Grants awarded
Who does Roy J Carver Charitable Trust fund?
Roy J Carver Charitable Trust has awarded $90 million across 473 grants to 168 grantees between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $74,868, with most between $16,000 and $170,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $84,416 versus $60,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$89.7M
Typical grant
$75K
Grantees
168
Grants
473
Years
2019–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| U University of Iowa | $35.2M | 47 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U University of Iowa Foundation | $9.7M | 22 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U University of Illinois | $5.9M | 18 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Iowa State University | $4.0M | 18 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | IA | |
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$3.3M | 18 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | IA | |
| M Muscatine Community School District | $2.6M | 10 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$2.2M | 10 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| U University of Northern Iowa Foundation | $1.2M | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Iowa State University of Technology | $1.0M | 3 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Trinity Muscatine Foundation | $1.0M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| N National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium | $950K | 4 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U University of Northern Iowa Foundat | $929K | 6 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Community Foundation of Greater Mus | $850K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$690K | 5 | 2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$528K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | IL | |
| M Muscatine Center for Social Action | $525K | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $510K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| M Muscatine Community College | $506K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
YWCA of the Quad Cities
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$500K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
Putnam Museum and Science Center
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$500K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IA | |
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$500K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IA | |
| T Two Rivers YMCA INC | $500K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
Luther College
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$497K | 8 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| G Grinnell College | $492K | 8 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Four Oaks Family and Children's Services | $475K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$452K | 8 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| I Individual recipient | $450K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Drake University
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$426K | 8 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
Orchard Place
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$361K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | IA | |
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$347K | 8 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
Simpson College
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$347K | 8 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| I Individual recipient | $317K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Youth and Shelter Services INC
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$300K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IA | |
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$292K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| A African American Museum of Iowa | $272K | 2 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Loras College
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$252K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| M Muscatine Community College Foundat | $250K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J Junior Achievement of the Heartland | $250K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Central College
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$246K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
Grand View University
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$244K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| C Coe College | $237K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $202K | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Iowa Historical Foundation | $200K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IA | |
| A Adair County Health System | $200K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Tanager Place
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$200K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IA | |
| I Individual recipient | $200K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
River Bend Food Reservoir
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$200K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IA | |
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$200K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Science Center of Iowa
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$200K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IA | |
| C Clarke University | $197K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$187K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
Iowa Public Radio INC
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$180K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | IA | |
Upper Iowa University
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$177K | 7 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| C Child Abuse Council | $175K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $160K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| M Muscatine Art Center | $159K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| Y YMCA of the Quad Cities | $150K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| F Family Museum | $150K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Boy Scouts of America - Illowa Council | $148K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| F Family Resources INC | $146K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $145K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| W Western Illinois University | $137K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Iowa School for the Deaf | $135K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Nahant Marsh Education Center
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$125K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | IA | |
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$120K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IA | |
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$120K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
Augustana College
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$118K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| L Louisa-Muscatine Community School District | $103K | 2 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Muscatine County Conservation Board | $101K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W West Liberty School District | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden
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$100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| F Four Oaks Family and Children's Ser | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E East Moline Public Library | $100K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | IL | |
| D Davenport Public Library | $100K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
Ballet Quad Cities
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$100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IL | |
Graceland University
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$97K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| S St Ambrose University | $97K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IA | — |
| R River Bend Food Bank | $95K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$93K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| I Individual recipient | $90K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa | $90K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Mount Mercy University | $89K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IA | — |
| L Louisa County Conservation Board | $80K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundat | $80K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Nature Conservancy
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$80K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | VA | |
| D Dubuque County Library District | $80K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| D Dordt College | $80K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| W Waverly Public Library | $80K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Foundation | $75K | 2 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| G Greater Greenfield Community Founda | $75K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Sioux Center Public Library | $71K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Briar Cliff University
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$65K | 6 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| P Prairie City Public Library | $60K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T Tabor Public Library | $60K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| M Marion Public Library | $60K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| B Bondurant Community Library | $60K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Cascade Public Library | $60K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Blakesburg Public Library | $60K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| R Rudd Public Library | $60K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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