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Iowa College Foundation

The foundation is organized to further the growth and development of private colleges and universities of higher education in iowa.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
26
Itemized grants FY2025
26
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$1.4M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$58,789
Largest grant, FY2025
$79,154
Organizations funded a year
26 to 33
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$8.8M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Iowa College Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving26$1.4M0%
FY202426$1.3M0%
FY202327$1.3M4%
FY202226$1.3M0%
FY202127$1.2M0%
FY202029$1.5M3%
FY201931$1.5M3%
FY201833$1.6M0%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$13M

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Drake University$606,13190%
Wartburg College$603,31490%
Luther College$571,47290%
Morningside University$570,10090%
Northwestern College$566,59490%
St Ambrose University$561,14490%
Dordt University$549,50790%
Grand View University$547,41090%
University of Dubuque$537,94090%
Simpson College$521,29090%
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All grantees of Iowa College Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Drake University$606,13190%
Wartburg College$603,31490%
Luther College$571,47290%
Morningside University$570,10090%
Northwestern College$566,59490%
St Ambrose University$561,14490%
Dordt University$549,50790%
Grand View University$547,41090%
University of Dubuque$537,94090%
Simpson College$521,29090%
Iowa State University$504,7009n/a
Coe College$494,15390%
The Trustees of Grinnell College$492,65490%
Central College$491,92390%
Loras College$477,90990%
Mound Farm Holdings Inc$475,70490%
Buena Vista University$463,29890%
Cornell College$437,10090%
Briar Cliff University$436,72790%
William Penn University$426,91690%
Graceland University$401,26190%
Clarke University of Dubuque Iowa$394,87090%
Upper Iowa University$382,48790%
State University of Iowa$321,8509n/a
Iowa Wesleyan University$253,29470%
University of Northern Iowa$220,8009n/a
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska$88,4003n/a
Dmacc$65,5504n/a
Northwest Foundation Inc$33,00040%
Des Moines Area Community College Educational Services Association$32,5003n/a
Iowa Western Community College Foundation$25,00030%
Creighton University$18,00020%
College of Saint Mary$17,00020%
Clarkson University$16,00020%
South Dakota State University$11,8002n/a
Kirkwood Community College$6,7501n/a
Bellevue University$6,00010%
Nebraska Wesleyan University$6,00010%
Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing and Allied Health$6,00010%
Midland University$5,00010%
Missouri Western State University Foundation Inc$5,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Iowa College Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDrake University: $606,131 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWartburg College: $603,314 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLuther College: $571,472 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMorningside University: $570,100 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwestern College: $566,594 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSt Ambrose University: $561,144 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetDordt University: $549,507 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetGrand View University: $547,410 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Dubuque: $537,940 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSimpson College: $521,290 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCoe College: $494,153 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetThe Trustees of Grinnell College: $492,654 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCentral College: $491,923 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLoras College: $477,909 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMound Farm Holdings Inc: $475,704 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBuena Vista University: $463,298 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCornell College: $437,100 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBriar Cliff University: $436,727 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWilliam Penn University: $426,916 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetGraceland University: $401,261 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetClarke University of Dubuque Iowa: $394,870 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUpper Iowa University: $382,487 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetIowa Wesleyan University: $253,294 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNorthwest Foundation Inc: $33,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetIowa Western Community College Foundation: $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCreighton University: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCollege of Saint Mary: $17,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetClarkson University: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBellevue University: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNebraska Wesleyan University: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNebraska Methodist College of Nursing and Allied Health: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMidland University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMissouri Western State University Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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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 33.

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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.

Roy J Carver Charitab…Fahrney Education Fdt…Pella Rolscreen Found…Tulsa Community Found…Community Fdn of Grea…Special Needs Foundat…Marguerite V BrownW E Ruebush FoundationOttumwa Regional Lega…Greater Kansas City C…J Ralph And Gladys Me…Dean J King Family Fo…
Roy J Carver Charitable TrustIA24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Roy J Carver Charitable Trust · Fahrney Education Fdtn Trust · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Special Needs Foundation of Des Moines County · Marguerite V Brown · W E Ruebush Foundation · Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation Inc · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · J Ralph And Gladys Meier Scholarship Trust · Dean J King Family Foundation

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.

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About Iowa College Foundation

How much does Iowa College Foundation give?
Iowa College Foundation reported 26 itemized grants totaling $1,371,761, out of $1,424,051 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Iowa College Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
Who are Iowa College Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Drake University ($606k), Wartburg College ($603k), Luther College ($571k).
Does Iowa College Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Iowa College Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Roy J Carver Charitable Trust, Fahrney Education Fdtn Trust, Pella Rolscreen Foundation.
Where is Iowa College Foundation based?
Iowa College Foundation is based in IA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 41 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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