Grants awarded
Who does Black Hawk County Gaming Association fund?
Black Hawk County Gaming Association has awarded $33 million across 153 grants to 94 grantees between 2019 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in human services. Its typical grant is $30,000, with most between $20,000 and $100,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $50,000 versus $20,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$33.0M
Typical grant
$30K
Grantees
94
Grants
153
Years
2019–2025
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 | Support |
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| W Waterloo Development Corporation | $8.7M | 6 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | IA | |
| W Waterloo Leisure Services | $7.7M | 7 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity
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$2.9M | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| C City of Cedar Falls | $2.1M | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| H Hawkeye Community College Foundation | $1.5M | 2 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | IA | |
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$1.3M | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
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$1.1M | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| C City of La Porte City | $775K | 2 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Peoples Community Health Clinic INC
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$600K | 2 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | IA | |
| B Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office | $489K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Grout Museum INC
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$470K | 4 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | IA | |
| W Waterloo Housing Trust Fund | $468K | 5 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | IA | |
| E Elevate Housing Foundation | $350K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IL | |
| C City of Evansdale Iowa | $347K | 4 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Cedar Valley Kids
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$300K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IA | |
| C City of Gilbertville | $291K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C City of Waverly | $250K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$228K | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | IA | |
| H Hudson Public Library | $186K | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
The Family YMCA of Black Hawk County
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$170K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IA | |
Exceptional Persons INC
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$150K | 2 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | IA | |
| F Friends of the Waterloo Public Library | $146K | 2 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | IA | |
Youth Art Team
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$125K | 2 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | IA | |
Cedar Valley Arboretum & Botanic Gardens
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$105K | 3 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | IA | |
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$104K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | IA | |
| C Central Rivers Area Education Agency Foundation | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IA | |
Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation
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$100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | |
Jesse Cosby Neighborhood Center INC
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$92K | 2 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | IA | |
| H Hospitality House of the Cedar Valley | $82K | 2 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | IA | |
| C City of Janesville | $75K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$75K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | IA | |
| C City of Reinbeck | $75K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| F Friends of Ncc Charitable Trust | $75K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| C City of Elk Run Heights | $70K | 2 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$65K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | IA | |
| C City of Dunkerton | $64K | 4 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Iowa Legal Aid
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$61K | 2 | 2019–2025 | 2025 | IA | |
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$59K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | IA | |
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$58K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IA | |
| C Cedar Valley Sports and Entertainment Commission | $55K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | IA | |
| B Butler County Conservation Board | $50K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C City of Jesup | $50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | |
| C City of Sumner | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates INC
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$50K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | IA | |
| T The Salvation Army | $44K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | IL | |
Christian Community Development
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$36K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IA | |
Lutheran Services in Iowa INC
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$35K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | IA | |
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$30K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IA | |
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IA | |
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$25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IA | |
| B Back 2 Basics INC | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IA | |
| S Sumner Daycare & Learning Center INC | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | |
Vision to Learn
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| C Clarksville Food Pantry INC | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | |
Amani Community Services
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$24K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IA | |
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$24K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IA | |
| H Husome Strong Foundation | $24K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | IA | |
| T Trinity Episcopal Parish of Waterloo | $20K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | IA | |
Job Foundation
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$20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | |
| B Buchanan County Conservation Board | $20K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C City of New Hampton | $20K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Big Brothers Big Sisters | $20K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| C City of Independence | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Ethinc Minorities of Burma Advocacy and Resource Center | $20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C City of Tama | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Eye of the Needle | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IA | |
| J Joyful Noise Daycare | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | |
North Star Community Services INC
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$19K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | |
| G George Wyth State Park | $18K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
Cedar Valley Makers INC
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$17K | 2 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | IA | |
| C Cedar Valley Youth Sports Association | $17K | 2 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | IA | |
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$16K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| G Gr PTO | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | |
| T Tama County Iowa | $15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | |
| C City of Fairbank | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C City of Alta Vista | $15K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Cedar Valley Preschool and Child Care Center
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$14K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IA | |
Waterloo Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra Association
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$12K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IA | |
| C City of New Hartford | $12K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| O Operation 11th Hour | $11K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| F Friends of Cmh Sumner Community Memorial Hospital Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | |
| C Chickasaw Twp Fire Dist | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IA | |
| H Highland Neighborhood Association | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | |
| D Dysart Community Betterment Corporation | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Cedar Valley Bridges Out of Poverty | $10K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | IA | |
| C Community Educational Outreach INC | $10K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | TX | |
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Comprehensive Systems INC
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IA | |
Transformations by Austin Angels
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| P Project Flo Association | $8K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | IA | |
Riverview Center INC
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$7K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IA | |
| M Mlk New Jerusalem | $7K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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Successlink INC
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$7K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IA |
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