Iowa · Nonprofit
IOWA ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION
IOWA ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION (Iowa) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,600 to it, the largest being WEST FAMILY FOUNDATION ($16,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $117k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $28k
- Net assets
- $103k
What Iowa Alliance for Arts Education does
Mission
The primary mission of the Iowa Alliance for Arts Education is to increase awareness, recognition and support of policies, practices, and partnerships that ensure and advance quality arts education for all iowans.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
A.promoting the arts through programs in the fields of advocacy, mentorship and professional development: in response to the needs of beginning teachers, iaae allowed an unlimited number of in-person and virtual mentor visits for the 2024-2025 school year. We had a record-breaking year, with 454 mentor visits completed, with 80% of these visits going to teachers in rural schools. We served 120 beginning teachers in 63 counties. The scholarship amount ($500 payment of professional dues/attendance at professional conferences) was made available to all first and second year teachers. Over $11,640 in scholarships were awarded to teachers from 5 arts education organizations
$76,287 spentof which $50,570 as grants88% of program spendingYoung professionals fall symposium: iaae held this professional development conference on november 2, 2024 at iowa central community college in fort dodge. This event included many opportunities for young educators to connect with other arts professionals, learn from experienced mentor/mentee pairs, and attend a variety of sessions from current educators from across the state
$7,501 spent9% of program spendingIowa hosted an arts education advocacy day at the state capitol in des moines on january 22, 2025. We had over 100 advocates contact all 150 iowa legislators through emails. The template for these emails was provided by iaae. We had 40 advocates meet with legislators in-person. Iaae leadership also had personal meetings with key legislative leaders.
$3,128 spent4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $86,916.
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 2018 to 2019, from $59k to $97k (+64%).
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.
96% of IOWA ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Leon Kuehner
Executive director
Board chair
Jayson Gerth
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $1k.
1 of 5 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 IOWA ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION’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
IOWA ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 94% · 2020 62% · 2021 74% · 2022 99% · 2023 98% — 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
82% of IOWA ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $100 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.
Against its field
IOWA ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like IOWA ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION
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.
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds IOWA ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION?
- IOWA ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION (Iowa) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,600 to it, the largest being WEST FAMILY FOUNDATION ($16,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does IOWA ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $27,600 in grants to IOWA ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IOWA ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION?
- WEST FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $16,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IOWA ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION 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 5 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