Iowa · Nonprofit
FOUNDATION 2 INC
FOUNDATION 2 INC (Iowa) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,179,212 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA ($3,392,001). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Foundation 2 Inc does
Mission
Foundation 2, inc. Is a not-for-profit human service agency that offers crisis prevention and intervention programs to people of all ages. We are committed to positive youth development, suicide prevention and helping build the foundation for stronger and healthier families and safer communities for everyone. The agency was established in 1970 by a group of cedar rapids area college and high school volunteers who believed that critical mental and emotional health issues of the day were not being addressed by mainstream providers. Fifty years later that grassroots spirit of helping others in need still underlies our agency's mission to be a trusted, compassionate resource for people in crisis by offering counseling, safety and support during difficult times.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth shelter: foundation 2, inc. Operates an emergency youth shelter licensed for 17 beds for youth between the ages of 11 to 17 who are experiencing homelessness, family conflict, inability to live safely in the community, or human trafficking. The youth who stay at the shelter may self-refer for help or may be referred to us by the department of health and human services, juvenile court services, law enforcement, schools, churches or other members of the community. The goal of the shelter program is to provide safety and support and assist the young person in returning home or to another safe destination. Additionally, foundation 2 offers case management services as an alternative to out-of-home placement. Family and individual counseling is offered for both runaway and homeless youth in the shelter and for youth who come to the facility for support but do not require a shelter stay. In fiscal year 2025, foundation 2, inc. Provided 3,003 nights of shelter to youth who were experiencing a personal or family crisis. Of the runaway and homeless youth who had a shelter stay, 93% returned home or to another safe destination after leaving shelter care.
$678,225 spent$739,638 earned by the program7% of program spendingCrisis center services: foundation 2, inc. Provides 24-hour phone, chat, and text support 365 days a year for anyone in crisis or needing support. Foundation 2s trained counselors listen to the caller's concerns, address the crisis and assess suicidal risk. Counselors also work with the caller to determine the best response for their current situation based on severity caller's needs range from supportive listening to emergency intervention. Foundation 2 has been certified by the american association of suicidology since 1986 and continues to maintain this prestigious accreditation. In fiscal year 2025, foundation 2 continued the expansion of the legislatively mandated statewide support line (your life iowa), ensuring that all iowans have 24/7 access to support. In addition, as one of only two accredited centers in iowa, foundation 2 is contracted to answer the 988 national suicide and crisis lifeline, as well as 8-10 other lines in various capacities. In addition, foundation 2 coordinates and dispatches mobile crisis outreach teams (including our own) staffed by partner providers across iowa. The suicide survivors group meets twice each month. We had 222 attendees in the suicide…
$3,435,313 spent$3,746,369 earned by the program35% of program spendingMobile crisis outreach dispatches two crisis counselors in an unmarked vehicle to travel to a home, work, school, or other location to provide in-person crisis counseling. Upon arrival, staff assess the situation, diffuse the crisis, stabilize the individual (s), and provide counseling and referrals. Counselors screen for suicide risk and connect clients to other services including outpatient therapy and psychiatric support as well as stabilization beds (or another intensive service) when they can benefit from a temporary separation from their current living arrangement but do not require hospitalization. Mobile crisis outreach provided 3,589 dispatches in fiscal year 2025. Foundation 2 saw significant growth in the crisis stabilization community based service (cscbs) in linn county and expanded to other areas across the behavioral health district. Cscbs had 166 admissions to this unique service where clients in crisis can access intensive intervention and supportive services in their home, rather than an in-patient program. 98% of these patients were able to be stabilized without in-patient support.
$4,560,942 spent$4,973,920 earned by the program47% of program spendingLaw enforcement liaison program: the programs purpose is to provide interventions to divert those with mental health concerns away from jails and hospitals and toward services in our community. This program continues to expand and now we have 7 crisis counselors (liaisons) embedded in the following departments: cedar rapids police (2), linn county, marion police, delaware county, dubuque county, and buchanan county. Our le liaisons supported law enforcement with 1,124 dispatches for service and consulted on thousands of others. Foundation 2 is one of the four community partners providing services at the linn county mental health access center (mhac), a 24/7 walk-in behavioral health urgent care. The foundation 2 team saw 1,338 separate triage sessions to determine what services in the community can provide the safest, least restrictive level of care to help them get through the current crisis. Fostering futures: foundation 2s fostering futures program provides housing advocacy, life skills training and case management services to youth and young adults ages 16 to 24 who need support. Many have aged out of the foster care system or are at high risk of gun violence in the community.…
$1,122,958 spent$1,224,637 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,797,438.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $6.2M to $9.2M (+50%).
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 5% · 2018 5% · 2019 6% · 2020 4% · 2021 16% · 2022 16% · 2023 12% · 2024 14% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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 5 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $579k → $821k.
5 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 FOUNDATION 2 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
FOUNDATION 2 INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 94%; 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 FOUNDATION 2 INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 96% · 2019 94% · 2020 81% · 2021 52% · 2022 53% · 2023 43% — 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
67% of FOUNDATION 2 INC'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
96% of FOUNDATION 2 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. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Government funding FOUNDATION 2 INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.9M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.9M
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.
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In Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FOUNDATION 2 INC?
- FOUNDATION 2 INC (Iowa) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,179,212 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA ($3,392,001). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOUNDATION 2 INC have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $5,179,212 in grants to FOUNDATION 2 INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION 2 INC?
- UNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA is the largest funder on record, with $3,392,001 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNDATION 2 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 24 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