Iowa · Public charity
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
To empower and unite grassroots people of all races to take control of their communities; involve them in identifying problems and needs; and in taking action to address them; and be a vehicle for social, economic and environmental justice.
- $58k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $14,250
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $58k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $119k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $105k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $303k | 70% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $174k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land Stewardship Project | $97,346 | 5 | 1% |
| Missouri Rural Crisis Center | $96,846 | 5 | 3% |
| Common Good Iowa | $84,166 | 1 | 8% |
| Embarc Inc | $84,166 | 1 | 2% |
| People's Action Institute | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dakota Rural Action | $64,846 | 5 | 2% |
| Linn County Community Action Fund | $62,000 | 3 | 87% |
| Great Plains Action Society | $57,723 | 1 | 12% |
| Quad Cities Interfaith | $45,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice | $29,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land Stewardship Project | $97,346 | 5 | 1% |
| Missouri Rural Crisis Center | $96,846 | 5 | 3% |
| Common Good Iowa | $84,166 | 1 | 8% |
| Embarc Inc | $84,166 | 1 | 2% |
| People's Action Institute | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dakota Rural Action | $64,846 | 5 | 2% |
| Linn County Community Action Fund | $62,000 | 3 | 87% |
| Great Plains Action Society | $57,723 | 1 | 12% |
| Quad Cities Interfaith | $45,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice | $29,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $18,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Indigenous Iowa Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 10% |
| DES MOINES BLACK LIBERATION MOVEMENT FOUNDATION dba DSM BLM Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vision Leads Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement with peer funders
About Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
- How much does Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement give?
- Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement reported 4 grants totaling $57,750 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (23%), Public Benefit (23%), Food & Nutrition (21%).
- Who are Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Land Stewardship Project ($97k), Missouri Rural Crisis Center ($97k), Common Good Iowa ($84k).
- Does Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, National Philanthropic Trust, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement based?
- Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement is based in IA.
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