Iowa · Nonprofit
IOWA CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION
IOWA CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $600,447 to it, the largest being GreenState Credit Union ($260,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $803k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $600k
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What Iowa Credit Union Foundation does
Mission
Founded in 1995 as the philanthropic arm of the iowa credit union league and guided by the credit union philosophy of "people helping people", the Iowa Credit Union Foundation (the foundation) works to champion financial well-being for all. The foundation's vision is to be a hub for credit union philanthropy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Investing in community research to understand the financial realities of iowans, funding grants to credit unions to support new technology, strategic planning, other services, and supporting funding of other community organizations investing in credit union mission aligned initiatives.
$338,425 spentof which $234,100 as grants77% of program spendingScholarships: Iowa Credit Union Foundation offers scholarships to credit union members pursuing or completing post-secondary education.
$66,000 spentof which $66,000 as grants15% of program spendingPeople helping people: providing financial coach training, disaster relief assistance, and grants to other organizations investing in credit union member support.
$24,786 spentof which $24,786 as grants$24,000 earned by the program6% of program spendingIndividual development accounts: matched savings accounts for low and moderate income working savers. Iowa Credit Union Foundation matches savings up to a certain amount based upon guidelines from match fund providers.
$12,450 spentof which $12,450 as grants3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $441,661.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $525k to $2.1M (+293%).
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.
70% of IOWA CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (73% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Jelena Babic Barnes
Executive director
Board chair
Jordan Hensley
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $104k → $20k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 CREDIT UNION 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 CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 72% · 2019 67% · 2020 73% · 2021 100% · 2022 62% · 2023 50% — 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
29% of IOWA CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 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
97% of IOWA CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 904 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 unclassified nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like IOWA CREDIT UNION 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
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
55%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for IOWA CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: 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 CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION?
- IOWA CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $600,447 to it, the largest being GreenState Credit Union ($260,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does IOWA CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $600,447 in grants to IOWA CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IOWA CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION?
- GreenState Credit Union is the largest funder on record, with $260,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IOWA CREDIT UNION 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 2019–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing