Iowa · Nonprofit
CENTRAL IOWA WIND ENSEMBLE
CENTRAL IOWA WIND ENSEMBLE (Iowa) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $119,544 to it, the largest being BRAVO GREATER DES MOINES INC ($57,375). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $69k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $120k
- Net assets
- $42k
What Central Iowa Wind Ensemble does
Mission
To build lifelong engagement in the arts by providing meaningful and challenging concert band experiences.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The midwest's premier wind ensemble performing conscientious programming to appreciative, loyal and diverse audiences.
$46,855 spent100% of program spendingTo build lifelong engagement in the arts by providing meaningful and challenging concert band experiences.
The 2 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $46,855.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $7k → $8k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 CENTRAL IOWA WIND ENSEMBLE’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
CENTRAL IOWA WIND ENSEMBLE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
82% 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 CENTRAL IOWA WIND ENSEMBLE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 52% · 2019 34% · 2020 56% · 2021 96% · 2022 68% · 2023 92% — 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
67% of CENTRAL IOWA WIND ENSEMBLE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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 CENTRAL IOWA WIND ENSEMBLE's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $36k 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
CENTRAL IOWA WIND ENSEMBLE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 710 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 710 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like CENTRAL IOWA WIND ENSEMBLE
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.
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTRAL IOWA WIND ENSEMBLE?
- CENTRAL IOWA WIND ENSEMBLE (Iowa) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $119,544 to it, the largest being BRAVO GREATER DES MOINES INC ($57,375). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTRAL IOWA WIND ENSEMBLE have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $119,544 in grants to CENTRAL IOWA WIND ENSEMBLE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTRAL IOWA WIND ENSEMBLE?
- BRAVO GREATER DES MOINES INC is the largest funder on record, with $57,375 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTRAL IOWA WIND ENSEMBLE 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 FY2026 (financials across 2026–2026), and the filings of 8 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing