Iowa · Public charity
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
To create a vibrant future for agriculture, farm families and their communities.
- $3.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 113
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 114
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 66%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $3.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $18,146
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $853,356
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 114
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 66% of the organizations Iowa Farm Bureau Federation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M 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 | 113 | $3.4M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 114 | $2.5M | 66% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $3.1M | 18% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $689k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $1.0M | 13% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $1.3M | 42% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $1.5M | 27% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $520k | 36% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa State University Foundation | $3,211,856 | 9 | 1% |
| Iowa High School Athletic Association | $2,049,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Iowa FFA Foundation Inc | $1,461,375 | 7 | 31% |
| Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union | $1,275,000 | 3 | 16% |
| Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation | $1,053,500 | 9 | 23% |
| Iowa 4-H Foundation | $661,500 | 9 | 4% |
| Iowa Farm Bureau Federation | $227,753 | 8 | 18% |
| Iowa College Access Network | $190,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Iowa Sports Foundation | $160,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Iowa Farm Bureau Federation | $156,036 | 8 | 17% |
Show all 136 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 133 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Corn Grower's Association · Iowa Pork Producers Association · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines · The Growmark Foundation · GreenState Credit Union · Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Bookey Family Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Bnsf Railway Foundation
How this is measured
About Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
- How much does Iowa Farm Bureau Federation give?
- Iowa Farm Bureau Federation reported 113 itemized grants totaling $3,400,451, out of $3,736,260 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 114 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Iowa Farm Bureau Federation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (40%), Recreation & Sports (29%), Education (21%).
- Who are Iowa Farm Bureau Federation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Iowa State University Foundation ($3.2M), Iowa High School Athletic Association ($2.0M), Iowa FFA Foundation Inc ($1.5M).
- Does Iowa Farm Bureau Federation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 66% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Iowa Farm Bureau Federation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Iowa Corn Grower's Association, Iowa Pork Producers Association, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn.
- Where is Iowa Farm Bureau Federation based?
- Iowa Farm Bureau Federation is based in IA.
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