Iowa · Public charity
Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc
The mission of bravo greater des moines is to leverage community resources to maximize the impact of arts, culture and heritage to advance regional priorities.
- $6.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 72
- Grants FY2025
- 67
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $32,825
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $550,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 46 to 89
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $194k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 71 | $6.1M | 8% |
| FY2024 | 67 | $5.2M | 10% |
| FY2023 | 57 | $4.3M | 5% |
| FY2022 | 61 | $4.4M | 5% |
| FY2021 | 46 | $2.7M | 4% |
| FY2020 | 79 | $4.2M | 10% |
| FY2019 | 73 | $4.3M | 5% |
| FY2018 | 89 | $4.4M | 22% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Arts & Culture$31MScience & Tech$3.2MEnvironment$2.6MAnimals$1.7MCommunity Improvement$725kHuman Services$513kPublic Benefit$470kRecreation & Sports$289kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Des Moines Performing Arts | $5,150,450 | 9 | 6% |
| Edmundson Art Foundation Inc | $3,844,500 | 9 | 9% |
| Science Center of Iowa | $3,215,950 | 9 | 7% |
| Des Moines Metro Opera Inc | $2,661,825 | 9 | 10% |
| Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden | $2,612,500 | 9 | 14% |
| Des Moines Symphony Association | $1,862,300 | 9 | 8% |
| Des Moines Community Playhouse | $1,710,179 | 9 | 10% |
| Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation | $1,682,800 | 9 | 9% |
| Blank Park Zoo Foundation Inc | $1,675,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Living History Farms Foundation | $1,446,925 | 9 | 8% |
Show all 132 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Des Moines Performing Arts | $5,150,450 | 9 | 6% |
| Edmundson Art Foundation Inc | $3,844,500 | 9 | 9% |
| Science Center of Iowa | $3,215,950 | 9 | 7% |
| Des Moines Metro Opera Inc | $2,661,825 | 9 | 10% |
| Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden | $2,612,500 | 9 | 14% |
| Des Moines Symphony Association | $1,862,300 | 9 | 8% |
| Des Moines Community Playhouse | $1,710,179 | 9 | 10% |
| Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation | $1,682,800 | 9 | 9% |
| Blank Park Zoo Foundation Inc | $1,675,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Living History Farms Foundation | $1,446,925 | 9 | 8% |
| Ballet Des Moines | $1,009,980 | 9 | 17% |
| Des Moines Arts Festival Inc | $943,825 | 9 | 15% |
| Salisbury House Foundation | $764,800 | 9 | 18% |
| Greater Des Moines Music Coalition | $613,310 | 8 | 31% |
| Mainframe Studios | $581,010 | 8 | 8% |
| Des Moines Film Society | $530,833 | 9 | 29% |
| Cultureall Inc | $526,400 | 9 | 19% |
| St Historical Society of Iowa | $492,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Civic Music Association Des Moines | $437,930 | 9 | 16% |
| Iowa Arts in Education Dba Artforce Iowa | $430,740 | 8 | 24% |
| Iowa Historical Foundation | $426,625 | 4 | 62% |
| Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation | $403,620 | 9 | 30% |
| Iowa Asian Alliance Foundation | $400,500 | 9 | 29% |
| Arts for the City Inc | $399,750 | 9 | 33% |
| Iowa Gold Star Military Museum Board | $352,625 | 9 | 74% |
| Des Moines Social Club | $334,500 | 3 | 18% |
| Downtown Events Group Inc | $323,700 | 8 | 11% |
| Capital City Pride | $321,250 | 5 | 15% |
| Stagewest Theater Company | $311,925 | 9 | 16% |
| Heartland Youth Choir | $275,925 | 9 | 24% |
| West Des Moines Historical Society | $254,825 | 9 | 20% |
| Girls Rock Des Moines | $251,735 | 6 | 31% |
| Ihsaa Achieve Foundation | $247,500 | 6 | 15% |
| The City of Clive | $206,370 | 5 | n/a |
| Latino Resources Inc | $202,975 | 8 | 68% |
| Ankeny Friends of the Arts | $200,200 | 9 | 16% |
| World Food Prize Foundation | $200,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Des Moines Gay Men's Chorus | $177,725 | 9 | 21% |
| Bondurant-Farrar CSD | $162,275 | 2 | n/a |
| City of West Des Moines | $148,300 | 4 | n/a |
| Tallgrass Theatre Company | $146,850 | 9 | 17% |
| Italian-American Cultural Center of Iowa | $136,775 | 8 | 43% |
| City of Grimes | $123,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Iowa Youth Chorus | $120,925 | 9 | 12% |
| Des Moines Young Artists Theatre | $119,770 | 9 | 19% |
| City of Ankeny | $110,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Ill Make Me a World in Iowa Inc | $109,350 | 7 | 9% |
| Iowa Architectural Foundation | $102,050 | 9 | 16% |
| Des Moines Childrens Museum | $100,075 | 7 | 6% |
| City of Altoona | $96,250 | 4 | n/a |
| Iowa European Cultural Connection | $92,000 | 7 | 10% |
| City Voices | $91,625 | 9 | n/a |
| The Des Moines Urban Experience | $90,475 | 7 | 9% |
| Historic Valley Junction Foundation | $90,260 | 4 | 5% |
| Gateway Dance Theatre Inc | $89,500 | 7 | 62% |
| City of Des Moines | $82,750 | 3 | n/a |
| Class Act Productions Inc | $82,125 | 9 | 23% |
| Des Moines Choral Society | $75,450 | 8 | 14% |
| Hip-Hope Inc | $73,200 | 4 | 10% |
| Polk County Iowa | $70,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Pyramid Theatre Company | $69,400 | 7 | n/a |
| Art on the Lake | $65,400 | 5 | n/a |
| Ankeny Community Theatre | $62,740 | 7 | 20% |
| Japan America Society of Iowa Inc Tanaka | $61,381 | 1 | 42% |
| City of Waukee | $59,900 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Urbandale | $59,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Central Iowa Wind Ensemble | $57,375 | 8 | n/a |
| City of Johnston | $56,250 | 2 | n/a |
| The Fort Des Moines Black Officers Memorial Inc | $55,450 | 2 | 2% |
| Iowa Latino Community Center | $51,250 | 9 | n/a |
| Vocal Arts Ensemble Of Greater Des Moines | $51,135 | 8 | 25% |
| Ankeny Area Historical Society | $50,800 | 7 | 22% |
| Station 1 Records | $45,250 | 6 | 29% |
| Central Iowa Blues Society | $41,075 | 3 | 12% |
| Urbandale Community School District | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Music Under the Stars Inc | $29,275 | 6 | n/a |
| City of Pleasant Hill | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Indianola Police Department | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Society for Preservation & Encourmt of Barbershop Quartet Singing Amer | $24,000 | 5 | n/a |
| The Des Moines Community Radio Foundation | $23,150 | 3 | 13% |
| Repertory Theater of Iowa | $22,000 | 1 | 12% |
| The Iowa Shakespeare Experience | $21,250 | 3 | n/a |
| Metro Arts Alliance of Greater Des Moines | $20,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Can Play | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Seeds Nonprofit Org | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Windsor Heights | $18,750 | 1 | n/a |
| City Sounds | $18,750 | 4 | 51% |
| Carousel Theatre of Indianola Inc | $18,720 | 2 | 6% |
| Central Iowa Jazz Association | $18,500 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Norwalk | $17,250 | 1 | n/a |
| C S A | $15,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Waukee Arts Council Inc | $12,825 | 2 | n/a |
| Clive Historical Society | $12,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Big Creek Historical Society Inc | $12,178 | 1 | n/a |
| Taste of the Junction Inc | $11,925 | 2 | n/a |
| Latino Arts Initiative | $11,460 | 2 | n/a |
| Urbandale Community Theatre Ltd | $10,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Sweet Adelines International | $10,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Community Housing Initiatives Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| 6th Avenue Corridor Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Des Moines Community Orchestra | $9,900 | 4 | n/a |
| Ankeny Community Chorus | $9,575 | 4 | n/a |
| Urbandale Historical Society | $9,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Isiserettes Drill and Drum Corps In | $8,025 | 1 | 15% |
| Des Moines Public Library Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Waukee Area Historical Society | $7,100 | 1 | 11% |
| Carlisle Historical Society Inc | $6,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Youth Concepts | $6,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Theatremidwest | $6,275 | 2 | n/a |
| Des Moines Concert Handbells | $5,225 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa Pbs Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicken Tractor | $3,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Ankeny Community Foundation | $3,625 | 4 | n/a |
| Refugee & Immigrant Voices in Action | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Polk County Heritage Gallery | $3,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Carlisle Area Historical Societyinc | $3,300 | 3 | n/a |
| Young Women's Resource Center | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Homes of Oakridge Human Services | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Children and Family Urban Ministries D/B/A Children and Family Urban Movement | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Opera Project Dsm | $2,425 | 2 | n/a |
| Altoona Public Library | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brazillian Cultural Center | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Iowa Public Radio Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Des Moines Diversity Chorus | $1,750 | 3 | n/a |
| Des Moines Maker Space | $1,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Street Collective | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Altoona Area Historical Society Inc | $1,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Flipped Art | $1,013 | 2 | n/a |
| Polk City Chamber & Economic Development Corporation | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Greater Des Moines Community Band Inc | $550 | 1 | n/a |
| Heart of Iowa Classical Guitar Society | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 14 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 76 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 76.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino IncIA131.8× affinity69 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · EMC Insurance Foundation · Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines · Meredith Corporation Foundation · United Way of Central Iowa · Bookey Family Foundation · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust · Ita Group Foundation · Athene Charitable Foundation · Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
About Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc
- How much does Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc give?
- Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc reported 72 grants totaling $6,230,821 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 89 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (76%), Science & Tech (8%), Environment (6%).
- Who are Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Des Moines Performing Arts ($5.2M), Edmundson Art Foundation Inc ($3.8M), Science Center of Iowa ($3.2M).
- Does Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, EMC Insurance Foundation.
- Where is Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc based?
- Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc is based in IA.
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