Iowa Private Grants

System and Capacity Building Grants offer substantial financial support for infrastructure and significant system change projects aligned with the core initiatives of the Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation. Interested parties are required to submit a Letter of Interest (LOI) by the specified deadlines. Successful LOIs, as determined by a grant committee, will advance to the next stage, where they will have the opportunity to present their proposal to the Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation Board of Directors. Grant renewed every year. Annual LOI Fall deadline: September 1st

This grant provides funding to support the maintenance, safety, and enhancement of recreational walking and cycling trails in Warren County.

Human Needs Recovery Grants for Linn County are available for organizations addressing important community needs aligned with fund priorities. Applications will be reviewed based on criteria including the organization's connection to a system of care, capacity to achieve goals, and equity impact. Five points are possible for each criterion, and successful applicants will receive funding to support their proposed initiatives.

Humanities Iowa's Mini Grants Program for Not-for-profit Organizations aims to support the furthering of humanities across the state of Iowa by collaborating with communities, non-profit organizations, and humanities scholars. The program provides grants, builds community partnerships, and creates programming that reaches over 250,000 Iowans annually. Projects funded by the program cover a wide range of activities including community roundtables, intergenerational storytelling projects, documentaries, rural archives restoration, the Iowa Poet Laureate program, the statewide Speakers Bureau series, and the journal Voices from the Prairie.

This grant provides funding to nonprofit organizations in the USA for health-related initiatives, excluding for-profit entities and specific ineligible activities.

This funding opportunity assists Catholic parishes in the Diocese of Sioux City with financial support for evangelistic and catechetical projects aimed at parish renewal and community engagement.