Not sure what you situation is is for Iowa but after doing the work-around as outlined, in my Iowa return, I was able to put an higher amount in from the IA 1040 schedule A, line 14. But no matter what amount I put in it did not change my return. Thus it makes it difficult to determine if using the work-around is negatively impacting the Iowa return or working for the IA return. It's kind of hard to believe a 2K charitable deduction vs Zero does not make any difference in the IA refund.
