How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Iowa?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Iowa, currently Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines, Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc, Des Moines Metro Opera Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.

Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Iowa?

Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Iowa, $16M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Iowa?

$111M reached 315 arts and culture organizations in Iowa, from 500 funders. 73% came from funders also based in Iowa.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Iowa · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in Iowa

Arts and culture funding in Iowa is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Des Moines Metro Opera Inc leads, and the money reaches 315 groups.

$111M

granted

315

organizations

73%

from in-state

The short version

500 funders gave $111M to 315 arts and culture organizations in Iowa across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
73% of that came from funders also based in Iowa; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in Iowa is Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines, at $16M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Des Moines Metro Opera Inc, at $12M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in Iowa

The funders giving the most to arts and culture organizations in Iowa, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines$16M 2Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc$9M 3Des Moines Metro Opera Foundation Inc$8M 4Anna K Meredith Endowment Trust$6M 5Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable$3M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$3M 7Greater Cedar Rapids Community$3M 8The Hall-Perrine Foundation$3M 9Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 10Corporation for Public Broadcasting$2M

Arts and culture organizations in Iowa that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

305 other arts and culture organizations$59M

Des Moines Metro Opera Inc$12M Edmundson Art Foundation Inc$10M Des Moines Symphony Association$4M Brucemore Inc$3M Quad City Symphony Orchestra Association$3M

How to find arts and culture funders in Iowa

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Start with the funders already active in Iowa
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in Iowa are Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines, Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc, Des Moines Metro Opera Foundation Inc. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
27% of arts and culture money in Iowa comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Iowa.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Iowa?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Iowa, currently Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines, Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc, Des Moines Metro Opera Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Iowa?: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Iowa, $16M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Iowa?: $111M reached 315 arts and culture organizations in Iowa, from 500 funders. 73% came from funders also based in Iowa.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.