Iowa · Nonprofit
IOWA AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION
IOWA AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION (Iowa) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,610 to it, the largest being WESTERN IOWA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ($3,451). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $236k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Iowa Automobile Dealers Foundation for Education does
Mission
To invest in the future of the motor vehicle sales and service industry by awarding automotive scholarships. To develop programs and incentives with high schools, colleges, educational agencies, and the public to encourage automotive careers.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
The Iowa Automobile Dealers Foundation for Education solicited applications for scholarships from employees of iowa dealers, area high school students, and community colleges that offer training in automotive technologies. 12 high school graduates were awarded scholarships of $4,000 each for the 2026/27 school year. The scholarships are paid upon proof of tuition. The iowa auto dealers foundation for education also solicited grant applications from community colleges that offer training in automotive technologies in iowa. 19 grants were awarded ranging from $791 to $7,545 for a total of $65,098 during the year.
$116,548 spentof which $115,098 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2026 Form 990. Program spending in total: $116,548.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.3M to $1.1M (−16%).
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.
44% of IOWA AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 10 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
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $51 → $19.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION FOR 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 AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 IOWA AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 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
100% of IOWA AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $159 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 AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,238 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,238 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like IOWA AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION FOR 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.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
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 IOWA AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION: 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 IOWA AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION?
- IOWA AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION (Iowa) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,610 to it, the largest being WESTERN IOWA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ($3,451). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does IOWA AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $3,610 in grants to IOWA AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IOWA AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION?
- WESTERN IOWA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,451 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IOWA AUTOMOBILE DEALERS FOUNDATION FOR 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 2 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing