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Heritage Area Agency on Aging

HERITAGE AREA AGENCY ON AGING (heritage) serves the needs of older adults, caregivers, their families and people with disabilities in the following ways: planning: developing and implementing plans that identify and meet the needs of older adults in our service area.

$1.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$820k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Human Services$14MPublic Benefit$982kPhilanthropy$971kFood & Nutrition$957kCommunity Improvement$616kCrime & Legal$271kHealth$87kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $1,472,244, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,717,437 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $245,193 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $89k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $556k
  • $250k+1 grant · $820k
$64,572
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HORIZONS A FAMILY SERVICE ALLIANCE$819,523
AGING SERVICES INC$194,653
CEDAR COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC$96,621
JONES COUNTY$78,599
HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM$66,349
NORTH ENGLISH COMMUNITY CENTER$64,572
CENTRAL CITY IOWA$54,771
IOWA LEGAL AID$47,625
UNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA$23,262
CEDAR COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH$18,000
VOLUNTEER SERVICES OF CEDAR COUNTY$8,269
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $13.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CEDAR COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $247k → 8%HORIZONS A FAMILY SERVICE ALLIANCE: $2.3M → 9%MILESTONES AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $39k → 12%CEDAR COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $212k → 8%HORIZONS A FAMILY SERVICE ALLIANCE: $1.8M → 9%CEDAR COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $136k → 8%HORIZONS A FAMILY SERVICE ALLIANCE: $1.7M → 9%CEDAR COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $99k → 8%HORIZONS A FAMILY SERVICE ALLIANCE: $900k → 9%CEDAR COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $97k → 8%HORIZONS A FAMILY SERVICE ALLIANCE: $820k → 9%CEDAR COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $91k → 8%HORIZONS A FAMILY SERVICE ALLIANCE: $805k → 9%HORIZONS A FAMILY SERVICE ALLIANCE: $656k → 9%CEDAR COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $75k → 8%AGING SERVICES INC: $745k → 9%AGING SERVICES INC: $466k → 9%AGING SERVICES INC: $454k → 9%AGING SERVICES INC: $239k → 9%AGING SERVICES INC: $216k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $209k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $208k → 9%AGING SERVICES INC: $195k → 9%AGING SERVICES INC: $193k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $153k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $152k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $146k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $69k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $66k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$17M · 14 repeat orgs$272k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
3

Total granted

$17M
$272k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+7%

Still filing today

71%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesPhilanthropyHealthCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AS
    AGING SERVICES INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $2.5M · revenue +5%
  • HA
    HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +58%
  • CC
    CEDAR COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $957k · revenue +41% · 79% of their budget

Funded once

  • ES
    ELDER SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2019 · $166k
  • W
    WESLEYLIFEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $67k · revenue +50%
  • MA
    MILESTONES AREA AGENCY ON AGING
    one grant, 2019 · $39k · revenue +7%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Jackson County Council On Aging

Provide services to local seniors to improve their quality of life and assist them in remaining in their homes

Human Services
2
Volunteer Services of Iroquois Coun

Social services for the elderly of iroquois county. to provide basic services including homemaker, mobile meals, telecare, van trips and outreach.

—
3
Council On Aging & Human Services

Enhancing lives and building communities by providing transportation and nutrition services.

Human Services
4
Albert Gallatin Human Service Agency Inc

Senior citizen programs through the area agency on aging which provides a center, services, congregate meals and home delivery meals.

Human Services
5
Lancaster County Council On Aging

The mission of the lancaster county council on aging is to provide a system of coordinated and comprehensive services to enable older persons of lancaster county to continue to maintain their independence.

Human Services
6
Stark County Council On Aging

Provide elderly services to allow persons to stay in their own homes

Human Services
7
Aging Resources of Central Iowa

The mission of aging resources of central iowa is to lead, advocate, and serve; as well as plan and coordinate resources in the provision of services to older persons in central iowa, their families, caregivers, or representatives,…

Human Services
8
Aging Services for Communities

Provide assistance for the elderly, frail and disabled in le sueur county and surrounding counties.

Human Services
9
Seniorage Area Agency On Aging

A federally designated Area Agency on Aging whose mission is to bring independence enhancing supportive services to the 60+ population and their caregivers in our 17 county-wide service area.

Human Services
10
Newberry County Council On Aging

Provision of various services for the elderly and transportation services for the citizens of newberry county.

Human Services
11
Heartland Senior Services Heartland of Story County

Heartland of Story County offers life-enriching opportunities for older adults and provides support for their families and caregivers.

Human Services
12
Valley Program for Aging Services

The mission of valley program for aging services, inc. is to empower those 60 and older with the resources and opportunities they need to lead engaged lives. as the local area agency for aging, valley program for aging services, inc.…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Aging Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Benton County Volunteer Program. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 17 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HORIZONS A FAMILY SERVICE ALLIANCE: $9,071,772 · Human ServicesHORIZONS A FAMILY SERVICE ALLIANCEAGING SERVICES INC: $2,506,803 · Human ServicesAGING SERVICES INCHAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $1,004,083 · Human ServicesHAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INCCEDAR COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $956,849 · Human ServicesCEDAR COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC+1 more: $38,503 · Human ServicesJONES COUNTY: $981,862 · OtherJONES COUNTYCENTRAL CITY IOWA: $616,498 · OtherCENTRAL CITY IOWANORTH ENGLISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $430,896 · OtherNORTH ENGLISH COM…VOLUNTEER SERVICES OF CEDAR COUNTY: $295,468 · OtherVOLUNTEER SERVICE…ELDER SERVICES INC: $166,376 · OtherELDER SERVICES IN…Individual grant recipient: $154,185 · OtherIndividual grant …+2 more: $140,642 · OtherUNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA: $764,244 · PhilanthropyBENTON COUNTY VOLUNTEER PROGRAM: $206,603 · PhilanthropyIowa Legal Aid: $271,118 · Crime & LegalWESLEYLIFE: $67,275 · Health
Human Services$13,578,010Other$2,785,927Philanthropy$970,847Crime & Legal$271,118Health$67,275

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHORIZONS A FAMILY SERVICE ALLIANCE: $9,071,772 over 7y, 47% of budgetAGING SERVICES INC: $2,506,803 over 7y, 22% of budgetHAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $1,004,083 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetCEDAR COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $956,849 over 7y, 79% of budgetUNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA: $764,244 over 7y, 5.6% of budgetNORTH ENGLISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $430,896 over 7y, 90% of budgetVOLUNTEER SERVICES OF CEDAR COUNTY: $295,468 over 7y, 22% of budgetIowa Legal Aid: $271,118 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBENTON COUNTY VOLUNTEER PROGRAM: $206,603 over 5y, 43% of budgetWESLEYLIFE: $67,275 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSOUTHEAST LINN COMMUNITY CENTER CORP: $53,955 over 3y, 10% of budgetMILESTONES AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $38,503 over 1y, 0.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds HORIZONS A FAMILY SERVICE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds AGING SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds CEDAR COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA ↗
  • Who funds NORTH ENGLISH COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEER SERVICES OF CEDAR COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Iowa Legal Aid ↗
  • Who funds BENTON COUNTY VOLUNTEER PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds ELDER SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds WESLEYLIFE ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEAST LINN COMMUNITY CENTER CORP ↗
  • Who funds MILESTONES AREA AGENCY ON AGING ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

United Way of Johnson…Hawkeye Area Communit…Alliant Energy Founda…United Way of East Ce…Community Foundation …Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
United Way of Johnson & Washington CountIA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Johnson & Washington Count · Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · United Way of East Central Iowa · Community Foundation of Johnson County · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Heritage Area Agency on Aging funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Heritage Area Agency on Aging. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 17 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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