Iowa Community Foundations

Iowa is home to a robust network of over 130 community foundations serving each of Iowa’s 99 counties. Iowa has 17 nationally accredited community foundations. The other community foundations in Iowa are referred to as affiliate community foundations, because they are in an affiliated partnership with one of the accredited community foundations. The community foundations detailed below are accredited and they also serve the affiliate counties noted below their name. Several accredited community foundations also serve community-based funds or foundations as well. You can visit their websites to learn more about those partners.

• Cedar Falls Community Foundation
• Community Foundation for Western Iowa
• Community Foundation of Carroll County
  Affiliate County: Sac
• Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
  Affiliate Counties: Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Boone, Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Dickinson, Greene, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Humboldt, Jasper, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Mitchell, Monroe, Osceola, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Polk, Ringgold, Story, Taylor, Union, Warren, Wayne, Wright
• Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
  Affiliate Counties: Allamakee, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware, Jackson, Jones
• Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine
  Affiliate County: Louisa
• Community Foundation of Johnson County
• Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa
  Affiliate Counties: Benton, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Emmet, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Grundy, Howard, Iowa, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Tama, Winnebago, Winneshiek, Worth
• Fort Dodge Community Foundation and United Way
  Affiliate County: Calhoun
• Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
  Affiliate Counties: Wapello, Washington
• Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation
• Keokuk Area Community Foundation
  Affiliate County: Lee
• Community Foundations of Southwest Iowa (Omaha Community Foundation)
  Affiliate Counties: Audubon, Cass, Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Shelby
• Pella Community Foundation
• Quad Cities Community Foundation
  Affiliate Counties: Cedar, Van Buren
• Siouxland Community Foundation
  Affiliate Counties: Lyon, Ida, Monona, O’Brien, Sioux
• Waterloo Community Foundation

If you would like to find your local community foundation, you can use this searchable map – just click on your county to see what community foundation(s) serve your area.