Iowa · Nonprofit
Dubuque County Early Childhood Inc
Dubuque County Early Childhood Inc (Iowa) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,250 to it, the largest being MATHIS PFOHL FOUNDATION ($13,250). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $768k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $15k
- Net assets
- $137k
What Dubuque County Early Childhood Inc does
Mission
Dubuque County Early Childhood builds community collaboration, commitment, and advocacy for a quality early childhood system.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Program
The goal of Dubuque County Early Childhood, Inc. is to improve the well-being and quality of life for young children, ages 0-5, and their families, reduce barriers to community efforts and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of local education, health and human services programs. The Organization is funded by an allocation of state block grants.Childcare - actively assisting providers in creating additional infant and childcare slots and working to improve the quality level of that care. (Continued on Schedule O)School ready - active in working with children ages 0-5 and their families. Activities include teaching parenting skills and addressing the health needs so children are ready to learn when entering kindergarten. Other accomplishments include visitation to as many registered child care homes as possible by staff who provide support and linkage to resources, developments of strategies to reduce child care staff turnover in child care settings, and new training opportunities for child care professionals.
$761,929 spentof which $93,025 as grants$10,319 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $761,929.
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 2021 to 2022, from $326k to $258k (−21%).
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 98% · 2019 90% · 2020 95% · 2021 97% · 2022 95% · 2023 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of Dubuque County Early Childhood Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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.
Chief executive
Abigail Degenhardt
Executive Director
Board chair
Brittany Loeffelholz
Chair
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $10k → $2k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $55k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque). These are real filings, and they are not money Dubuque County Early Childhood Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of Dubuque County Early Childhood Inc’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
Dubuque County Early Childhood Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 67% · 2022 100% · 2023 50% — 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.
Where its funders are
Dubuque County Early Childhood Inc draws 87% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Dubuque County Early Childhood Inc receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,535 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like Dubuque County Early Childhood 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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Dubuque County Early Childhood Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Dubuque County Early Childhood Inc?
- Dubuque County Early Childhood Inc (Iowa) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,250 to it, the largest being MATHIS PFOHL FOUNDATION ($13,250). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Dubuque County Early Childhood Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $15,250 in grants to Dubuque County Early Childhood Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Dubuque County Early Childhood Inc?
- MATHIS PFOHL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $13,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Dubuque County Early Childhood 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 2 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