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

Start with the funders already giving to health in Iowa, currently Grhs Holdings Inc, Central Iowa Hospital Corporation, Trinity Medical Center. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.

Who is the largest health funder in Iowa?

Grhs Holdings Inc gives the most to health organizations in Iowa, $96M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to health in Iowa?

$865M reached 234 health organizations in Iowa, from 455 funders. 84% 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 · Health

Who funds health in Iowa

It is overwhelmingly local money: 84% comes from funders based in Iowa.

$865M

granted

234

organizations

84%

from in-state

The short version

455 funders gave $865M to 234 health organizations in Iowa across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
84% of that came from funders also based in Iowa; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of health in Iowa is Grhs Holdings Inc, at $96M.
The health organization drawing the most is Iowa Physicians Clinic Medical, at $341M.

Largest funders of health in Iowa

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

1Grhs Holdings Inc$96M 2Central Iowa Hospital Corporation$93M 3Trinity Medical Center$86M 4Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp$84M 5Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation$69M 6St Luke's Methodist Hospital$52M 7Iowa Health Foundation$40M 8Central Iowa Health Properties$38M 9Trinity Regional Medical Center$24M 10Mercy Hospitalcedar Rapidsia Endowment$23M

Health organizations in Iowa that draw the most

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

Iowa Physicians Clinic Medical$341M

224 other health organizations$162M

Southeast Iowa Regional Medical$107M Mercy Clinics Inc$78M Central Iowa Hospital Corporation$77M

How to find health funders in Iowa

1
Start with the funders already active in Iowa
The funders giving the most to health in Iowa are Grhs Holdings Inc, Central Iowa Hospital Corporation, Trinity Medical Center. A funder already writing health checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the health 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
16% of health money in Iowa comes from funders elsewhere, so national health funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Iowa.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a health nonprofit in Iowa?: Start with the funders already giving to health in Iowa, currently Grhs Holdings Inc, Central Iowa Hospital Corporation, Trinity Medical Center. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.
Who is the largest health funder in Iowa?: Grhs Holdings Inc gives the most to health organizations in Iowa, $96M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to health in Iowa?: $865M reached 234 health organizations in Iowa, from 455 funders. 84% 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.