Iowa · Nonprofit
IOWA ARTS IN EDUCATION DBA ARTFORCE IOWA
IOWA ARTS IN EDUCATION DBA ARTFORCE IOWA (Iowa) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,482,142 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA ($702,604). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $465k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $179k
What Iowa Arts in Education Dba Artforce Iowa does
Mission
Creating opportunities for youth to transform through art
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Iowa arts-in-education dba artforce iowa is a 501(c)3 nonprofit has a mission to create opportunities for youth to transform art. Artforce iowa is home to three programs for youth ages 12-19: pathways for young people involved in the court system and heroes for young people who are immigrants, refugees or first generation americans. The artforce everywhere program meets young people where they are and provides arts-based workshops for mood regulation. Artforce iowa seeks to build self-esteem and resilience through the creative power of art. We call our programs supportive art communities, because we seek to support the whole child, whether they need access to basic necessities, help managing stress, guidance on an art project or a listening ear.
$353,956 spent$27,700 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $353,956.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $16k to $127k (+691%).
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: 2018 35% · 2019 40% · 2020 37% · 2021 28% · 2022 22% · 2023 22% · 2024 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of IOWA ARTS IN EDUCATION DBA ARTFORCE IOWA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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
Christine Her
Executive director
Board chair
Sarah Welch
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $60k → $161k.
3 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.
From the IRS filings of IOWA ARTS IN EDUCATION DBA ARTFORCE IOWA’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 ARTS IN EDUCATION DBA ARTFORCE IOWA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% 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 IOWA ARTS IN EDUCATION DBA ARTFORCE IOWA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 88% · 2019 100% · 2020 41% · 2021 48% · 2022 39% · 2023 58% — 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
50% of IOWA ARTS IN EDUCATION DBA ARTFORCE IOWA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 31% 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
89% of IOWA ARTS IN EDUCATION DBA ARTFORCE IOWA's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $201k 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
IOWA ARTS IN EDUCATION DBA ARTFORCE IOWA has grown faster than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like IOWA ARTS IN EDUCATION DBA ARTFORCE 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds IOWA ARTS IN EDUCATION DBA ARTFORCE IOWA?
- IOWA ARTS IN EDUCATION DBA ARTFORCE IOWA (Iowa) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,482,142 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA ($702,604). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does IOWA ARTS IN EDUCATION DBA ARTFORCE IOWA have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,482,142 in grants to IOWA ARTS IN EDUCATION DBA ARTFORCE IOWA, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IOWA ARTS IN EDUCATION DBA ARTFORCE IOWA?
- UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA is the largest funder on record, with $702,604 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IOWA ARTS IN EDUCATION DBA ARTFORCE 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), 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