How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in Iowa?

Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in Iowa, currently National Rural Water Association, Sixteen Thirty Fund, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.

Who is the largest public benefit funder in Iowa?

National Rural Water Association gives the most to public benefit organizations in Iowa, $5M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to public benefit in Iowa?

$38M reached 105 public benefit organizations in Iowa, from 258 funders. 29% 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 · Public benefit

Who funds public benefit in Iowa

Public benefit funding in Iowa is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Iowa Rural Water Association leads, and the money reaches 105 groups. Most of it comes from outside Iowa: only 29% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$38M

granted

105

organizations

29%

from in-state

The short version

258 funders gave $38M to 105 public benefit organizations in Iowa across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
29% of that came from funders also based in Iowa; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of public benefit in Iowa is National Rural Water Association, at $5M.
The public benefit organization drawing the most is Iowa Rural Water Association, at $5M.

Largest funders of public benefit in Iowa

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

1National Rural Water Association$5M 2Sixteen Thirty Fund$4M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M 4National Philanthropic Trust$2M 5Martha Ellen Tye Foundation$2M 6Donors Trust Inc$2M 7American Future Fund$1M 8The Concord Fund$1M 9The Herbert Hoover Foundation Inc % Paul Morf Simmons Perrine$881k 10Center on Budget and Policy Priorities$845k

Public benefit organizations in Iowa that draw the most

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

95 other public benefit organizations$12M

Iowa Rural Water Association$5M Iowa Forward$4M Hoover Presidential Foundation$4M The Patriots Foundation$3M The Legacy Foundation$3M Common Good Iowa$2M Fisher Governor Foundation Dba Macc Foundation$2M

How to find public benefit funders in Iowa

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Start with the funders already active in Iowa
The funders giving the most to public benefit in Iowa are National Rural Water Association, Sixteen Thirty Fund, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing public benefit checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the public benefit 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
71% of public benefit money in Iowa comes from funders elsewhere, so national public benefit funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Iowa.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in Iowa?: Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in Iowa, currently National Rural Water Association, Sixteen Thirty Fund, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.
Who is the largest public benefit funder in Iowa?: National Rural Water Association gives the most to public benefit organizations in Iowa, $5M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to public benefit in Iowa?: $38M reached 105 public benefit organizations in Iowa, from 258 funders. 29% 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.