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 F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc, Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation. 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 F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Iowa, $41M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

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

$411M reached 691 arts and culture organizations in Iowa, from 1,005 funders. 72% 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 Edmundson Art Foundation Inc leads, and the money reaches 691 groups.

$411M

granted

691

organizations

72%

from in-state

The short version

1,005 funders gave $411M to 691 arts and culture organizations in Iowa across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
72% 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 F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, at $41M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Edmundson Art Foundation Inc, at $31M.

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 F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn$41M 2Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc$29M 3Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation$21M 4Anna K Meredith Endowment Trust$17M 5The Butler Family Foundation$16M 6Des Moines Metro Opera Foundation Inc$14M 7Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation$12M 8Grout Museum Inc$11M 9Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines$9M 10The Hall-Perrine Foundation$9M

Arts and culture organizations in Iowa that draw the most

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

681 other arts and culture organizations$247M

Edmundson Art Foundation Inc$31M Des Moines Metro Opera Inc$26M Des Moines Performing Arts$13M Des Moines Symphony Association$13M

How to find arts and culture funders in Iowa

1
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 F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc, Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation. 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
28% 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 F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc, Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation. 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 F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Iowa, $41M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Iowa?: $411M reached 691 arts and culture organizations in Iowa, from 1,005 funders. 72% 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.