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Iowa Association of Community Action Directors

To assist in the provision of a better life for iowa's low-income residents, through assistance to the community action organization located within the state.

$581k
Granted FY2021
17
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$97k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2021.

Human Services$866kCommunity Improvement$593kPublic Benefit$33kEmployment$16k
02FY2021 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • $10k–50k13 grants · $289k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $293k
$24,920
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC$96,840
IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION$81,833
IMPACT COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP$61,920
MID-IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION$51,920
COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTHEAST IOWA$40,253
SOUTHERN IOWA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION$26,253
OPERATION THRESHOLD$24,920
UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY$24,920
COMMUNITY ACTION OF SIOUXLAND$24,920
NORTH IOWA COMMUNTIY ACTION ORGANIZATION$24,920
NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC$24,920
NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORPORATION$21,920
SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM$16,254
MID-SIOUX OPPORTUNITY$14,920
WEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION$14,920
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 (FY18–21, $523k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 32% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MID-SIOUX OPPORTUNITY: $17k → 7%NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC: $25k → 9%WEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION: $17k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $97k → 9%NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORPORATION: $22k → 10%IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION: $82k → 10%MID-SIOUX OPPORTUNITY: $15k → 7%NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC: $17k → 9%WEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION: $15k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $25k → 9%NE IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP: $17k → 10%MID-SIOUX OPPORTUNITY: $15k → 7%NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC: $15k → 9%WEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION: $15k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $17k → 9%NORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORPORATION: $15k → 10%MID-SIOUX OPPORTUNITY: $15k → 7%NEW OPPORTUNITIES INC: $15k → 9%WEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION: $15k → 9%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $15k → 9%NE IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP: $15k → 10%IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION: $18k → 10%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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 19 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against -15% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2021, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
1

Total granted

$1.5M
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
-15%

Still filing today

89%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • HA
    HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $154k · revenue +72%
  • IC
    IMPACT COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $110k · revenue +13%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTHEAST IOWA
    5× · 2017–2021 · $88k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • PR
    PROGRESS RESOURCES INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2020 · $16k · revenue -15%
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
Iowa Association of Community Action Directors

To assist in the provision of a better life for iowa's low-income residents, through assistance to the community action organization located within the state.

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2
Muskegon-Oceana Community Action Partnership Inc

Through dedicated staff and community partnerships we provide services, resources, education and advocacy to improve the quality of life for all residents of muskegon and oceana counties.

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3
Community Action Commission of Belmont County

Community assistance

Human Services
4
United Way of North Central Iowa

Seeking to build a stronger, more caring community by forming partnerships with businesses, community experts, education & health & human service agencies to achieve targeted outcomes & sustained changes in community conditions which will…

Philanthropy
5
Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico Inc

Caasnm is a 60 year-old new mexico statewide health and social services not for profit with a mission of uplifting low-income families by connecting communities, encouraging family wellness, empowering families, and bridging resources.

Human Services
6
Community Action Commission of Fayette County

Administers grants and contracts to help the lives of those individuals who fall below the poverty level.

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7
Common Good Iowa

Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.

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8
Eastern Nebraska Community Action Partnership

Encap provides high-impact programs to help people get ahead.

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9
Community Action Inc

Helping people move from poverty towards prosperity.

Human Services
10
The Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut Inc

The community action agency of western connecticut is a private non-profit corporation serving western connecticut. its primary purpose is to operate a multi-purpose organization to combat poverty and promote self sufficiency among low…

Community Improvement
11
Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois Inc

Agency provides community assistance to low income families and individuals including assistance with utility bills, home weatherization, emergency housing

Human Services
12
Community Action of East Central Indiana

To provide education and assistance to low income, disadvantaged individuals and children.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mid-Iowa Community Action Inc; the most unlike its peers is Progress Resources Incorporated. 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

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 20 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OPERATION NEW VIEW: $115,570 · OtherOPERATION NEW VIEWIMPACT COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC: $109,915 · OtherIMPACT COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INCCOMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTHEAST IOWA: $88,248 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTHEAST IOWAOPERATION THRESHOLD INC: $72,915 · OtherOPERATION THRESHOLD INCNorth Iowa Community Action Organization: $72,915 · OtherNorth Iowa Community Action OrganizationCOMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF SIOUXLAND: $72,915 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF SIOUXLANDSOUTHERN IOWA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION: $41,703 · OtherSOUTHERN IOWA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONSOUTHERN IA ECONOMIC DEV ASSN: $32,545 · Other+1 more: $16,025 · OtherHAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $154,085 · Human ServicesHAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM I…IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION: $99,794 · Human ServicesIOWA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATIONCOMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES INC: $72,915 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES INCNORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP: $69,915 · Human ServicesNORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORPWEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION: $62,915 · Human ServicesWEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTIONMID-SIOUX OPPORTUNITY INC: $62,915 · Human ServicesMID-SIOUX OPPORTUNITY INCMID-IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $99,915 · Community ImprovementMID-IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION I…UPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY INC: $72,915 · Community ImprovementUPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNIT…SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $64,249 · Community ImprovementSOUTH CENTRAL IOWA COMMUNIT…MATURA ACTION CORPORATION: $62,915 · Community ImprovementMATURA ACTION CORPORATIONCOMMUNITY ACTION OF EASTERN IOWA: $62,915 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY ACTION OF EASTERN…
Other$622,751Human Services$522,539Community Improvement$362,909

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $154,085 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetIMPACT COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC: $109,915 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMID-IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $99,915 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetIOWA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION: $99,794 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTHEAST IOWA: $88,248 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetOPERATION THRESHOLD INC: $72,915 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNorth Iowa Community Action Organization: $72,915 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES INC: $72,915 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUPPER DES MOINES OPPORTUNITY INC: $72,915 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF SIOUXLAND: $72,915 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHEAST IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP: $69,915 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTH CENTRAL IOWA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $64,249 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMATURA ACTION CORPORATION: $62,915 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWEST CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION: $62,915 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION OF EASTERN IOWA: $62,915 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMID-SIOUX OPPORTUNITY INC: $62,915 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHERN IOWA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION: $41,703 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPROGRESS RESOURCES INCORPORATED: $16,025 over 1y, 4.4% 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.

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.

Iowa Community Action…Delta Dental of Iowa …Community Fdn of Grea…Land O'Lakes Foundati…National Philanthropi…First Interstate Banc…Amazonsmile Foundation
Iowa Community Action AssociationIA32.8× affinity13 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Iowa Community Action Association · Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Land O'Lakes Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · 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 Iowa Association of Community Action Directors funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Iowa Association of Community Action Directors. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 20 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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