Iowa · Nonprofit
IOWA CORN GROWER'S ASSOCIATION
IOWA CORN GROWER'S ASSOCIATION (Iowa) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $289,533 to it, the largest being OHIO CORN MARKETING PROGRAM ($77,242). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $290k
- Net assets
- $19M
What Iowa Corn Grower's Association does
Mission
The iowa corn growers association (icga) is a membership organization lobbying to protect the rights of its more than 7,000 corn farmer members. Icga serves as the collective voice for iowa corn farmers, lobbying on agricultural issues at the state and federal level. Icga's mission is to create opportunities for long-term iowa corn grower profitability.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Research: the iowa corn growers association research is centered on developing new uses for corn and improving the production efficiency of growing corn. It is imperative that we discover new uses to help create demand for the surplus crop. In addition, we fund research to improve efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of corn production. This is the key to advancing the industry and is important for the future economic viability of corn farmers across the nation. Several patents have been awarded for the development of bioplastics and biochemicals to make renewable plastic material.one method of supporting research is the wholly owned subsidiary iowa corn growers association, new product innovation llc (npi) which began operations in november of 2024. The strategy of npi is to identify unexploited technologies that, if commercialized, would provide benefits to corn farmers.
Market development: the best way to enhance grower profitability is to create new demand for corn in all forms. The iowa corn growers association's (icga) investment in the us grains council and the us meat export federation has helped increase demand for us corn in all forms around the world, and also helped profitability of farmers in iowa and around the country. The icga works to reduce trade barriers for corn and livestock around the world to increase access to export markets for us farmers. Icga works to expand markets for food, feed and fuel. Ethanol is a key market for iowa's farmers, and icga works to maintain market access for ethanol across the u.s. And to remove regulatory barriers for higher blends of ethanol.
Education/promotion: the iowa corn growers association (icga) educational programs work to reach both farmer and consumer audiences about the economic and environmental vitality of the corn industry in the state of iowa. Education about corn and the 4,000 products made from corn happens through earned media, advertising, promotional events, and the iowa corn mobile education center (icmec). Farmer to farmer education on water quality and conservation methods occurs at crop fairs, stewardship advocate events, and other field days. District and county organizations partner with icga on consumer and farmer educational and promotional efforts. Icga works to educate policy makers about the priorities set forward by membership and implemented by the board.
Iowa corn opportunities, llc (ico), iowa corn growers association's wholly owned subsidiary, began operations during the year ended august 31, 2008 and was formed primarily to provide financial and organizational support to projects that will provide a demonstratable benefit to iowa corn producers. Iowa corn opportunities believes in a strong agricultural economy where farmers and rural communities gain increasing benefits and profits while investing in new agricultural business opportunities. Iowa corn opportunities mission is to assist new and growing companies in developing strategies for growth and profitability, leverage investment opportunities to create future profit opportunities for corn growers, and generate a profitable return to use in continued investments to create new opportunities for corn growers.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $20M to $27M (+35%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Craig Floss
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Jolene Riessen
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $111k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $181M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Iowa Corn Promotion Board). These are real filings, and they are not money IOWA CORN GROWER'S ASSOCIATION raised.
From the IRS filings of IOWA CORN GROWER'S ASSOCIATION’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 CORN GROWER'S ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 CORN GROWER'S ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 86% · 2022 43% · 2023 53% — 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
IOWA CORN GROWER'S ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k 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.
Organizations like IOWA CORN GROWER'S ASSOCIATION
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.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Iowa Corn Opportunities LLC · disregarded
- New Product Innovation LLC · disregarded
- Novecta LLC · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds IOWA CORN GROWER'S ASSOCIATION?
- IOWA CORN GROWER'S ASSOCIATION (Iowa) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $289,533 to it, the largest being OHIO CORN MARKETING PROGRAM ($77,242). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does IOWA CORN GROWER'S ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $289,533 in grants to IOWA CORN GROWER'S ASSOCIATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IOWA CORN GROWER'S ASSOCIATION?
- OHIO CORN MARKETING PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $77,242 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IOWA CORN GROWER'S ASSOCIATION 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 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