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IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUTLER COUNTY FARM BUREAU

IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUTLER COUNTY FARM BUREAU (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $54,636 to it, the largest being IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION ($54,636). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$204k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$55k
Net assets
$1.8M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Iowa Farm Bureau Federation D/B/A Butler 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

  1. Public policy: the butler county farm bureau was active in achieving their goals of influencing public policy for their members in the county. 5 butler county farm bureau board members attended a pre-session legislative forum in waverly on dec. 6, 2024 to discuss farm bureau policies. Topics discussed were pipeline issues, tax cuts, water quality, health care, education, and property taxes. Members developed the opinionnaire to distribute to members seeking their opinions on issues important to members in the county. The opinionnaire results were tabulated and policy developed by members at the july meeting. 3 butler county farm bureau board members went to the capitol on march 19, 2024 to be part of the "legislative day". Butler county farm bureau co-sponsored a legislative forum on march 22, 2024 with sandy salmon and pat grassley to discuss legislative issues relative to their farm bureau policies.

  2. Education/ag in the classroom: a scholarship committee developed the guidelines, accepted applications, and interviewed all candidates prior to making the selection of 11 recipients of the scholarships. Cost $8250. The county ag in the classroom coordinator gave presentations reaching students in 4 schools during the 2024 year. Annually, this equates to approximately $10,000. The organization's aitc coordinator hosted educational activities during the 2024 butler county fair. Butler county farm bureau aitc committee members also helped with this activity. They designed a program called "barnyard buddies" where kids at the fair can visit an interactive tent focused on ag activities.

  3. Public relations to members and non-members: fifty 4-h members whose parents are farm bureau members were provided $20 each to offset the dues to the county 4-h program for a total cost of $1000.00. $1500 was provided to the 4-h program to promote the 4 commodities entrants at the county fair by sponsoring trophies. $4000 was provided to the butler county fair for the purpose of enhancing the fair. $20,000.00 was provided to the butler county fair association for the purpose of constructing the beef building. The 8 food pantries in the county each received $300 during food check out week. Butler county farm bureau provides an office to the butler county development organization at a rental rate less than market value. The in-kind contribution to this organization is valued at $3600 per year. Bcfb sponsors radio promotions during national ffa week in february and national ag week in march. These promotions include agricultural facts as well as benefits of farm bureau at a cost was $540.00. Butler county farm bureau sponsored advertising during the butler county fair in june 2024 with board members being interviewed on the hampton radio station. Farm bureau's achievements and…

  4. The company has various programs that are aimed at providing information to members on current agricultural issues through newsletters, meetings, etc. 1,859 members were benefitted in this manner during 2024.

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($129k) Expenses 100 ($129k) Net assets 100 ($718k)2021 Revenue 161 ($208k) Expenses 108 ($140k) Net assets 108 ($772k)2022 Revenue 892 ($1.1M) Expenses 109 ($141k) Net assets 233 ($1.7M)2023 Revenue 91 ($118k) Expenses 131 ($169k) Net assets 240 ($1.7M)2024 Revenue 158 ($204k) Expenses 138 ($178k) Net assets 246 ($1.8M)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (158)Expenses (138)Net assets (246)

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 $774k to $1.7M (+116%).

$720k
$774k
$1.7M
$1.7M
$1.8M
20202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$283
’20
$68k
’21
$1.0M
’22
−$51k
’23
$26k
’24
2.0
months of
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.

20202021202220232024
Listed1213131211
Joined·+3+1+2+1
No longer listed·2132
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $0.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUTLER 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.

Where its funders are

100% of IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUTLER COUNTY FARM BUREAU's grant income comes from Iowa funders.

IA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUTLER COUNTY FARM BUREAU?
IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUTLER COUNTY FARM BUREAU (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $54,636 to it, the largest being IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION ($54,636). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUTLER COUNTY FARM BUREAU have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $54,636 in grants to IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUTLER COUNTY FARM BUREAU, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUTLER COUNTY FARM BUREAU?
IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION is the largest funder on record, with $54,636 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like IOWA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION D/B/A BUTLER 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.

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 1 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