Iowa · Nonprofit
BETTENDORF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
BETTENDORF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $432,774 to it, the largest being QUAD CITIES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($187,470). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $217k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $433k
- Net assets
- $684k
What Bettendorf Community Schools Foundation does
Mission
To support the educational opportunities for k-12 students.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarships to individuals in order to continue to postsecondary education based on donors specifications
$52,800 spentof which $52,800 as grants77% of program spendingGrants to bettendorf public school district for education services not provided by school district normal operating budget
$12,392 spentof which $12,392 as grants$7,450 earned by the program18% of program spendingScholarships paid directly to the provider for students age 10-14 to cover costs of athletic camps, athletic lessons, athletic equipment, music lessons, music camps, instrument purchase or rental, art classes/lessons, art camps, etc.
$2,392 spentof which $2,392 as grants$4,000 earned by the program4% of program spendingScholarships to individuals in order to continue to postsecondary education based on donors specifications
$752 spentof which $752 as grants1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $68,336.
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 2018 to 2019, from $917k to $633k (−31%).
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.
83% of BETTENDORF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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 broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $31k → $100k.
4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% 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 BETTENDORF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
BETTENDORF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
97% 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 BETTENDORF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 91% · 2019 78% · 2020 47% · 2021 50% · 2022 58% · 2023 38% — diversifying over time.
“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
71% of BETTENDORF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
72% of BETTENDORF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $120k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $313k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
BETTENDORF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BETTENDORF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
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
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BETTENDORF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- BETTENDORF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $432,774 to it, the largest being QUAD CITIES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($187,470). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BETTENDORF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $432,774 in grants to BETTENDORF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BETTENDORF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- QUAD CITIES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $187,470 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BETTENDORF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION 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.
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 9 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