How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Iowa?

Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Iowa, currently Legal Services Corporation, Iowa Legal Aid Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust. Then look at who funds the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.

How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Iowa?

$28M reached 30 crime and legal organizations in Iowa, from 146 funders. 31% 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 · Crime and legal

Who funds crime and legal in Iowa

Funding is concentrated: Iowa Legal Aid alone draws 77% of every crime and legal grant dollar in Iowa. One funder dominates the giving, Legal Services Corporation, at 49% of the total.

$28M

granted

organizations

31%

from in-state

The short version

146 funders gave $28M to 30 crime and legal organizations in Iowa across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
31% of that came from funders also based in Iowa; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of crime and legal in Iowa is Legal Services Corporation, at $14M.
The crime and legal organization drawing the most is Iowa Legal Aid, at $22M.

Largest funders of crime and legal in Iowa

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

1Legal Services Corporation$14M 2Iowa Legal Aid Foundation$2M 3The Chicago Community Trust$2M 4Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines$1M 5Building America's Future$1M 6United Way of Central Iowa$841k 7United Way of East Central Iowa$532k 8The Harold W Siebens Charitable$515k 9Golf Charitable Foundation$400k 10National Children's Alliance Inc$373k

Crime and legal organizations in Iowa that draw the most

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

Iowa Legal Aid$22M

20 other crime and legal organizations$2M

How to find crime and legal funders in Iowa

1
Start with the funders already active in Iowa
The funders giving the most to crime and legal in Iowa are Legal Services Corporation, Iowa Legal Aid Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust. A funder already writing crime and legal checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the crime and legal 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
69% of crime and legal money in Iowa comes from funders elsewhere, so national crime and legal funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Iowa.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Iowa?: Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Iowa, currently Legal Services Corporation, Iowa Legal Aid Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust. Then look at who funds the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.
Who is the largest crime and legal funder in Iowa?: Legal Services Corporation gives the most to crime and legal organizations in Iowa, $14M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Iowa?: $28M reached 30 crime and legal organizations in Iowa, from 146 funders. 31% 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.