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

Start with the funders already giving to health in Iowa, currently Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp, Central Iowa Hospital Corporation, Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation. 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?

Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp gives the most to health organizations in Iowa, $392M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to health in Iowa?

$3.5B reached 810 health organizations in Iowa, from 1,347 funders. 88% 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: 88% comes from funders based in Iowa.

$3.5B

granted

810

organizations

88%

from in-state

The short version

1,347 funders gave $3.5B to 810 health organizations in Iowa across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
88% 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 Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp, at $392M.
The health organization drawing the most is Iowa Physicians Clinic Medical Foundation, at $1.1B.

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.

1Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp$392M 2Central Iowa Hospital Corporation$344M 3Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation$214M 4Trinity Medical Center$213M 5Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center Inc$209M 6St Luke's Methodist Hospital$191M 7Great River Foundation Inc$186M 8Iowa Health System$168M 9Grhs Holdings Inc$116M 10Iowa Health Foundation$90M

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 Foundation$1.1B

800 other health organizations$907M

Grhs Holdings Inc$341M Mercy Clinics Inc$339M Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center Inc$201M Iowa Health System$192M Central Iowa Hospital Corporation$158M

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 Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp, Central Iowa Hospital Corporation, Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation. 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
Most health money here is local, so focus on Iowa funders first before widening the search.

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 Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp, Central Iowa Hospital Corporation, Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation. 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?: Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp gives the most to health organizations in Iowa, $392M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to health in Iowa?: $3.5B reached 810 health organizations in Iowa, from 1,347 funders. 88% 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.