Iowa · Nonprofit
IOWA INSTITUTE FOR COOPERATIVES
IOWA INSTITUTE FOR COOPERATIVES (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being THE GROWMARK FOUNDATION ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $500
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Iowa Institute for Cooperatives does
Mission
The objective, powers, and purposes of this association shall be to associate the members thereof together into a society for the purpose of promoting the interests and welfare of iowa cooperatives by any appropriate means but specifically by encouraging, (continue) sponsoring, promoting, and conducting educational activities designed to bring about a better understanding of the theory, principles, philosophy, purposes, possibilities, and limitations, and the organizational and operational methods and practices that are distinctive of or peculiar to the cooperative type of business organization, the objective being to develop a better understanding of the nature and purpose of cooperatives, so that people might more fully realize the benefits and advantages of cooperative activities, that sound public policies and attitudes toward cooperatives might be developed and maintained, and that the sound growth and development of cooperatives might be promoted.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
Cooperatives provide a proven business model that has fostered economic progress in iowa for decades. The Iowa Institute for Cooperatives (iic) has been lighting the way for cooperatives across the state since 1951.our members come from a variety of industries, including agriculture, credit unions, rural electric, rural telephone, farm credit, petroleum, and more. We develop educational and training programs for our members, provide timely news updates, and guide legislative actions that build upon the strength of the cooperative system. We also promote new cooperative development and value-added production.cooperatives also rely on us for special projects, including:(continue) - assistance with board retreats, long-range planning, mergers, consolidations, acquisitions, and corporate restructuring. - resources to help develop new cooperatives, including initial start-up plans, feasibility studies, project coordination, and results analysis. - cooperative benchmarking that provides timely updates to financial performance benchmarks for grain and farm supply cooperatives throughout the midwest.
$1,225,471 spent$1,151,028 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,225,471.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.1M to $987k (−14%).
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: 2022 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 10 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
Dr Bobby Martens
Executive director
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of IOWA INSTITUTE FOR COOPERATIVES’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
IOWA INSTITUTE FOR COOPERATIVES draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 1 state in all.
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.
Organizations like IOWA INSTITUTE FOR COOPERATIVES
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Iowa Cooperative Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for IOWA INSTITUTE FOR COOPERATIVES: 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 INSTITUTE FOR COOPERATIVES?
- IOWA INSTITUTE FOR COOPERATIVES (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being THE GROWMARK FOUNDATION ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does IOWA INSTITUTE FOR COOPERATIVES have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $500 in grants to IOWA INSTITUTE FOR COOPERATIVES.
- Who is the largest funder of IOWA INSTITUTE FOR COOPERATIVES?
- THE GROWMARK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IOWA INSTITUTE FOR COOPERATIVES 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing