Iowa · Public charity
Iowa State Fair Foundation
Raise funds for renovation and preservation of the historic Iowa State Fairgrounds by soliciting gifts, donations, bequests and grants to help finance infrastructure projects to guarantee the Fair continues to be Iowa's great celebration, a salute to the state's best in ag, industry, entertainment and achievement.
- $6.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,645,931
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,645,931
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $24M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Iowa State Fair 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.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $6.6M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $3.5M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $3.4M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $3.4M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $3.1M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $12M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 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 Fair Authority | $31,923,019 | 6 | n/a |
About Iowa State Fair Foundation
- How much does Iowa State Fair Foundation give?
- Iowa State Fair Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $6,652,331 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Iowa State Fair Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (100%).
- Who are Iowa State Fair Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Iowa State Fair Authority ($32M).
- Does Iowa State Fair Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Iowa State Fair Foundation based?
- Iowa State Fair Foundation is based in IA.
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