Iowa · Nonprofit
IOWA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN
IOWA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (Iowa) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,615,649 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA ($4,597,323). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $5.6M
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What Iowa Association for the Education of Young Children does
Mission
Iowa aeyc promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse, dynamic early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Iowa aeyc is a membership organization of more than 1,000 members and is the iowa affiliate of the national association for the education of young children. Iowa aeyc members represent our state's early learning workforce. Iowa aeyc supports efforts to improve teaching and learning, leadership, professional development, state and national accreditation, quality early childhood education programs, and building public awareness through advocacy and outreach.iowa aeyc is approved by the department of health and human services (dhs) as a training organization and is an approved national administrator credential (nac) vendor by the national early childhood program accreditation (necpa) commission. Iowa aeyc supports several programs and also holds two large state-wide professional development events for the early care and education work force to elevate best practices and to promote leadership and advocacy in the early care and education field.
$1,826,389 spent$178,090 earned by the program19% of program spendingT.e.a.c.h. Early childhood iowa (t.e.a.c.h.)iowa aeyc has the sole-source license from child care services association to administer the t.e.a.c.h. (teacher education and compensation helps) early childhood iowa program (t.e.a.c.h). T.e.a.c.h is a comprehensive scholarship program that provides the early childhood workforce access to educational opportunities and is helping establish a well-qualified, fairly compensated and stable workforce for our children. The t.e.a.c.h. Program is designed to help establish a well-qualified, fairly compensated and stable early care and education workforce.
$1,962,451 spentof which $1,962,451 as grants$75,979 earned by the program21% of program spendingChild care wage$ iowa (wage$) iowa aeyc has the sole-source license from child care services association to administer the child care wage$ iowa (wage$) program in iowa. Wage$ is an education based salary supplement program and awards supplements or stipends to early care and education providers working with children ages birth to five in regulated settings. The program is designed to increase retention, education and compensation of the early care and education workforce
$5,655,604 spentof which $5,655,604 as grants60% of program spendingThe early childhood quality improvement project (ecquip) the early childhood quality improvement project (ecquip) supports early childhood programs serving a high percentage of low-income children in polk, warren, and dallas counties. The program consultants deliver technical assistance to help programs achieve a level of quality that supports the development of all children and puts them on track with their peers when entering kindergarten.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,444,444.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $815k to $2.1M (+161%).
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: 2023 97% · 2024 97% · 2025 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of IOWA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Jillian Herink
Executive director
Board chair
Renee Hardman
Hpio chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $813k → $531k.
1 of 7 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 ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN’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 ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% 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
85% 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 ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 67% · 2019 68% · 2020 93% · 2021 80% · 2022 98% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
83% of IOWA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k 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 ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like IOWA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN
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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 IOWA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN?
- IOWA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN (Iowa) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,615,649 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA ($4,597,323). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does IOWA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $5,615,649 in grants to IOWA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IOWA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN?
- UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA is the largest funder on record, with $4,597,323 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IOWA ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN 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 2021–2025), 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