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Education foundations in Iowa

106 grantmaking foundations in Iowa focused on education, ranked by recent giving reported to the IRS (about $16M combined).

Top foundations by giving

  1. Black Hawk County Gaming Assoc
    Waterloo, IA
    $4.2M (2026)
  2. Bright Foundation
    Urbandale, IA
    $2.2M (2025)
  3. Dolezal Charitable Tr
    Cedar Rapids, IA
    $2M (2025)
  4. Cedar Rapids Community School District Foundation
    Cedar Rapids, IA
    $1.2M (2025)
  5. Clausen Family Foundation
    Holstein, IA
    $1M (2025)
  6. Bruce Rastetter Entrepreneurial Foundation
    Hubbard, IA
    $1M (2022)
  7. Charles B & Vivian Kelly Charitable Tr
    Mason City, IA
    $370K (2025)
  8. W D & Shirley Schafer-Ray Educational Trust
    Creston, IA
    $310K (2025)
  9. Public Benefit Holding Corporation of Spencer Iowa
    Spencer, IA
    $300K (2025)
  10. Kehl Family Foundation
    Riverside, IA
    $260K (2025)
  11. Mount Saint Clare Education Charitable Trust
    Clinton, IA
    $240K (2025)
  12. Rotary International
    Pella, IA
    $230K (2025)
  13. Kansas Beta Educational Foundation
    Des Moines, IA
    $200K (2024)
  14. Phyllis Perry Hulton Educational Trust
    Marshalltown, IA
    $200K (2025)
  15. Rohde Family Charitable Foundation
    Cedar Rapids, IA
    $180K (2025)
  16. The Cressant Foundation
    Des Moines, IA
    $170K (2025)
  17. Max Johnson Educational Fund
    Grand Junction, IA
    $170K (2025)
  18. Algona Bulldog Boooster Club Inc
    Algona, IA
    $140K (2025)
  19. Carstens Educational Fund
    Cherokee, IA
    $120K (2025)
  20. Community Foundation of Jackson County
    Maquoketa, IA
    $120K (2024)
  21. Gwendolyn F and Lucian L Hinecker Scholarship Tr
    Marshalltown, IA
    $120K (2025)
  22. W B Small Trust
    Cedar Falls, IA
    $98K (2025)
  23. Gerald L Bauer Educational Trust
    Colfax, IA
    $95K (2025)
  24. Des Moines Area Association of Realtors Foundation
    West Des Moines, IA
    $78K (2025)
  25. Montiford and Mary Beck Doupe Scholarship Fund
    Cherokee, IA
    $75K (2025)

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