Iowa · Public charity
Iowa Corn Grower's Association
The iowa corn growers association (icga) is a membership organization lobbying to protect the rights of its more than 7,000 corn farmer members. Icga serves as the collective voice for iowa corn farmers, lobbying on agricultural issues at the state and federal level. Icga's mission is to create opportunities for long-term iowa corn…
- $9.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2025
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,197,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 27
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $27M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Iowa Corn Grower's Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $295k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 33 | $8.9M | 33% |
| FY2024 | 26 | $9.7M | 27% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $9.5M | 20% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $8.3M | 26% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $7.9M | 15% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $6.0M | 10% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $5.4M | 5% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $5.8M | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Grains Council | $24,185,362 | 9 | 11% |
| National Corn Growers Association | $15,611,472 | 5 | 17% |
| United States Meat Export Federation Inc | $13,791,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Iowa State University Foundation | $3,635,750 | 6 | 1% |
| Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance | $2,430,000 | 9 | 31% |
| World Food Prize Foundation | $513,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Kansas Corn Commission | $500,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation | $450,000 | 9 | 11% |
| Iowa Nutrient Research and Education Council | $380,000 | 9 | 14% |
| Iowa State University | $325,675 | 4 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Grains Council | $24,185,362 | 9 | 11% |
| National Corn Growers Association | $15,611,472 | 5 | 17% |
| United States Meat Export Federation Inc | $13,791,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Iowa State University Foundation | $3,635,750 | 6 | 1% |
| Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance | $2,430,000 | 9 | 31% |
| World Food Prize Foundation | $513,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Kansas Corn Commission | $500,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation | $450,000 | 9 | 11% |
| Iowa Nutrient Research and Education Council | $380,000 | 9 | 14% |
| Iowa State University | $325,675 | 4 | n/a |
| American Lung Association | $267,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Waterways Council Inc | $240,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Greater Des Moines Partnership | $237,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Iowa Renewable Fuels Association | $227,650 | 8 | 4% |
| Iowa Foundation for Agricultural Advance | $210,000 | 8 | 9% |
| National Waterways Conference Inc | $205,000 | 8 | 10% |
| Growth Energy | $160,030 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa Soybean Association | $122,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $110,040 | 3 | n/a |
| The Global Farmer Network | $100,000 | 8 | 7% |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $96,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa FFA Foundation Inc | $86,567 | 9 | 2% |
| Iowa State Fair Foundation | $75,369 | 4 | 1% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $70,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Renewable Fuels Association | $65,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Iowans for a Renewable Future | $58,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Coalition to Protect the Missouri River | $52,000 | 7 | 9% |
| Soy Transportation Coalition | $50,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Agriculture's Clean Water Alliance | $50,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Agriculture Alliance Competition Council | $37,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Illinois Corn Marketing Board | $30,700 | 2 | 0% |
| Iowa Mentoring Partnership | $22,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Iowa Corn Growers Association | $20,125 | 3 | n/a |
| Agricultural Legal Defense Fund | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Nuffield International Farming Scholarships - USA Associate Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa Cattlemens Association | $13,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Iowa Corn Growers Association | $13,335 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $13,032 | 1 | 0% |
| Curators of the University of Missouri | $10,220 | 1 | n/a |
| Agriculture Future of America | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Iowa Agstate Group | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Belmond Area Arts Council | $7,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Cornell University | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nc State University | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Siouxland Agriculture in the Classr | $6,500 | 1 | 9% |
| Iowa Corn Growers Association | $6,265 | 1 | n/a |
| Illinois Corn Growers Association | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Midwest Council on Agriculture | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Des Moines Performing Arts | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa Corn Growers Association | $5,649 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Delaware | $5,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa Brewers Guild | $5,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Texas A&M Agrilife Research | $5,180 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa Corn Growers Association | $5,135 | 1 | n/a |
| National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Heartland China Association | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Iowa Department of Natural Resources | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fueliowa | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Iowa Corn Grower's Association supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 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: Iowa Pork Producers Association · Iowa Farm Bureau Federation · Illinois Corn Marketing Board · Minnesota Corn Growers Association · The Growmark Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Indiana Corn Marketing Council · Iowa Beef Cattle Producers Association Dba Iowa Beef Industry Council · Bookey Family Foundation · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Iowa Corn Grower's Association
- How much does Iowa Corn Grower's Association give?
- Iowa Corn Grower's Association reported 33 grants totaling $8,958,137 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Iowa Corn Grower's Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (89%), Environment (6%), Education (3%).
- Who are Iowa Corn Grower's Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: US Grains Council ($24M), National Corn Growers Association ($16M), United States Meat Export Federation Inc ($14M).
- Does Iowa Corn Grower's Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Iowa Corn Grower's Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Iowa Pork Producers Association, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, Illinois Corn Marketing Board.
- Where is Iowa Corn Grower's Association based?
- Iowa Corn Grower's Association is based in IA.
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