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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Iowa, currently Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board Inc, Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation, Maharishi Purusha Program. 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?

Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board Inc gives the most to science organizations in Iowa, $1M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Iowa?

$3M reached 10 science organizations in Iowa, from 26 funders. 34% 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: Global Country of World Peace alone draws 45% of every science grant dollar in Iowa. One funder dominates the giving, Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board Inc, at 33% of the total.

$3M

granted

organizations

34%

from in-state

The short version

26 funders gave $3M to 10 science organizations in Iowa across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
34% 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 Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board Inc, at $1M.
The science organization drawing the most is Global Country of World Peace, at $1M.

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.

1Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board Inc$1M 2Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation$1M 3Maharishi Purusha Program$302k 4Pennsylvania Soybean Board$160k 5The McKnight Foundation$150k 6Walton Family Foundation Inc$84k 7John H Witte Jr Foundation Trust$70k 8Harry & Virginia Murray Foundation$50k 9Rita Morgan Charitable Foundation Inc$50k 10Global Invincibility Foundation$40k

Science organizations in Iowa that draw the most

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

Global Country of World Peace$1M North Central Soybean Research Program$1M Iowa Ass'N Soil Conservation Districts$234k

How to find science funders in Iowa

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Start with the funders already active in Iowa
The funders giving the most to science in Iowa are Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board Inc, Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation, Maharishi Purusha Program. 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
66% 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 Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board Inc, Brahmananda Saraswati Foundation, Maharishi Purusha Program. 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?: Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board Inc gives the most to science organizations in Iowa, $1M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Iowa?: $3M reached 10 science organizations in Iowa, from 26 funders. 34% 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 regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

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

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.