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Who funds international in Iowa

Most of it comes from outside Iowa: only 13% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. International funding in Iowa is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Outreach Inc leads, and the money reaches 128 groups.

$29M
granted
128
organizations
13%
from in-state

The short version

Largest funders of international in Iowa

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

1Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$3M2Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$3M3Afs-Usa Inc$2M4The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International$1M5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$1M6Global Ties US$1M7Peterson Family Foundation Inc$827k8The Rona and Jeffrey Abramson Foundation$815k9National Philanthropic Trust$769k10Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn$761k

International organizations in Iowa that draw the most

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

118 other international organizations$13M
Outreach Inc$2MMany Hands for Haiti$2MAfrica College Fund$2MIris Inc$2MGlobal Projects for Peace$2MIowa Council for International Understanding$1MShare International Inc$1M

How to find international funders in Iowa

  1. 1
    Start with the funders already active in Iowa

    The funders giving the most to international in Iowa are Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Afs-Usa Inc. A funder already writing international checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.

  2. 2
    See who funds organizations like yours

    Open the international 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. 3
    Add the out-of-state funders reaching in

    88% of international money in Iowa comes from funders elsewhere, so national international funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Iowa.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a international nonprofit in Iowa?
Start with the funders already giving to international in Iowa, currently Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Afs-Usa Inc. Then look at who funds the international organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.
Who is the largest international funder in Iowa?
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc gives the most to international organizations in Iowa, $3M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to international in Iowa?
$29M reached 128 international organizations in Iowa, from 295 funders. 13% 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.