How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Iowa?

Start with the funders already giving to human services in Iowa, currently The Chicago Community Trust, United Way of Central Iowa, Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service. Then look at who funds the human services 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 human services in Iowa?

$232M reached 495 human services organizations in Iowa, from 793 funders. 58% 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 · Human services

Who funds human services in Iowa

Human services funding in Iowa is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Four Oaks Family and Children's Services leads, and the money reaches 495 groups.

$232M

granted

495

organizations

58%

from in-state

The short version

793 funders gave $232M to 495 human services organizations in Iowa across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
58% of that came from funders also based in Iowa; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of human services in Iowa is The Chicago Community Trust, at $16M.
The human services organization drawing the most is Four Oaks Family and Children's Services, at $18M.

Largest funders of human services in Iowa

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

1The Chicago Community Trust$16M 2United Way of Central Iowa$11M 3Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service$10M 4Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines$10M 5Wesleylife Foundation$9M 6US Committee for Refugees And$9M 7Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation$8M 8Camp Courageous of Iowa Foundation$5M 9Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino$5M 10The Mental Health Association of New York$5M

Human services organizations in Iowa that draw the most

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

485 other human services organizations$132M

Four Oaks Family and Children's Services$18M Lutheran Services in Iowa Inc$15M

How to find human services funders in Iowa

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Start with the funders already active in Iowa
The funders giving the most to human services in Iowa are The Chicago Community Trust, United Way of Central Iowa, Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service. A funder already writing human services checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the human services 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
42% of human services money in Iowa comes from funders elsewhere, so national human services funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Iowa.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Iowa?: Start with the funders already giving to human services in Iowa, currently The Chicago Community Trust, United Way of Central Iowa, Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.
Who is the largest human services funder in Iowa?: The Chicago Community Trust gives the most to human services organizations in Iowa, $16M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to human services in Iowa?: $232M reached 495 human services organizations in Iowa, from 793 funders. 58% 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.