Funding search · music education · Iowa
Who funds music education work in Iowa
10 funders have a record of paying for music education work by Iowa recipients: 25 grants totaling $2.0M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable ($2.0M), Grant & Virginia Brissman ($12,000) and Doris & Victor Day Foundation ($6,500).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Iowa recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Quad Cities Golf Classic CharitableEast Moline, ILCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2024Largest: $47,299 to RIVER MUSIC EXPERIENCE — music education & performance center
Prairie Meadows Race Track and CasinoAltoona, IACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to GREATER DES MOINES MUSIC COALITION — dmmc youth music education
Largest: $3,000 to QUAD CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — music education programs
Largest: $2,500 to QC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — qcso music education access programs
Charles R and Nancy L Von MaurPleasant Valley, IA
2 matching grants · $12,500 · through 2024Largest: $11,500 to QUAD CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION — inspire, entertain, and engage the quad city community through symphonic music, music education, and cultural leadership.
Largest: $6,000 to WESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — charitable, educational, religious, christian music
Largest: $2,500 to NORTHEAST IOWA SCHOOL OF MUSIC — to make music education and enrichment accessible to everyone
Largest: $15,000 to CEDAR VALLEY CHAMBER MUSIC INC — education support
Largest: $1,000 to Des Moines Community Orchestra — support classical music education and performances
Greater Cedar Rapids CommunityCedar Rapids, IACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $460,122 · through 2024Largest: $160,042 to COMMUNITY THEATRE OF CEDAR RAPIDS DBA THEATRE CEDAR RAPIDS — tcr broadway series 2021-2022, general support, annual designated distribution, spongebob squarepants musical at tcr sponsorship, general support: annual, accessible theatre arts e…
Largest: $7,000 to EMMETSBURG EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — scholarships- fund spring musical
Largest: $10,000 to Denison Community Education Foundat — music program string marachi teaching
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