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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Iowa, currently Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, John Ruan Foundation Trust. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Iowa?

Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc gives the most to science organizations in Iowa, $3M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Iowa?

$21M reached 40 science organizations in Iowa, from 130 funders. 74% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Iowa

Funding is concentrated: Science Center of Iowa alone draws 60% of every science grant dollar in Iowa.

$21M

granted

organizations

74%

from in-state

The short version

130 funders gave $21M to 40 science organizations in Iowa across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
74% of that came from funders also based in Iowa; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Iowa is Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc, at $3M.
The science organization drawing the most is Science Center of Iowa, at $12M.

Largest funders of science in Iowa

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

1Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc$3M 2Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn$2M 3John Ruan Foundation Trust$2M 4Thomas & Linda Koehn Foundation$2M 5Edwin T Meredith Foundation$1M 6Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation$1M 7American Online Giving Foundation Inc$511k 8Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund$500k 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$497k 10Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines$455k

Science organizations in Iowa that draw the most

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

Science Center of Iowa$12M Global Country of World Peace$2M University of Iowa Research Foundation$1M Iowa Motor Carriers Foundation$1M The New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative Inc$912k

30 other science organizations$901k

How to find science funders in Iowa

1
Start with the funders already active in Iowa
The funders giving the most to science in Iowa are Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, John Ruan Foundation Trust. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
26% of science money in Iowa comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Iowa.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Iowa?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Iowa, currently Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, John Ruan Foundation Trust. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Iowa?: Bravo Greater Des Moines Inc gives the most to science organizations in Iowa, $3M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Iowa?: $21M reached 40 science organizations in Iowa, from 130 funders. 74% 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.