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Iowa Council of Foundations

To strengthen and promote organized philanthropy in the state of iowa; to assist and educate its membership in order to promote and facilitate effective philanthropic grantmaking; and to provide a forum for the exchange of information on philanthropic programs and issues.

$73k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Iowa Council of Foundations’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Community Fdn Of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’18
0
’19
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’20
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’21
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’22
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’23
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’24
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’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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.

Philanthropy$669kCommunity Improvement$15k
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $36,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $73,175 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $37,175 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 · $16k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$9,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$383k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DM$20,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUB$9,000
CEDAR FALLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$7,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%OMAHA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15k → 12%OKOBOJI COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7k → 7%GREATER POWESHIEK COMMUNITY FOUND: $7k → 9%GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUN: $15k → 9%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DM: $50k → 10%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUB: $35k → 11%POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUN: $15k → 12%QUAD CITIES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15k → 12%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MUS: $22k → 12%SIOUXLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $13k → 13%KEOKUK AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $8k → 14%WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7k → 15%SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA COMMUNITY FOUND: $15k → 16%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NE IOWA: $18k → 17%OKOBOJI COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7k → 7%GREATER POWESHIEK COMMUNITY FOUNDAT: $6k → 9%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DM: $23k → 10%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUB: $35k → 11%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN IA: $11k → 12%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MUS: $16k → 12%SIOUXLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7k → 13%KEOKUK AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHEAST I: $15k → 17%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DM: $20k → 10%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUB: $27k → 11%POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUN: $10k → 12%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MUS: $15k → 12%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NE IOWA: $15k → 17%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DM: $19k → 10%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUB: $26k → 11%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MUS: $15k → 12%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHEAST I: $10k → 17%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DES: $14k → 10%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUB: $21k → 11%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MUS: $5k → 12%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHEAST I: $9k → 17%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DES: $10k → 10%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUB: $18k → 11%CEDAR FALLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7k → 17%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DM: $8k → 10%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUB: $12k → 11%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NE IOWA: $6k → 17%DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $8k → 10%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUB: $9k → 11%KOSSUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%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
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.

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Community Foundation of Grand Forks East Grand Forks and Region

To connect people who care with causes that matter.

Philanthropy
2
Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas

The Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas servces the region by encouraging charitable giving benefiting the common good and the quality of life.

Philanthropy
3
Montgomery County Community Foundation

The mission of the Montgomery County Community Foundation (MCCF) is to provide leadership in Montgomery County by directing sustainable financial resources that strengthen our community and improve the quality of life for current and…

Philanthropy
4
Community Foundation of Jackson County

Benefit charitable and educational community projects in the jackson county area.

Philanthropy
5
Waukesha County Community Foundation

Wccf is a pool of permanent endowment and project funds created primarily by and for the people of waukesha county to provide grant support to charitable organizations. the intent of the foundation is to serve a broad spectrum of the…

Philanthropy
6
Community Foundation of Lorain County

The community foundation responds to the changing needs of the community by making grants to local nonprofit organizations, awarding scholarships to help local students, working together with donors to build community endowment and…

Philanthropy
7
Missoula Community Foundation

To enhance community vitality by inspiring community giving and strengthening nonprofits

Community Improvement
8
Community Foundation of Shelby County

To inspire donor generosity and transform it into meaningful, lasting impact through charitable gifts.

Philanthropy
9
Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties

To grow community giving by fostering a community of grantmakers, promoting strategic local leadership, and investing in partnerships for the benefit of the community of loudoun and northern fauquier.

Philanthropy
10
The Community Foundation of Dickinson County Inc

To connect donors with their charitable giving priorities, serve as a resource for local nonprofit organizations and provide leadership to the community.

Philanthropy
11
Kenosha Community Foundation

We lead, serve and collaborate with donors to create enduring philanthropy.

Philanthropy
12
Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico

The Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico serves as a community resource, connects donors to needs, and supports charitable organizations in their work.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Okoboji Foundation. 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

15 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. 15 of the 16 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUBUQUE: $182,584 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUBUQUECOMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN: $164,405 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDNCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHEAST IOWA: $78,690 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHEAST IOWACOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MUSCATINE: $72,850 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MUSCATINECOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN IOWA: $35,500 · Philanthropy+10 more: $135,375 · Philanthropy+10 moreOKOBOJI FOUNDATION: $14,400 · Other
Philanthropy$669,404Other$14,400

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 budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER DUBUQUE: $182,584 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN: $164,405 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHEAST IOWA: $78,690 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MUSCATINE: $72,850 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WESTERN IOWA: $35,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSIOUXLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,180 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWATERLOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,800 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOmaha Community Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQUAD CITIES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouth Central Iowa Community Founda: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKEOKUK AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $13,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGreater Poweshiek Community Foundation: $12,375 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCEDAR FALLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWAYNE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $6,520 over 1y, 5.2% 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.

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.

Community Fdn of Grea…Land O'Lakes Foundati…The Hws Charitable Fo…GreenState Credit Uni…Alliant Energy Founda…Edward Jones Foundati…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …
Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community FdnIA14.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Land O'Lakes Foundation · The Hws Charitable Foundation Inc · GreenState Credit Union · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Council of Foundations funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Iowa Council of Foundations. Bigger dots raise more.

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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
    6report 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 16 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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