Family Resources
DAVENPORT, IA
$275KTax year 2023
Grant purpose
Holistic care coordination program
Foundation directory
Better Health Foundation Melinda Gowey Grants
Private foundation · EIN 46-2452851 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
How to apply
This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
Looking for funders you can apply to? Browse foundations that accept applications, or see foundations that fund in Iowa.
Original filing text
Reported organization name: BETTER HEALTH FOUNDATION MELINDA GOWEY
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22 | $1.9M |
| 2023 | 20 | $2M |
Where Better Health Foundation Melinda Gowey gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Mercyone Genesis Foundation
DAVENPORT, IA
$255KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Improve community health
Martin Luther King Jr Community Center
ROCK ISLAND, IL
$225KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Innovation/capacity building
Heart of Hope Ministries
ROCK ISLAND, IL
$217KTax year 2023
Grant purpose
Health fresh food initiative
Genesis Health Services Foundation
DAVENPORT, IA
$208.4KTax year 2023
Grant purpose
Improve community health
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (42 reported in all).
See all 42 grants from Better Health Foundation Melinda Gowey: sort and filter by purpose, state and year.
Create free accountAbout this data
Figures are aggregated from Better Health Foundation Melinda Gowey's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
Other foundations giving in Iowa
Free templates for applying to a foundation like this
- Full grant proposal template with an annotated sample
- Letter of intent template and example
- Statement of need template and examples
- Executive summary template and examples
- Grant budget template (XLSX) and budget narrative
- Evaluation plan template and metrics
New to this? Start with how to write a grant proposal, section by section. This profile is built from IRS 990-PF filings — read how the directory was assembled, or see what GrantCue does and what it costs.