Iowa · Nonprofit
EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS INC
EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS INC (Iowa) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,083,088 to it, the largest being BUILDING DIRECTION FOR FAMILIES INC ($571,720). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $19M
What Exceptional Persons Inc does
Mission
Exceptional persons, inc. (epi) is dedicated to connecting people, creating opportunities, and nurturing growth. Our mission comes to life through four core service areas: community living, children & family services, employment services, and property management. With a reach across 23 counties, epi is committed to building vibrant, inclusive communities where individuals with diabilities can thrive.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community living - epi empowers people to live meaningful lives by promoting community engagement and ensuring that everyone feels valued and included in their communities. In 2025, we achieved a significant milestone: we helped a young man return to his home state of iowa, transitioning from an institutional setting into his own home. This was made possible through a combination of in-person and virtual direct support professionals (dsps). Since making this move, his quality of life has improved dramatically - incidents of elopement and emergency department visits have decreased, reflecting the positive impact of person-centered support and community integration. Currently, 100% of epi-owned homes utilize these innovative solutions, fostering independence and growth every day.
$14,010,690 spent$15,806,160 earned by the program71% of program spendingChildren and family services - our children & family services provide essential resources and support for families through child care resource and referral (ccr&r). This program connects families to quality child care providers and offers training and support to child care providers. By strengthening families and the child care system, we are fostering brighter futures for children and communities alike. In 2025 alone, these services connected 779 families to quality child care, offered over 100 professional development opportunities and served 709 child care providers.
$4,312,766 spent$543,692 earned by the program22% of program spendingEmployment services - exceptional persons, inc. Helps individuals with disabilities achieve competitive, community-based employment through job development, skills training, and ongoing support. These services foster independence, financial stability, and inclusion. Across the cedar valley, 149 individuals are thriving in community employment, working an average of 14 hours per week and earning an average wage of 12.39 per hour. In the past year, 29 individulas collectvely worked 8,394 days, averaging 289 days per person - about 79% of a full year. This strong job retention reflects epi's success in helping people not only find jobs but keep them, creating lasting impact for individuals and the community.
$559,571 spent$604,440 earned by the program3% of program spendingProperty management - our property management ensures that individuals have safe, accessible housing where they can thrive. Epi currently provides housing for 252 individuals across 132 homes in the cedar valley. These homes offer more than just shelter; they provide a stable foundation for growth and community connection, helping individuals achieve their personal goals and live independently. Expenses 517,297 revenue 713,836 other programs expenses 345,955 revenue 335,080
$863,252 spent$1,048,916 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,746,279.
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 2019 to 2020, from $11M to $15M (+33%).
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 13% · 2018 13% · 2019 12% · 2020 13% · 2021 28% · 2022 16% · 2023 18% · 2024 22% · 2025 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
26% of EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $46k → $241k.
4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.7M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Exceptional Persons Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS INC raised.
From the IRS filings of EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS 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
EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 43% · 2019 54% · 2020 55% · 2021 77% · 2022 65% · 2023 42% — 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
38% of EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
97% of EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS 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. $147k 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
EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS 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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Exceptional Persons Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS INC?
- EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS INC (Iowa) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,083,088 to it, the largest being BUILDING DIRECTION FOR FAMILIES INC ($571,720). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,083,088 in grants to EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS INC?
- BUILDING DIRECTION FOR FAMILIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $571,720 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EXCEPTIONAL PERSONS 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 13 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