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

Start with the funders already giving to housing in Iowa, currently The Friendship Village Charitable, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines, Friends of Faith Ret Homes Inc. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.

Who is the largest housing funder in Iowa?

The Friendship Village Charitable gives the most to housing organizations in Iowa, $25M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to housing in Iowa?

$92M reached 93 housing organizations in Iowa, from 238 funders. 76% 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 · Housing

Who funds housing in Iowa

$92M reached 93 housing organizations in Iowa, from 238 funders, with no single one dominating.

$92M

granted

organizations

76%

from in-state

The short version

238 funders gave $92M to 93 housing organizations in Iowa across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
76% of that came from funders also based in Iowa; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of housing in Iowa is The Friendship Village Charitable, at $25M.
The housing organization drawing the most is Friends of Faith Ret Homes Inc, at $26M.

Largest funders of housing in Iowa

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

1The Friendship Village Charitable$25M 2Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines$9M 3Friends of Faith Ret Homes Inc$9M 4One Vision Charitable Foundation$7M 5National Philanthropic Trust$6M 6American Online Giving Foundation Inc$3M 7Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$3M 8Charles E Lakin Foundation Inc$3M 9Friendship Haven Memorial$2M 10United Way of Central Iowa$2M

Housing organizations in Iowa that draw the most

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

Friends of Faith Ret Homes Inc$26M

83 other housing organizations$17M

Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity$11M The Friendship Village Charitable$9M Micah House Corporation$7M One Vision$7M

How to find housing funders in Iowa

1
Start with the funders already active in Iowa
The funders giving the most to housing in Iowa are The Friendship Village Charitable, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines, Friends of Faith Ret Homes Inc. A funder already writing housing checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the housing 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
24% of housing money in Iowa comes from funders elsewhere, so national housing funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Iowa.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in Iowa?: Start with the funders already giving to housing in Iowa, currently The Friendship Village Charitable, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines, Friends of Faith Ret Homes Inc. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.
Who is the largest housing funder in Iowa?: The Friendship Village Charitable gives the most to housing organizations in Iowa, $25M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in Iowa?: $92M reached 93 housing organizations in Iowa, from 238 funders. 76% 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.

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The regranting layer

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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.