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IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUENA VISTA COUNTY FARM BUREAU
IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUENA VISTA COUNTY FARM BUREAU (Iowa) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,999 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ($41,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $169k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $61k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Iowa Farm Bureau Federation D/B/A Buena Vista County Farm Bureau does
Mission
To create a vibrant future for agriculture, farm families and their communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Public policy: the company was active in achieving their goal of influencing public policy for the benefit of their 1,275 members in the county. The board of directors generated an opinionnaire to distribute to all members so they could voice their views on issues that are important to their members. These were distributed via email and u.s. Mail. The results were tabulated and policy was approved by members at their policy development meeting in june and reviewed at the company's annual meeting in august, with 185 members attending.
Ag promotion: the company promoted agriculture to members and the general public in various ways. The company purchased print and radio advertising throughout the year that promote livestock and row crop production as well as advocating for agriculture to the 20,100 residents of the county. The company hosts an appreciation meal and social gathering in august for all 1,275 members, with 185 attending. The company also promotes agriculture through activities it does and sponsors during the county fair in july, reaching 6,000 attendees.
Agriculture education: scholarships were awarded to 8 eligible high school students totaling $5,750. The company also develops relationships with the 4 ffa chapters in the county reaching an additional 175 high school youth. They educate the chapters about how the company develops policy, communicates with elected officials, conducts meetings, provides networking opportunities with peers and leadership improvement.
The company has various programs that are aimed at providing information to members on current agricultural issues through newsletters, meetings, etc. 1,354 members were benefitted in this manner during 2024.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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.
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 $409k to $1.4M (+240%).
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. 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $0 → $31k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUENA VISTA COUNTY FARM BUREAU’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 FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUENA VISTA COUNTY FARM BUREAU leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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 FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUENA VISTA COUNTY FARM BUREAU.
“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
67% of IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUENA VISTA COUNTY FARM BUREAU'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 $20k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Iowa funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $41k 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.
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Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUENA VISTA COUNTY FARM BUREAU?
- IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUENA VISTA COUNTY FARM BUREAU (Iowa) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,999 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ($41,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUENA VISTA COUNTY FARM BUREAU have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $60,999 in grants to IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUENA VISTA COUNTY FARM BUREAU, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUENA VISTA COUNTY FARM BUREAU?
- COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN is the largest funder on record, with $41,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUENA VISTA COUNTY FARM BUREAU 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing