Education grants in Iowa
55 private foundations fund education in Iowa and will read a proposal you were not invited to send. Between them they gave $82M in their most recent filings. A typical grant from this group is around $3K.
Worked out from where the money actually went rather than from mission statements, and from the box on each filing that says whether they take applications at all. Most small foundations give almost entirely within one state, which is why this cut is the one worth starting from.
The 55 funders, largest givers first
CHARLES E LAKIN FOUNDATION INC
COUNCIL BLUFFS · $27M given
Human Services, Education
ROY J CARVER CHARITABLE TRUST
MUSCATINE · $17M given
Education, Environment
THE HALL-PERRINE FOUNDATION
CEDAR RAPIDS · $5.6M given
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Education
John Ruan Foundation Trust
Urbandale · $4.0M given
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Education
OTTO SCHOITZ FOUNDATION
WATERLOO · $3.7M given
Human Services, Youth Development
JOHN K AND LUISE V HANSON FOUNDATION
FOREST CITY · $3.1M given
Education, Arts, Culture & Humanities
WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES FOUNDATION
FOREST CITY · $2.8M given
Philanthropy & Grantmaking, Environment
Marie H Bechtel Charitable
Davenport · $2.7M given
Human Services, Education
Harold R Bechtel Charitable
Davenport · $2.5M given
Education, Arts, Culture & Humanities
PELLA ROLSCREEN FOUNDATION
PELLA · $1.9M given
Education, Human Services
DEAN J KING FAMILY FOUNDATION
LOGAN · $1.8M given
Education, Community & Economic Development
WEILER FOUNDATION
KNOXVILLE · $1.4M given
Education, Human Services
NCMIC FOUNDATION INC
Clive · $1.1M given
Education
TOMSON FAMILY FOUNDATION TRUST
MASON CITY · $966K given
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Human Services
NORTHEAST IOWA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
OELWEIN · $881K given
Community & Economic Development, Education
GARTNER FAMILY FOUNDATION
DES MOINES · $624K given
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Education
ALBERT VICTOR RAVENHOLT FUND
HANLONTOWN · $511K given
Education, Youth Development
THE CATHERINE VINCENT DEARDORF
FORT DODGE · $438K given
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Recreation & Sports
DWIGHT AND MARILYN CONOVER FOUNDATION
OKOBOJI · $414K given
Education, Philanthropy & Grantmaking
JOHN P & LAWRENCE J GIACOLETTO FND
MARION · $395K given
Education, Arts, Culture & Humanities
INTERSTATES FOUNDATION
SIOUX CENTER · $363K given
Human Services, Education
Grinnell Mutual Group Foundation
Grinnell · $363K given
Philanthropy & Grantmaking, Education
WILLARD E AND ELLA P THOMPSON
ALGONA · $360K given
Education
THE WEST BANCORPORATION FOUNDATION INC
WEST DES MOINES · $332K given
Education, Human Services
SCHILLER FAMILY FOUNDATION
NEWTON · $307K given
Mental Health & Crisis Intervention, Religion
NEW CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
FORT DODGE · $294K given
Recreation & Sports, Education
CHANGE HAPPENS FOUNDATION
URBANDALE · $255K given
Human Services, Environment
LSB FOUNDATION
REINBECK · $239K given
Education, Human Services
DANIEL J & ANN L KRUMM CHARITABLE TRUS
AMES · $234K given
Philanthropy & Grantmaking, Arts, Culture & Humanities
DEMCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
BOYDEN · $165K given
Human Services, Religion
HENRY FAMILY FOUNDATION
DUBUQUE · $155K given
Human Services, Recreation & Sports
KEOKUK XII
KEOKUK · $122K given
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Public & Societal Benefit
W GERARD & COLLEEN A HUISKAMP
DAVENPORT · $113K given
Crime & Legal Services, Education
CHARLOTTE AND WILLIAM HINSON
WEST DES MOINES · $80K given
Human Services, Arts, Culture & Humanities
FIRST SECURITY FOUNDATION
CHARLES CITY · $80K given
Education, Community & Economic Development
MARK & KAY DECOOK CHARITABLE FOUNDA
PELLA · $62K given
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Education
ABBOTT B AND JOAN M LIPSKY FUND
CEDAR RAPIDS · $58K given
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Education
RISDAL FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
GILBERT · $57K given
Human Services, Education
BSL FOUNDATION
GRIMES · $56K given
Human Services, Education
Krause Family Foundation
Des Moines · $56K given
Education, Arts, Culture & Humanities
GRACE FOUNDATION 210036
AMES · $55K given
Education
THE RALPH & SYLVIA G GREEN CHARITA
DES MOINES · $54K given
Health Care, Crime & Legal Services
Mark & Kathy Larson Foundation
WEST DES MOINES · $52K given
Environment, Animal Welfare
CHARLES AND KAREN FARVER CHARITABLE
PELLA · $45K given
Education, Environment
BOONE COUNTY FORCE
BOONE · $39K given
Recreation & Sports, Human Services
SIRK FAMILY FOUNDATION
DUBUQUE · $31K given
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Human Services
IOWA SAVINGS BANK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
CARROLL · $29K given
Recreation & Sports, Human Services
JOHN H & ANN GHRIST FAMILY FOUNDATION
DES MOINES · $28K given
Education, Environment
GETHMANN FOUNDATION
MARSHALLTOWN · $26K given
Education, Public Safety & Disaster Relief
FNNB FOUNDATION
NEWTON · $26K given
Philanthropy & Grantmaking, Education
BERNICE E PETERSON SCHOLARSHIP
ALGONA · $24K given
Education
LONGSHADOW FOUNDATION
DUBUQUE · $22K given
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Education
PENNEBAKER FOUNDATION
NEW LONDON · $19K given
Arts, Culture & Humanities, Education
JUNG FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
CEDAR RAPIDS · $10K given
Education, International Affairs
KURT VERNOOY FOUNDATION
PELLA · $8K given
Education, Human Services
CHARLES E LAKIN FOUNDATION INC is the largest giver on this list. Working out which of these 55 would fund your organization specifically, rather than your subject, is what the funder search does.
What else Iowa foundations fund
Education funders in other states
Worth checking if your work crosses a state line, or if you are eligible somewhere you are not based.
- Texas 388
- New York 331
- Florida 269
- Pennsylvania 256
- Ohio 254
- California 236
- Illinois 193
- Massachusetts 188
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