How do I find funders for a youth development nonprofit in Iowa?

Start with the funders already giving to youth development in Iowa, currently Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, United Way of Central Iowa, Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines. Then look at who funds the youth development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.

Who is the largest youth development funder in Iowa?

Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn gives the most to youth development organizations in Iowa, $21M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to youth development in Iowa?

$151M reached 273 youth development organizations in Iowa, from 622 funders. 71% 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 · Youth development

Who funds youth development in Iowa

Youth development funding in Iowa is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa leads, and the money reaches 273 groups.

$151M

granted

273

organizations

71%

from in-state

The short version

622 funders gave $151M to 273 youth development organizations in Iowa across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
71% of that came from funders also based in Iowa; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of youth development in Iowa is Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, at $21M.
The youth development organization drawing the most is Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa, at $14M.

Largest funders of youth development in Iowa

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

1Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn$21M 2United Way of Central Iowa$16M 3Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines$8M 4American Online Giving Foundation Inc$5M 5United Way of Siouxland Inc$4M 6Community Foundation for Western Iowa$4M 7Boys & Girls Clubs of America$3M 8Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M 9Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa$3M 10Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation$3M

Youth development organizations in Iowa that draw the most

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

263 other youth development organizations$79M

Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa$14M Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa$14M Boys & Girls Clubs of the Corridor$10M Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa$8M Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates Inc$8M

How to find youth development funders in Iowa

1
Start with the funders already active in Iowa
The funders giving the most to youth development in Iowa are Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, United Way of Central Iowa, Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines. A funder already writing youth development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the youth development 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
29% of youth development money in Iowa comes from funders elsewhere, so national youth development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Iowa.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a youth development nonprofit in Iowa?: Start with the funders already giving to youth development in Iowa, currently Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, United Way of Central Iowa, Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines. Then look at who funds the youth development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Iowa from out of state.
Who is the largest youth development funder in Iowa?: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn gives the most to youth development organizations in Iowa, $21M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to youth development in Iowa?: $151M reached 273 youth development organizations in Iowa, from 622 funders. 71% 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 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.