Iowa · Public charity
Upper Mississippi Gaming Corp
Distribute conventure income to organizations
- $586k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2026
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 29
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $631k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 38% of the organizations Upper Mississippi Gaming Corp funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $243k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 29 | $581k | 62% |
| FY2025 | 29 | $604k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $581k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $692k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $661k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $302k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $340k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $149k | 64% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton County Conservation | $350,992 | 6 | n/a |
| Clayton County Development Group Inc | $259,000 | 10 | 26% |
| Motor Mill Foundation of Clayton County | $237,673 | 5 | 66% |
| City of McGregor | $209,242 | 6 | n/a |
| City of Volga | $170,837 | 5 | n/a |
| VCTC Inc | $153,424 | 3 | 46% |
| Luana Volunteer Fire Department Assn | $135,892 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Guttenberg | $113,856 | 4 | n/a |
| St Olaf Fire Department | $101,064 | 6 | n/a |
| Monona Chamber & Econ Develop | $100,540 | 5 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton County Conservation | $350,992 | 6 | n/a |
| Clayton County Development Group Inc | $259,000 | 10 | 26% |
| Motor Mill Foundation of Clayton County | $237,673 | 5 | 66% |
| City of McGregor | $209,242 | 6 | n/a |
| City of Volga | $170,837 | 5 | n/a |
| VCTC Inc | $153,424 | 3 | 46% |
| Luana Volunteer Fire Department Assn | $135,892 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Guttenberg | $113,856 | 4 | n/a |
| St Olaf Fire Department | $101,064 | 6 | n/a |
| Monona Chamber & Econ Develop | $100,540 | 5 | n/a |
| Guttenberg Economic & Industrial Development Commi | $100,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Garnavillo Firefighters Association | $96,973 | 3 | n/a |
| Northeast Iowa Community Action Corp | $96,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Clayton County Agricultural Society | $91,804 | 4 | 12% |
| Berry Tender Childcare Inc | $91,613 | 3 | 12% |
| Clayton County Food Shelf | $88,000 | 10 | n/a |
| Clayton County Energy District | $87,236 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Strawberry Point | $87,188 | 5 | n/a |
| City of Prairie Du Chien | $57,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Marquette Action Club | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Point Vision | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Backbone Lake Promotion Association Inc | $44,994 | 2 | 21% |
| Garber Fire Department | $40,125 | 1 | n/a |
| McGregor-Marquette Center for the Arts Inc | $36,248 | 4 | 26% |
| Central Community Hospital | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| McGregor Historical Society | $34,878 | 3 | n/a |
| Northeast Iowa Community Action | $34,442 | 1 | n/a |
| Northeast Iowa Council Boy Scouts | $34,023 | 3 | 2% |
| Elkader Depot Project | $31,070 | 4 | n/a |
| Garnavillo Historical Society | $30,472 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Marquette Driftless Area | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Clayton County Womenade | $29,675 | 4 | n/a |
| Elgin Emergency Medical Services Inc | $27,041 | 1 | n/a |
| Farmersburg Fire Department | $25,680 | 1 | n/a |
| Clermont Volunteer Fire Dept Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arlington Fire Department | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Monona Volunteer Fire Department | $24,162 | 1 | n/a |
| Mar-Mac Human Powered Trails | $23,273 | 1 | n/a |
| Umbrella Arts | $22,791 | 1 | n/a |
| Edgewood Board of Economic Developm | $21,500 | 1 | 16% |
| Postville Elementary Schools | $21,270 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Prairie Du Chien Fire Assoc Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Turkey River Recreational Corridor | $19,309 | 2 | n/a |
| Postville Volunteer Fire Department | $18,118 | 1 | n/a |
| St Olaf Fire Department | $17,845 | 1 | n/a |
| Opera House Players | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Crawford County Special Services Inc | $15,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Mar-Mac Emergency Squad Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 29% |
| Allamakee County Conservation Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Postville Volunteer Fire Dept | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Community Scholarship Foundation | $12,750 | 2 | 9% |
| Luana Community and Recreation Center Foundation | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Guttenberg Heritage Society | $11,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Garnavillo Community Daycare Center | $11,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Northeast Iowa Farm & Antique Assoc | $10,400 | 1 | 25% |
| Friends of the Marquette Driftless | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Buena Vista Township | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Elgin Historical Society | $10,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Little Bulldog Childcare & Learning | $8,600 | 1 | 1% |
| Strawberry Point Ball Fields Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Familys Helping Hand | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| McGregor Public Library | $7,560 | 1 | n/a |
| Resource Conservation and Development for Northeast Iowa Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Pikes Peak State Park | $7,225 | 1 | n/a |
| Methodist Church Preservation Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Volga River Recreation Area | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| McGregor Hook & Ladder Company No 1 | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Elkader | $5,862 | 1 | n/a |
| Edgewood Community Childcare & Learning Center | $5,600 | 1 | 1% |
| Mfl Marmac Scholarship Foundation | $5,250 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($569k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Upper Mississippi Gaming Corp supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 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: Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Upper Mississippi Gaming Corp
- How much does Upper Mississippi Gaming Corp give?
- Upper Mississippi Gaming Corp reported 30 grants totaling $585,838 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 29 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Upper Mississippi Gaming Corp fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (24%), Arts & Culture (17%), Environment (14%).
- Who are Upper Mississippi Gaming Corp's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Clayton County Conservation ($351k), Clayton County Development Group Inc ($259k), Motor Mill Foundation of Clayton County ($238k).
- Does Upper Mississippi Gaming Corp fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Upper Mississippi Gaming Corp?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Upper Mississippi Gaming Corp based?
- Upper Mississippi Gaming Corp is based in IA.
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