Iowa · Nonprofit
IOWA CATHOLIC RADIO FOUNDATION
IOWA CATHOLIC RADIO FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $328,960 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ($164,116). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $113k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $329k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Iowa Catholic Radio Foundation does
Mission
Iowa Catholic Radio Foundation (the "Foundation") is a charitable foundation and nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the State of Iowa. It has been established to raise funds and utilize those funds to support Iowa Catholic Radio and other Catholic media outlets as they fulfill religious and/or charitable purposes as set forth in 26 U.S.C. § 501 (c)(3). All of the funds raised by the Foundation will be utilized solely for said religious and/or charitable purposes and for the general operations necessary to maintain the Foundation itself.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Foundation collected cash gifts and invested all funds received. No distributions were made during the year.
$11,376 spent$236,978 earned by the program100% of program spendingThere is only one program service
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,376.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $110k to $535k (+388%).
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.
61% of IOWA CATHOLIC RADIO FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $22k → $58k.
5 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 84% 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 CATHOLIC RADIO 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
IOWA CATHOLIC RADIO FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
93% 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 CATHOLIC RADIO FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 70% · 2019 72% · 2020 100% · 2021 49% · 2022 87% · 2023 52% — 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
33% of IOWA CATHOLIC RADIO FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 78% 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
84% of IOWA CATHOLIC RADIO FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $52k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $277k 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 CATHOLIC RADIO FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like IOWA CATHOLIC RADIO 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
31% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 CATHOLIC RADIO FOUNDATION?
- IOWA CATHOLIC RADIO FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $328,960 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ($164,116). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does IOWA CATHOLIC RADIO FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $328,960 in grants to IOWA CATHOLIC RADIO FOUNDATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IOWA CATHOLIC RADIO FOUNDATION?
- COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN is the largest funder on record, with $164,116 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IOWA CATHOLIC RADIO 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 9 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