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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 FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$79k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 26 grants below total $1,371,761, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,424,051 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $52,290 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $173k
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $1.2M
$58,789
Median grant
1
States reached
$8.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE$79,154
DORDT COLLEGE$69,643
GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY$68,311
WARTBURG COLLEGE$67,567
DRAKE UNIVERSITY$67,543
ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY$65,883
NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE$63,689
LUTHER COLLEGE$63,082
GRINNELL COLLEGE$62,361
WILLIAM PENN UNIVERSITY$61,127
CENTRAL COLLEGE$60,266
SIMPSON COLLEGE$60,256
BUENA VISTA UNIVERSITY$58,789
UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE$58,695
BRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY$57,928
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 61% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SIMPSON COLLEGE: $65k → 6%WARTBURG COLLEGE: $73k → 7%NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $70k → 8%GRINNELL COLLEGE: $62k → 9%COE COLLEGE: $63k → 9%LUTHER COLLEGE: $68k → 10%DRAKE UNIVERSITY: $78k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE: $83k → 11%ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $67k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF IOWA: $75k → 15%WARTBURG COLLEGE: $73k → 7%NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $69k → 8%LUTHER COLLEGE: $67k → 10%DRAKE UNIVERSITY: $75k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE: $75k → 11%ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $67k → 12%WARTBURG COLLEGE: $69k → 7%NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $65k → 8%LUTHER COLLEGE: $66k → 10%DRAKE UNIVERSITY: $69k → 10%ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $66k → 12%WARTBURG COLLEGE: $68k → 7%NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $64k → 8%LUTHER COLLEGE: $66k → 10%DRAKE UNIVERSITY: $68k → 10%ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $66k → 12%WARTBURG COLLEGE: $68k → 7%NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $64k → 8%LUTHER COLLEGE: $65k → 10%DRAKE UNIVERSITY: $68k → 10%ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $62k → 12%WARTBURG COLLEGE: $65k → 7%NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $64k → 8%LUTHER COLLEGE: $63k → 10%DRAKE UNIVERSITY: $66k → 10%WARTBURG COLLEGE: $65k → 7%DRAKE UNIVERSITY: $63k → 10%DORDT COLLEGE: $70k → 8%MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE: $79k → 13%DORDT COLLEGE: $68k → 8%MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE: $68k → 13%DORDT COLLEGE: $63k → 8%MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE: $66k → 13%MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE: $64k → 13%GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY: $69k → 10%GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY: $68k → 10%GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY: $64k → 10%GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY: $64k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 35 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

35 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
6

Total granted

$13M
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+35%

Still filing today

80%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • DRAKE UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $606k · revenue +20%
  • MU
    MORNINGSIDE UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $570k · revenue +28%
  • NC
    NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $567k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • KC
    Kirkwood Community College
    one grant, 2019 · $7k
  • BU
    Bellevue Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue +98%
  • NW
    NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue +21%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Union College

Union college is a seventh-day adventist community of higher education, inspired by jesus christ, and dedicated to empowering students to learn, serve, and lead.

Education
2
Augustana University Association

Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.

Education
3
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
4
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
5
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
6
Wisconsin Lutheran College Inc

Wisconsin lutheran college is a private, four-year liberal arts college.

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7
LaGrange College

Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…

Education
8
Augsburg University

Augsburg university educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.the augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its…

Education
9
John Brown University

John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…

Education
10
Briar Cliff University

Briar cliff university is a community committed to higher education within a liberal arts and catholic perspective. in the franciscan tradition of service, caring and openness to all, briar cliff emphasizes quality education for its…

Education
11
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
12
Simpson College

Through innovative learning opportunities, individual student attention, and an unwavering commitment to inclusive educational access, simpson college cultivates a diverse community of learners to lead lives of meaning and purpose.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Midland University; the most unlike its peers is Iowa Wesleyan University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 41 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
26/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DRAKE UNIVERSITY: $606,131 · EducationDRAKE UNIVERSITYWARTBURG COLLEGE: $603,314 · EducationWARTBURG COLLEGELUTHER COLLEGE: $571,472 · EducationLUTHER COLLEGEMORNINGSIDE UNIVERSITY: $570,100 · EducationMORNINGSIDE UNIVERSITYNORTHWESTERN COLLEGE: $566,594 · EducationST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $561,144 · EducationDORDT UNIVERSITY: $549,507 · EducationGRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY: $547,410 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE: $537,940 · EducationSimpson College: $521,290 · EducationCOE COLLEGE: $494,153 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF GRINNELL COLLEGE: $492,654 · EducationCENTRAL COLLEGE: $491,923 · EducationMOUND FARM HOLDINGS INC: $475,704 · EducationBuena Vista University: $463,298 · EducationCORNELL COLLEGE: $437,100 · EducationBRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY: $436,727 · EducationWILLIAM PENN UNIVERSITY: $426,916 · EducationGRACELAND UNIVERSITY: $401,261 · EducationClarke University of Dubuque Iowa: $394,870 · EducationUPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY: $382,487 · Education+8 more: $126,000 · EducationIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY: $504,700 · OtherIOWA STATE UNIVER…LORAS COLLEGE: $477,909 · OtherLORAS COLLEGEState University of Iowa: $321,850 · OtherState University …Iowa Wesleyan University: $253,294 · OtherIowa Wesleyan Uni…UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA: $220,800 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NOR…BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA: $88,400 · Other+6 more: $127,600 · Other+6 more
Education$10,657,995Other$1,994,553

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds DRAKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WARTBURG COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds LUTHER COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MORNINGSIDE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DORDT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GRAND VIEW UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE ↗
  • Who funds Simpson College ↗
  • Who funds COE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF GRINNELL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds LORAS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MOUND FARM HOLDINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds Buena Vista University ↗
  • Who funds CORNELL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BRIAR CLIFF UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAM PENN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GRACELAND UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Clarke University of Dubuque Iowa ↗
  • Who funds UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Iowa Wesleyan University ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds IOWA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Creighton University ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY ↗
  • Who funds CLARKSON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Bellevue University ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA METHODIST COLLEGE OF NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds MIDLAND UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Iowa College Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Iowa College Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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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