Funding search · EIN 421426258 · Des Moines, IA

Meredith Corporation Foundation

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

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

51
grants reported: $2.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Drake University3 grants · $1.0M
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden3 grants · $640,000
Science Center of Iowa4 grants · $330,000
Grays Lake Playground & Sprayground Fund1 grant · $125,000
Mainframe Studios1 grant · $100,000
Childserve Foundation2 grants · $100,000
Rebuilding Together3 grants · $70,000
Wesley Life1 grant · $50,000
Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity2 grants · $50,000
United Way of Central Iowa1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$711,500

2022

$303,000

2023

$1.2M

2024

$600,000

2025

Grant history

All 51 reported grants, largest first.

$400,000
Drake University · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$400,000
Drake University · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General support
$315,000
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$315,000
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$200,000
Drake University · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General support
$125,000
Grays Lake Playground & Sprayground Fund · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$110,000
Science Center of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$110,000
Science Center of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Science Center of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Mainframe Studios · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Childserve Foundation · Johnston, IA · 2025
General support
$50,000
Childserve Foundation · Johnston, IA · 2024
General support
$50,000
United Way of Central Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General
$50,000
Wesley Life · Johnston, IA · 2022
General support
$40,000
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Rebuilding Together · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Rebuilding Together · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Hoyt Sherman Place Fdn · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General support
$20,000
Rebuilding Together · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General support
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Central Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Central Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$15,000
Des Moines Arts Festival · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$12,000
Project Iowa Youth Works · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Blank Park Zoo · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Des Moines Community Playhouse · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Des Moines Metro Opera · Indianola, IA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Des Moines Performing Arts · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Des Moines Symphony · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Blank Park Zoo · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Des Moines Community Playhouse · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Des Moines Metro Opera · Indianola, IA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Des Moines Performing Arts · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Des Moines Symphony · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Food Bank of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Blank Park Zoo · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Des Moines Art Festival · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Science Center of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Trees Forever · Marion, IA · 2022
General support
$6,500
Des Moines Metro Opera · Indianola, IA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Dmarc · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Orchard Place Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Des Moines Public Library Fdn · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General support
$3,000
Puppy Jake Foundation · Urbandale, IA · 2023
General support
$2,500
Puppy Jake Foundation · Urbandale, IA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Raising Readers in the Heartland · Polk City, IA · 2024
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.