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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “iowa”
Where the money went
Community Fdn of Greater Des MoinesDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
655 matching grants · $32.6M · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to IOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION — support the iowa natural heritage foundation's efforts to raise funds for the purchase of brenton slough near grimes, iowa.
Prairie Meadows Race Track and CasinoAltoona, IACharity · may take applications
187 matching grants · $41.5M · through 2024Largest: $350,000 to UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION — university of northern iowa-des moines area community college partnership: uni@dmacc
Largest: $80,000 to KEEP IOWA BEAUTIFUL — plant iowa bee-autiful
Greater Cedar Rapids CommunityCedar Rapids, IACharity · may take applications
112 matching grants · $7.6M · through 2024Largest: $215,654 to ORCHESTRA IOWA — for education programs, general support, annual designated distribution, annual designated distribution for the symphony center, annual designated distribution for symphony school …
Greenstate Credit UnionNorth Liberty, IACharity · may take applications
147 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2025Largest: $30,000 to State University of Iowa Foundation — carver circle campaign - iowa wrestling training f
United Way of Central IowaDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
125 matching grants · $16.5M · through 2024Largest: $249,000 to BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL IOWA — big brothers big sisters of central iowa mentoring programs
Largest: $3.1M to UNIVERSITY OF IOWA — ccom - direct the 2020 gift payout for the iowa neuroscience institute
Iowa West FoundationCouncil Bluffs, IA
98 matching grants · $14.9M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to SOUTHWEST IOWA HOUSING TRUST FUND — southwest iowa housing repair
Golf Charitable FoundationDes Moines, IACharity · may take applications
92 matching grants · $8.9M · through 2024Largest: $138,500 to JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL IOWA — general operations
Largest: $162,323 to United Way of Central Iowa — for general support or for a capital fund drive of the respective organization
Delta Dental of Iowa FoundationJohnston, IACharity · may take applications
66 matching grants · $4.6M · through 2024Largest: $99,804 to UNIVERSITY OF IOWA — medical-dental integration at fqhcs: services, barriers, and facilitators; national oral health conference travel program; effectiveness of the vision screening program for kinderg…
The Catholic Foundation for theCedar Rapids, IACharity · may take applications
79 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $28,133 to Don Bosco High School Gilbertville Iowa — provide general support to don bosco catholic school, gilbertville, iowa
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →