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 Brakebush Family Foundation Inc, Washington County Riverboat, Missouri River Historical Development. 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.

How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in Iowa?

$3M reached 84 disaster and safety organizations in Iowa, from 74 funders. 53% 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 · Disaster and safety

Who funds disaster and safety in Iowa

Funders are thin on the ground: 84 disaster and safety organizations share only 74 funders between them.

$3M

granted

organizations

53%

from in-state

The short version

74 funders gave $3M to 84 disaster and safety organizations in Iowa across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
53% of that came from funders also based in Iowa; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of disaster and safety in Iowa is Brakebush Family Foundation Inc, at $681k.
The disaster and safety organization drawing the most is Goserv Global Inc, at $1M.

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.

1Brakebush Family Foundation Inc$681k 2Washington County Riverboat$396k 3Missouri River Historical Development$272k 4Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines$231k 5American Online Giving Foundation Inc$143k 6Iowa Elks Association Charitable$128k 7Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$97k 8The Pearle and Glen Foundation$82k 9Lyon County Riverboat Foundation Inc$78k 10Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$76k

Disaster and safety organizations in Iowa that draw the most

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

Goserv Global Inc$1M

74 other disaster and safety organizations$944k

Kalona Volunteer Fire Department$230k Iowa Elks Major Project Inc$128k Wellman Volunteer Fire Department$127k

How to find disaster and safety funders in Iowa

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Start with the funders already active in Iowa
The funders giving the most to disaster and safety in Iowa are Brakebush Family Foundation Inc, Washington County Riverboat, Missouri River Historical Development. A funder already writing disaster and safety checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
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
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
47% 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 Brakebush Family Foundation Inc, Washington County Riverboat, Missouri River Historical Development. 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?: Brakebush Family Foundation Inc gives the most to disaster and safety organizations in Iowa, $681k across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in Iowa?: $3M reached 84 disaster and safety organizations in Iowa, from 74 funders. 53% 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.