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FAMILY PLANNING COUNCIL OF IOWA

FAMILY PLANNING COUNCIL OF IOWA (Iowa) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,103 to it, the largest being THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION ($65,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.1M
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$85k
Net assets
$484k
3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Family Planning Council of Iowa does

Mission

The purpose of the Family Planning Council of Iowa is to assure access to quality reproductive healthcare and family planning for all people.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The Family Planning Council of Iowa is a nonprofit organization serving 55 of iowa's 99 counties, with a mission of providing access to quality reproductive healthcare and family planning services to all people. Fpci has a provider network of 9 subcontractors and works closely with 15 clinic sites across the state to ensure patients receive the voluntary, confidential reproductive health and family planning services they want and need. Through the delegation of federal title x family planning funding, the clinics fpci partners with provide reproductive healthcare services to adolescents and adults, with priority given to those with low incomes. Fpci is committed to helping all people achieve their reproductive goals by allowing them to control if and when they become pregnant. To achieve this goal, fpci focuses on community education, outreach, and family involvement, in addition to clinical services. To increase awareness of family planning services as part of an overall health promotion and disease prevention strategy, fpci works to establish and maintain meaningful and mutually beneficial relationships with agencies and organizations around the state. Fpci participates in local…

    $2,507,181 spentof which $1,811,946 as grants
    93% of program spending
  2. Training and the provision of information are important components of assuring access to high-quality reproductive healthcare. Fpci develops and offers programs and events that deliver educational information and training on family planning-related issues to healthcare professionals and the general public. Through fpci's community education programs with the network of subrecipient agencies, over 31,000 individuals participated in more than 1,100 community outreach and education programs. Services were also promoted and education provided through social media. Fpci has taken a proactive role in outreach with the distribution of free reproductive health kits across the state. These kits include condoms, personal lubricant, pregnancy tests, emergency contraceptive pills, and a resource guide with sexual and reproductive health information specific to iowa. Over 10,000 kits have been provided to title x clinics, universities, community organizations, distributed at events, and mailed directly to individuals across iowa. By circulating these kits, fpci is increasing access to vital reproductive health resources for communities and individuals who may encounter barriers to care.

    $179,146 spent$21,155 earned by the program
    7% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,686,327.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($3.0M) Expenses 100 ($3.0M) Net assets 100 ($306k)2018 Revenue 100 ($3.0M) Expenses 99 ($2.9M) Net assets 114 ($348k)2019 Revenue 111 ($3.3M) Expenses 113 ($3.4M) Net assets 99 ($304k)2020 Revenue 88 ($2.6M) Expenses 84 ($2.5M) Net assets 146 ($447k)2021 Revenue 64 ($1.9M) Expenses 65 ($1.9M) Net assets 134 ($410k)2022 Revenue 103 ($3.1M) Expenses 104 ($3.1M) Net assets 128 ($390k)2023 Revenue 86 ($2.6M) Expenses 86 ($2.6M) Net assets 125 ($381k)2024 Revenue 80 ($2.4M) Expenses 82 ($2.4M) Net assets 110 ($336k)2025 Revenue 105 ($3.1M) Expenses 101 ($3.0M) Net assets 158 ($484k)
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Revenue (105)Expenses (101)Net assets (158)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $3.0M to $1.0M (−67%).

$482k
$585k
$2.5M
$3.0M
$1.0M
$834k
$757k
$678k
$762k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 99% · 2018 98% · 2019 97% · 2020 92% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% · 2024 95% · 2025 81%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

99% of FAMILY PLANNING COUNCIL OF IOWA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,611 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$6k
’17
$43k
’18
−$45k
’19
$144k
’20
−$37k
’21
−$20k
’22
−$9k
’23
−$45k
’24
$148k
’25
2.3
months of
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

Allison Smith

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed16171919181311912
Joined·+3+4+0+4+0+0+3+6
No longer listed·22055253
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $50k → $38.

Funder
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'21
'22
'23
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'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
2

1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 FAMILY PLANNING COUNCIL OF IOWA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 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

FAMILY PLANNING COUNCIL OF IOWA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% 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

76%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

FAMILY PLANNING COUNCIL OF IOWA draws 76% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 2 states in all.

IA
NE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Iowa out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $103 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FAMILY PLANNING COUNCIL OF IOWA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin5% · above the median
Months of reserve2.3mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding FAMILY PLANNING COUNCIL OF IOWA receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $24.5M on record.

Federal$24.5M
grants $24.5Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$24.5M

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 FAMILY PLANNING COUNCIL OF IOWA

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 10%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds FAMILY PLANNING COUNCIL OF IOWA?
FAMILY PLANNING COUNCIL OF IOWA (Iowa) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,103 to it, the largest being THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION ($65,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FAMILY PLANNING COUNCIL OF IOWA have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $85,103 in grants to FAMILY PLANNING COUNCIL OF IOWA, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FAMILY PLANNING COUNCIL OF IOWA?
THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $65,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FAMILY PLANNING COUNCIL OF IOWA 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 4 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