How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Iowa?

Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Iowa, currently Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines, Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino, American Endowment Foundation. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports 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 recreation and sports in Iowa?

$35M reached 271 recreation and sports organizations in Iowa, from 250 funders. 54% 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 · Recreation and sports

Who funds recreation and sports in Iowa

Recreation and sports funding in Iowa is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Spirit Lake Kiwanis Foundation leads, and the money reaches 271 groups. Funders are thin on the ground: 271 recreation and sports organizations share only 250 funders between them.

$35M

granted

271

organizations

54%

from in-state

The short version

250 funders gave $35M to 271 recreation and sports organizations in Iowa across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
54% of that came from funders also based in Iowa; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of recreation and sports in Iowa is Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines, at $3M.
The recreation and sports organization drawing the most is Spirit Lake Kiwanis Foundation, at $4M.

Largest funders of recreation and sports in Iowa

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

1Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines$3M 2Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino$3M 3American Endowment Foundation$2M 4American Online Giving Foundation Inc$2M 5The Dorothy B Davis Foundation$2M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$2M 7Special Olympics Inc$2M 8The Hall-Perrine Foundation$2M 9Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable$951k 10Claude W & Dolly Ahrens Foundation$849k

Recreation and sports organizations in Iowa that draw the most

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

261 other recreation and sports organizations$15M

Spirit Lake Kiwanis Foundation$4M Des Moines Parks & Recreation Foundation$4M Boys & Girls Clubs of the Corridor$3M Special Olympics Iowa Inc$3M

How to find recreation and sports funders in Iowa

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Start with the funders already active in Iowa
The funders giving the most to recreation and sports in Iowa are Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines, Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino, American Endowment Foundation. A funder already writing recreation and sports checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the recreation and sports 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
46% of recreation and sports money in Iowa comes from funders elsewhere, so national recreation and sports funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Iowa.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a recreation and sports nonprofit in Iowa?: Start with the funders already giving to recreation and sports in Iowa, currently Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines, Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino, American Endowment Foundation. Then look at who funds the recreation and sports organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.
Who is the largest recreation and sports funder in Iowa?: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines gives the most to recreation and sports organizations in Iowa, $3M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to recreation and sports in Iowa?: $35M reached 271 recreation and sports organizations in Iowa, from 250 funders. 54% 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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Strange bedfellows

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The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

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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.