Grants and funding in Iowa

4,912 foundations reported granting into Iowa on their most recent IRS filings: 21,448 itemized grants worth $1.9B between them. On top of that, 26 live grant programs and 55 contract opportunities are specific to Iowa, alongside 3,344 nationwide programs also open here.

foundations granting into the state

4,912

of 129,981 grantmaking foundations on file

in itemized grants into the state

$1.9B

across 21,448 grants on IRS filings

live grants specific to Iowa

26

of 3,984 live grants tracked nationwide

community lenders serving the state

35

of 483 CDFIs on file

Who gives the most into Iowa

The five foundations reporting the largest itemized grant dollars into Iowa on their most recent filings. Size and openness are different things: the giants here are mostly endowments that choose their own recipients, which is why the list worth working from is the 4,912 above filtered to funders that accept applications.

Who the Iowa-specific grants are for

Of the 26 live grant programs specific to Iowa, here is who the announcements name. 11 more are open to any organization type and counted separately, never twice.

Wherever you sit, cities and towns, nonprofits, tribal organizations and every other reader get their own page saying what Quillify does and does not do for them.

The lenders almost nobody checks

35 community development lenders serve Iowa: below-market debt that takes no ownership, for organizations a bank would make wait. Among them: Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc., NDN Fund, Inc., Community Impact Loan Fund, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, Accion Opportunity Fund. Quillify tracks all 483 nationwide alongside the grants, because the right answer to a funding gap is sometimes a loan you can actually get.