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Who funds disaster and safety in Iowa

Disaster and safety funding in Iowa is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Impact Community Action Partnership Inc leads, and the money reaches 333 groups. Funders are thin on the ground: 333 disaster and safety organizations share only 227 funders between them.

$29M
granted
333
organizations
73%
from in-state

The short version

Largest funders of disaster and safety in Iowa

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

1Iowa Community Action Association$7M2United Way of East Central Iowa$5M3Brakebush Family Foundation Inc$2M4Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn$1M5Thrivent Financial for Lutherans$978k6Washington County Riverboat Foundation Inc$977k7Realtors Relief Foundation$901k8Missouri River Historical Development Inc$838k9Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation$584k10Iowa Hospital Education and Research Foundation$584k

Disaster and safety organizations in Iowa that draw the most

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

323 other disaster and safety organizations$17M
Impact Community Action Partnership Inc$3M

How to find disaster and safety funders in Iowa

  1. 1
    Start with the funders already active in Iowa

    The funders giving the most to disaster and safety in Iowa are Iowa Community Action Association, United Way of East Central Iowa, Brakebush Family Foundation Inc. A funder already writing disaster and safety checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.

  2. 2
    See who funds organizations like yours

    Open the disaster and safety 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. 3
    Add the out-of-state funders reaching in

    27% of disaster and safety money in Iowa comes from funders elsewhere, so national disaster and safety funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Iowa.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Iowa?
Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Iowa, currently Iowa Community Action Association, United Way of East Central Iowa, Brakebush Family Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.
Who is the largest disaster and safety funder in Iowa?
Iowa Community Action Association gives the most to disaster and safety organizations in Iowa, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in Iowa?
$29M reached 333 disaster and safety organizations in Iowa, from 227 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 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.