Iowa · Nonprofit
HISTORIC VALLEY JUNCTION FOUNDATION
HISTORIC VALLEY JUNCTION FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $210,601 to it, the largest being BRAVO GREATER DES MOINES INC ($90,260). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $319k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $211k
- Net assets
- $299k
What Historic Valley Junction Foundation does
Mission
To inspire and enhance the evolution of the original historic valley junction district by preserving and sharing the history, attracting and supporting small businesses and engaging and connecting the community
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The organization hosts special events throughout the year to promote and revitalize the historic valley junction area of west des moines ia. Some of these events include music in the junction, farmers market, jingle in the junction, all iowa bash, cinco de mayo, vintage in the valley and arts festival. Many of these venues provide family friendly activities to enhance community involvement and to showcase the historic architecture of the community.
$249,320 spent$316,944 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $249,320.
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 2017 to 2018, from $40k to $286k (+621%).
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 44% · 2018 39% · 2019 35% · 2020 65% · 2021 32% · 2022 23% · 2023 18% · 2024 25% · 2025 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
53% of HISTORIC VALLEY JUNCTION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Steve Frevert
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $33k → $51.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 HISTORIC VALLEY JUNCTION FOUNDATION’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
HISTORIC VALLEY JUNCTION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 HISTORIC VALLEY JUNCTION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 45% · 2019 43% · 2020 50% · 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
88% of HISTORIC VALLEY JUNCTION FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
HISTORIC VALLEY JUNCTION FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like HISTORIC VALLEY JUNCTION FOUNDATION
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
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 HISTORIC VALLEY JUNCTION FOUNDATION: 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 HISTORIC VALLEY JUNCTION FOUNDATION?
- HISTORIC VALLEY JUNCTION FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $210,601 to it, the largest being BRAVO GREATER DES MOINES INC ($90,260). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HISTORIC VALLEY JUNCTION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $210,601 in grants to HISTORIC VALLEY JUNCTION FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HISTORIC VALLEY JUNCTION FOUNDATION?
- BRAVO GREATER DES MOINES INC is the largest funder on record, with $90,260 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HISTORIC VALLEY JUNCTION FOUNDATION 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 7 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