NY · 2022
Shore development
$100,000
Polk County Public Works · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Wetlands project
$67,000
United Contractors · Johnston, IA · 2022
Shore development
$67,000
United Contractors · Johnston, IA · 2022
Shore development
$50,000
Iowa Confluence Water Trails (Icon) · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Grant distribution
$25,056
Isaacsonsyverson Consulting Llc · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Two rivers park
$25,056
Isaacsonsyverson Consulting Llc · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Two rivers park
$15,447
Polk County Conservation · Granger, IA · 2022
Conservation proj
$15,447
Polk County Conservation · Granger, IA · 2022
Conservation proj
$15,000
Scwl · Ames, IA · 2024
Grant distribution

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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.