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

Start with the funders already giving to religion in Iowa, currently Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation, Brahmananda Saraswati Yagya Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the religion organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.

Who is the largest religion funder in Iowa?

Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation gives the most to religion organizations in Iowa, $10M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to religion in Iowa?

$89M reached 256 religion organizations in Iowa, from 398 funders. 45% 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 · Religion

Who funds religion in Iowa

$89M reached 256 religion organizations in Iowa, from 398 funders, with no single one dominating.

$89M

granted

256

organizations

45%

from in-state

The short version

398 funders gave $89M to 256 religion organizations in Iowa across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
45% of that came from funders also based in Iowa; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of religion in Iowa is Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation, at $10M.
The religion organization drawing the most is Maharishi Foundation International, at $17M.

Largest funders of religion in Iowa

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

1Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation$10M 2Brahmananda Saraswati Yagya Foundation$7M 3Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$7M 4The Rona and Jeffrey Abramson Foundation$5M 5Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$5M 6Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$4M 7Maharishi Global Admin Through Natural Law$3M 8Maharishi Purusha Program$3M 9Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 10Maharishi International University$2M

Religion organizations in Iowa that draw the most

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

246 other religion organizations$31M

Maharishi Foundation International$17M Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation$15M Maharishi Foundation USA Inc$6M Brahmananda Saraswati Yagya Foundation$5M

How to find religion funders in Iowa

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Start with the funders already active in Iowa
The funders giving the most to religion in Iowa are Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation, Brahmananda Saraswati Yagya Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. A funder already writing religion checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the religion 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
55% of religion money in Iowa comes from funders elsewhere, so national religion funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Iowa.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a religion nonprofit in Iowa?: Start with the funders already giving to religion in Iowa, currently Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation, Brahmananda Saraswati Yagya Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the religion organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.
Who is the largest religion funder in Iowa?: Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation gives the most to religion organizations in Iowa, $10M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to religion in Iowa?: $89M reached 256 religion organizations in Iowa, from 398 funders. 45% 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.