Iowa · Nonprofit
IOWA JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES INC
IOWA JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES INC (Iowa) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,774,119 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($2,102,620). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 71
- Grants received
- $9.8M
- Net assets
- $9.2M
What Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates Inc does
Mission
Ijag ensures a future iowa where youth are resilient and well-prepared with skills, purpose, and opportunities. Through collaborative partnerships and innovative approaches, we bridge the gap between education and employment to build strong communities and unlock the potential of every student, no matter what.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Iowa jobs for america's graduates (ijag) is a public-private partnership that energizes local economies and contributes to thriving communities. We are the bridge between public education and the world-of-work, offering programming that complements middle and high school academics by preparing students to look past graduation, toward a career that offers fulfilling work and financial self-sufficiency. As part of our ambitious growth plan, we have expanded our programs into college, after-school, and alternative education settings to ensure we are serving students where they are. This strategic expansion has resulted in a considerable year-over-year increase in expenses.ijag offers a classroom experience designed to empower students in overcoming personal barriers and developing essential life skills. Each individual program is housed within partnering schools across the state and is delivered by a dedicated full-time ijag career & education specialist during the regular school day, for academic credit. Middle and high school students dedicate themselves to mastering core competencies and networking with business and community leaders to build an understanding of expectations and…
$15,674,326 spent$13,567,549 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $15,674,326.
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. 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 $1.9M to $5.8M (+201%).
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: 2021 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
19% of IOWA JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Wendy Mihm-Herold
President/CEO
Board chair
Sarah Richardson
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 37 funders, grant income rose $981k → $1.0M.
11 of 71 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 71 funders by total. 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 JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
75% 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 JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 35% · 2019 31% · 2020 32% · 2021 30% · 2022 30% · 2023 31% — 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
60% of IOWA JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
69% of IOWA JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES INC's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 144 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 144 youth development nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like IOWA JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES INC
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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds IOWA JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES INC?
- IOWA JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES INC (Iowa) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,774,119 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($2,102,620). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does IOWA JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES INC have?
- IRS filings report 71 organizations giving $9,774,119 in grants to IOWA JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES INC, 48 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IOWA JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES INC?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,102,620 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IOWA JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 71 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