Giving through the Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine to the causes you care about is rewarding-in more ways than one. Your gift creates lasting change in Muscatine County, and the Endow Iowa Tax Credit Program offers generous tax incentives to make it easier for you to give more for less. Since our Community Foundation is qualified by the Iowa Department of Economic Development, donors who give to one of our permanently endowed funds are eligible to receive 25% tax credits for their gifts. Community members who give are also able to take advantage of the tax credits in conjunction with federal tax deductions. The Endow Iowa Tax Credit is awarded on a first-come, first-served basis for gifts made to a permanent endowment fund, established for the benefit of Iowa charitable causes. The tax credits can be claimed by individuals, businesses, or financial institutions. Since 2003, more than $115 million has been invested in community foundations through Endow Iowa, improving residents’ lives both now and for years to come.
Donors to endowments may download the 2017 application for early gifts in 2018. 2017 Endow Iowa Tax Credit Application.
The program is administered by the Iowa Economic Development Authority and more information is available on their website.
What might Endow Iowa Tax Credit mean for you? Click here to calculate a sample illustration of your own.
Here is what the gift could mean for you:
| Amount of Gift | $10,000 |
| Endow Iowa Tax Credit | $2,500* |
| Net Federal Deduction | $10,000** |
| Federal Tax Rate | 35%*** |
| Federal Tax Saving | 3,500**** |
| Total Tax Savings | $6,000 |
| Net Cost of Gift | $4,000 |
* 25% of the charitable gift made to a permanently endowed fund at a community foundation – maximum annual Endow Iowa tax credit per taxpayer is $232,147.25.
** The entire amount of the gift is deductible on federal taxes- not state.
*** Individual marginal tax rates vary.
**** Assumes that individual taxpayer utilizes Schedule A (itemized deductions on their federal tax return)
How will I receive my tax credit?
The process for applying for a tax credit is simple. Once your donation to an Endowment is received by the Community Foundation, they will prepare an application form for you to complete and sign. The application will then be sent to the Iowa Department for Economic Development for approval. You will be notified by mail of the status of your tax application.
The Endow Iowa Tax Credit Form is available here.
Below is a listing of tax credit eligible endowment funds held at the Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine.
Endowment Funds
Brant Bruhn Scholarship Endowment
Cares & Shares Endowment Fund
Crossroads Foundation Endowment
Diversity Service Center
Dianne R. Dalbey Memorial Scholarship
Domestic Violence Shelter
Endow Iowa
Family Resources, Inc.
Flickinger Learning Center
Flickinger Learning Center Scholarship
Francis & Patricia Carroll Scholarship
Friends of Muscatine Historic Preservation Endowment
Friends of the Muscatine Art Center
George Millett Memorial
Great River Tennis Association
Hendricks Community Service Award
Jefferson Ramsey Scholarship
John C. Stevens Endowment Honoring Richard and Shirley Jean Drake Endowment Fund
Larry Fullington Scholarship Endowment
Leah L. Maurer Memorial Scholarship
Lois M. Walter Memorial
Louisa-Muscatine Music Boosters Scholarship and Student Support Fund
Maurice A. and Donna J. Reed Endowment
Muscatine Arboretum Association Endowment
Muscatine Art Support Foundation Endowment
Muscatine Band Boosters Endowment
Muscatine Center for Social Action Endowment
Muscatine County Arts Council Endowment
Muscatine County Conservation-Kirschner Endowment
Muscatine County Endowment
Muscatine Cultural Alliance Endowment Funds:
- Cultural Alliance Endowment
- Cultural Alliance Umbrella
- Friends of Pine Creek Mill
- Muscatine Appearance Project
- Muscatine Art Center Fund
- Muscatine Chanters Choir
- Muscatine Civic Chorale
- Muscatine Historic Preservation Commission Endowment
- Muscatine History & Industry Center
- Muscatine Masquers
- Muscatine Symphony Orchestra
- Musser Public Library
Muscatine Diabetes Project Endowment
Old Barn Maintenance Fund
Pat & Jim Powers Endowment
Ray Hockersmith Memorial
Robert A. Werner Endowment
Senior Resources Endowment
Senior Resources Meals on Wheels Endowment
Shay Scholarship Endowment
Stanley, Lande & Hunter Community Fund
Strengthening Families
Sue Dravis Fund
West Liberty Community Fund
West Liberty Dream Catchers Endowment
West Liberty Park Endowment
Whetstine Endowment Fund
Youth Sports Foundation Endowment
Zoo Garden at Weed Park