Iowa · Nonprofit
IOWA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
IOWA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (Iowa) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,782 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $147k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $13k
- Net assets
- $778k
What Iowa Genealogical Society does
Mission
To educate its members and the general public through the preservation acquisition and dissemination of genealogical historical and cultural information including the maintenance of a research library the publication of records and the presentation of conferences workshops and classes.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The society maintains a genealogical research with over 15,000 books 1,000,microforms and 6,000 periodicals. The library has 8 computer stations with internet access for patron use as well as wireless internet to access online databases. The library pays for an institutional subscription to Ancestry.com and MyHeritage. It is also an affiliate of the FamilySearch library in Salt Lake City allowing patron to access specialized record collections. Volunteers who are experienced researchers are available to help library patrons. The library is open 5 days a week for a total of 40 hours.
$50,767 spent$3,806 earned by the program76% of program spendingThe society presented 2 major conferences on various topics with an approximate total attendance of 145. The conference and other classes are presented in person as well as via Zoom allowing individuals outside of Des Moines to attend. Each month there are classes on specialized topics with an average attendance of 15 per class. These classes are open to the public and are recorded so they can be watched at later dates. There are 9 groups that meet monthly via Zoom to discuss researching various nationalities and software as well as DNA. The society maintains a Facebook page to share information. A bi-annual publication with genealogical information is sent to all members. They also receive a bi-monthly newsletter and a bi-weekly email update. Volunteers teach classes at societies libraries and community groups throughout the state.
$16,179 spent$25,175 earned by the program24% of program spendingVolunteers provide research on a limited basis for individuals who are not able to come to Des Moines to do their own research.
$25 spent$1,631 earned by the program0% of program spendingFor a fee individuals receive certificates in recognition of their family early presence in Iowa. Documentary proofs are added to the library collection. Fees are collected when members register for classes and conferences pay dues and purchase books with credit cards. These fees are used to offset credit card processing expenses. Publications of local records are prepared by volunteers and sold to researchers,
$28 spent$1,119 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $66,999.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.1M to $1.0M (−5%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 5% · 2020 13% · 2021 7% · 2022 5% · 2023 2% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $189.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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 GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY’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 GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
86% 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 GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 70% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
86% of IOWA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY'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 $2k that is directly attributable, 72% of it comes from funders outside Iowa, across 2 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11k 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.
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In Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY?
- IOWA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (Iowa) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,782 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does IOWA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $12,782 in grants to IOWA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IOWA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IOWA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 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 2019–2024), 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