Win the Scholarship

Win the Scholarship stopped updating on October 13, 2026 and no longer offers coaching. The listings stay up as an archive. Confirm deadlines and details on each foundation’s own site before you apply.

Win the Scholarship → by state → Iowa

Iowa scholarships from private foundations

101 scholarship programs run by private foundations based in Iowa — each page has the application contact, what to submit, the deadline, and who’s eligible, straight from the foundation’s own IRS filing. Most never appear on scholarship search sites.

A foundation’s home state doesn’t always decide who’s eligible — many restrict awards to one county or school, some are open nationally. Each page quotes the filing’s own restriction language.

Programs with full application details
101
With an upcoming computed deadline
89

All Iowa scholarship programs

A Vern & Pauline Crawford Scholarship TrustBurlington · due March 1, 2027Al a Lake T W 3cb537000 Norwest Bank of Des Moines Na TteeMason City · due May 1, 2027Alice Conner TrustDes Moines · due April 1, 2027Bishop Educational Trust Co MwoMuscatine · due June 1, 2027Blanche Carey Martin Charitable TrMason City · due July 1, 2027Brummer-stiles-duncan Scholarship FundCherokee · due May 1, 2027Brunk Educational FundCherokee · due May 1, 2027Carl a Erickson Education Trust Carl a Erickson ScholarshipChariton · due April 15, 2027Carrie and Oren Igou Scholarship TrustNorthwood · due April 1, 2027Carroll High School Memorial Scholarship FundCarroll · due April 1, 2027Charles B & Vivian Kelly Charitable TrustMason City · due May 1, 2027Charles E Shellabarger Educational TrusColumbus Junction · due March 1, 2027Clarence W & Amelia Bess Moody Memorial Scholarship FundBurlington · due February 28, 2027Clausen Family FoundationSt Peter · due May 15, 2027Coach Lynn Memorial FoundationAmes · last cycle April 15, 2023Cole-hadenfeldt FoundationStorm Lake · due June 30, 2027Davenport Bettendorf Branch of American Assoc University WomenDavenport · due June 1, 2027Dean J King Family FoundationLogan · deadline: see filingDuane and Evelyn Munter Charitable TrustStrawberry Point · due March 15, 2027Elizabeth Hill TrustEagle Grove · due June 15, 2027Elsie H Munson TrustAlbert City · due March 1, 2027Elsie Miller Palmer & Ben a Miller Scholarship TrustReinbeck · due May 1, 2027Esther E Losee TrustNorthwood · due May 1, 2027Eugene Leonard Trust 42Emmetsburg · due April 15, 2027Field Memorial Scholarship TrustManly · due May 1, 2027Florence M Schrader Scholarships TrDewitt · due April 1, 2027Florence Potter Scholarship TrustWapello · due March 1, 2027Frances Grimm Memorial Scholarship Fund Uta 4-29-1992Cedar Falls · due April 2, 2027Frank D Lillie Scholarship TrustOgden · due March 31, 2027Frank Pierce TrustMarshalltown · due May 31, 2027Freda B & William H Smith TrustConrad · due March 31, 2027George M Cromer Scholarship FundDewitt · due April 1, 2027George S & Grace a Jay Memorial TrustShenandoah · due May 31, 2027Gerald L Bauer Educational TrustColfax · due May 1, 2027Glynn Fellowship FoundationDavenport · due June 1, 2027Grace Foundation 210036Palo Alto · due September 1, 2027Grace I and Mary E Disbrow Scholarship FoundationClinton · deadline: see filingGwendolyn and Lucian L Hinecker Scholarship TrustMarshalltown · due April 1, 2027Halbur U Scholarship Fund IncHalbur · last cycle March 15, 2024Harland and Genevieve Emerson FdtnAdel · due April 30, 2027Interstates FoundationSioux Falls · due March 31, 2027Iowa Foundation for Agricultural AdvancementClive · due April 1, 2027Iowa Masonry Educational FoundationJohnston · due April 15, 2027J Ralph and Gladys Meier Scholarship TrustCedar Rapids · deadline: see filingJames Matheson and Marian Matheson Scholarship Trust FundWaterloo · due April 2, 2027Jepsen Educational Trust % Citizens First National Bank TteeStorm Lake · deadline: see filingJessie a Corbin Trust Uw C/o Farmers & Merchants Bank & TrusBurlington · due April 1, 2027Joan McAllister Scholarship TrustBurlington · due February 28, 2027John P & Lawrence J Giacoletto FndMarion · due March 31, 2027Jonan Haskell Scholarship TrustBurlington · due February 28, 2027Kathleen McCartan Scholarship FundAmes · due February 14, 2027Kenneth Cooksey-norma Cook Scholarship TrustBurlington · due April 1, 2027Kings Daughters Home for Old People C/o Two Rivers BankBurlington · due March 15, 2027Laura N Meyer Scholarship Trust & Elise K Meyer Scholarship TrustReinbeck · due May 1, 2027Laverna M Smedley Charitable FoundationMason City · due April 30, 2027Leeper Scholarship FoundationLineville · due March 20, 2027Leona Thiele McKenney TrustAtlantic · due September 30, 2027Lindhart Education Trust % Humboldt Rotary ClubHumboldt · due July 1, 2027Louie Dade Memorial Scholarship FundFort Madison · due April 1, 2027Mabel Vacek Scholarship TrustWyoming · deadline: see filingMarcia Hansen Educational FoundationIndianola · due April 1, 2027Mary Catherine Hagedorn TrustLake View · due June 30, 2027Mary Jane Coogan Scholarship for English Achievement TrustChicago · due April 15, 2027Mary Louise Gidley Scholarship FundShenandoah · due June 1, 2027McCommons-korlick Memorial TrustWaterloo · due February 1, 2027Merlin C Begalske Trust C/o Shannon Schissel TrusteeWest Union · due February 19, 2027Meyerhoff Charitable TrustWaterloo · due March 1, 2027Michelle Rima Memorial ScholarshipStrawberry Point · due March 1, 2027Minnie Jane Sylvester Scholarship TrustCharles City · due April 30, 2027Molony FoundationBernard · due March 31, 2027Montiford & Mary Beck Doupe Scholarship FundCherokee · due April 1, 2027Murray TrustRock Rapids · due April 30, 2027Mya Strong FoundationCenter Point · deadline: see filingNellie Dunn Memorial TrustReinbeck · due May 1, 2027New Charitable Foundation C/o New Cooperative FoundationFort Dodge · deadline: see filingNick Nicklaus Agricultural Scholarship FundHudson · due February 15, 2027Oswald and Sophia Bathalter Trust C/o Dewitt Bank & Trust CoDewitt · due April 1, 2027Phyllis M Clark Memorial ScholarshBedford · due March 1, 2027Pritchard Educational FundCherokee · due May 1, 2027Rachel Olson Charitable TrustMapleton · due April 1, 2027Ray V Hewitt FoundationClear Lake · due February 1, 2027Rex & Christine Bishop Perpetual Scholarship FundMarengo · due March 15, 2027Rl & Ethel Stubbs Scholarship TrHolstein · due April 1, 2027Robert Hartwig Charitable TrustCherokee · due May 1, 2027Robert Rowley Scholarship Fund Trus C/o Two Rivers Bank & TrustBurlington · due April 30, 2027Russell Dunn Memorial TrustReinbeck · due April 1, 2027Ruth Parks Trust for the Education of NursesIda Grove · due May 1, 2027Sheridan-setterberg Memorial Trust Scholarship FundBurlington · due February 28, 2027Sterzing Memorial Scholarship FundBurlington · due March 15, 2027Strand North Central FoundationManly · due May 1, 2027The Kimball International - Habig Foundation IncMuscatine · due April 1, 2027The Langland Family Be a Light FoundationNorth Liberty · due April 14, 2027Virgil C Webb William Garber & Flora Webb Garber FoundationAltoona · due April 15, 2027Virginia R Padovan Scholarship TrustBurlington · deadline: see filingW H Guest & E M Guest Educ TrustCherokee · due May 1, 2027Wallace E and Hazel C Loft Scholarship TrustJanesville · due April 8, 2027Wesley C Jensen & Mae K Jensen Scholarship TrustWest Des Moines · deadline: see filingWest Union Retired School PersonnelWest Union · due March 1, 2027Wilton Alumni EndowmentWilton · deadline: see filingWinnebago Industries FoundationEden Prairie · due December 5, 2026Zachary Yates Memorial FoundationOttumwa · due April 30, 2027

More Iowa foundations with education programs

These foundations report an application-accepting education program in their IRS filing, but the filing is too thin for a full page (no stated deadline, or sparse application details). Contact them directly.

Browse by deadline instead

JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Most listings on this site are compiled from the foundation’s own IRS Form 990-PF filing — the public record where foundations that accept applications must state who to contact, how to apply, any deadlines, and any restrictions. Listings under /award/ are a second, separate source: read directly from the foundation’s own public scholarship portal, with a link to that source on every page. Filings are annual and portals change between cycles, so details can change: always confirm the current deadline and requirements with the foundation before applying. This site is not affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by any foundation listed. Scholarship information here is free; we charge only for optional application coaching, and we never write your application for you.