Iowa · Nonprofit
AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC
AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC (Iowa) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,977,312 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA ($3,401,859). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $4.0M
- Net assets
- $17M
What Area Substance Abuse Council Inc does
Mission
To provide accessible, comprehensive behavioral health services delivered with dignity, respect and professionalism to reduce the impact of substance use and gambling disorders.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Asac prevention delivers evidence-based strategies and community education to address substance misuse, problem gambling, and suicide prevention in seven counties in eastern iowa including linn, jones, benton, jackson, clinton, dubuque, and delaware. Certified prevention specialists implement strategies intended to prevent or reduce therisk of developing a behavioral health problem. Prevention strategies include primary prevention services directed towards youth and adults prior to onset, coalition coordination to strengthen collaboration among various sectors of the community who are all working to prevent substance misuse, problem gambling, and suicide, promotion and intervention to support the entire continuum of behavioral health services, and network services to improve, promote, and expand services across the asac service area. These prevention strategies increase the understanding of substance misuse, problem gambling issues, and suicide and reduce the stigma of receiving support to address these behavioral health concerns. Asac prevention collaborates with community sectors such as school administration, first responders, treatment and recovery services, law enforcement,…
$1,849,472 spent14% of program spendingAsac offers a comprehensive continuum of substance use treatment and problem gambling services, including early intervention, assessments, outpatient therapy, residential treatment, halfway houses, partial hospitalization, care navigation, peer support, and transitional housing. Each program is thoughtfully designed to meet the unique needs of diverse populations, including adolescents, men, women, pregnant women, mothers with children, families, and individuals experiencing homelessness. In fiscal year 2024, asac served more than 3,400 individuals, delivering person-centered care that empowers long-term recovery. We are proud to report a 59% treatment completion rate, exceeding the benchmark set by the iowa department of health and human services. Even more importantly, our impact goes beyond completion: 89% of patients reported an improved overall quality of life after treatmentup from 80% at admissiona powerful testament to the effectiveness and compassion of our care. Asac remains deeply committed to expanding access to care and strengthening recovery pathways for individuals of all ages. By continuing to evolve and adapt our services, we ensure that every person we serve…
$11,065,425 spent$9,784,872 earned by the program86% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,914,897.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $14M to $18M (+27%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 44% · 2018 44% · 2019 49% · 2020 45% · 2021 61% · 2022 50% · 2023 47% · 2024 41% · 2025 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
42% of AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 9 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $625k → $387k.
4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 13 of 14 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 87% · 2019 84% · 2020 86% · 2021 90% · 2022 92% · 2023 83% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
55% of AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
100% of AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $307k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.4M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.6M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$769k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- The Way Home Lllp · partnership
- Nd Housing Lllp · partnership
- Asac Housing Corporation Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC?
- AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC (Iowa) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,977,312 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA ($3,401,859). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $3,977,312 in grants to AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC?
- UNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA is the largest funder on record, with $3,401,859 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AREA SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 14 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing