Grants for Nonprofits in Iowa
Iowa agencies post grant opportunities on IowaGrants.gov, a shared system that runs the whole grant process: application, review and scoring, awards, claims and reports. GrantCue reads its list of open opportunities, which spans community and economic development, housing, disaster assistance, education and more, along with Humanities Iowa.
The Iowa Department of Education publishes login instructions and a user guide for IowaGrants. Setting up the login well before a deadline leaves time to fix any access problems. The Iowa Arts Council and the state's community foundations publish their own programs.
Sources: IowaGrants: Funding Opportunities, Iowa Department of Education: Grant and Funding Opportunities
- Open opportunities
- 21
- Ongoing programs
- 8
- Sources read
- 3
- Foundations headquartered here
- 90
Sources last read Oct 23, 2026.
Open opportunities in Iowa (21)
Ongoing programs (8)
Programs that keep funding going or take applications on a schedule the funder sets. They are counted apart from the dated opportunities above.
Foundations headquartered in Iowa
The largest private foundations whose IRS Form 990-PF gives an address in Iowa, by total giving. Headquarters is not where they give: a foundation's profile shows the states that received the most of its grant money.
Foundations that fund in IowaBrowse the foundation directory
What GrantCue reads for Iowa
- Humanities Iowa Funding Programs
- Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management (Nonprofit Security Grant Program) Funding Programs
- Iowa State Grants
Federal grants are open to applicants in every state, so they are not listed here. Search the full federal grants catalog.