How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Iowa?

Start with the funders already giving to education in Iowa, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in Iowa?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in Iowa, $43M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in Iowa?

$374M reached 425 education organizations in Iowa, from 1,263 funders. 44% 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 · Education

Who funds education in Iowa

$374M reached 425 education organizations in Iowa, from 1,263 funders, with no single one dominating.

$374M

granted

425

organizations

44%

from in-state

The short version

1,263 funders gave $374M to 425 education organizations in Iowa across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
44% of that came from funders also based in Iowa; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in Iowa is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $43M.
The education organization drawing the most is State University of Iowa Foundation, at $61M.

Largest funders of education in Iowa

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$43M 2Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$20M 3Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines$19M 4Primary Health Care Inc$15M 5American Online Giving Foundation Inc$11M 6Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$11M 7The Blackbaud Giving Fund$8M 8Lilly Endowment Inc$6M 9Graceland College Center for Prof Dev &$6M 10Scanlan Family Foundation$5M

Education organizations in Iowa that draw the most

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

415 other education organizations$168M

State University of Iowa Foundation$61M Iowa State University Foundation$39M Drake University$25M University of Northern Iowa$17M

How to find education funders in Iowa

1
Start with the funders already active in Iowa
The funders giving the most to education in Iowa are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
56% of education money in Iowa comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Iowa.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Iowa?: Start with the funders already giving to education in Iowa, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in Iowa?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in Iowa, $43M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Iowa?: $374M reached 425 education organizations in Iowa, from 1,263 funders. 44% 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.