Iowa · Nonprofit
IOWA PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOC
IOWA PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOC (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,223 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ($6,223). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $479k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $389k
What Iowa Parks and Recreation Assoc does
Mission
To assist members in the development of their careers and to support lasting parks and recreation systems.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Coordinating regional professional meetings, production of annual membership directory, production of monthly informational magazines, informational website maintenance, organizing and implementing recreational activities at the iowa state fair are all undertaken to raise the public awareness of parks and recreation. 138 volunteers assisted with these events, while more than 850 persons attended.
$214,305 spent$2,875 earned by the program55% of program spendingConferences and workshops: the annual conference is the largest professional and citizen advocate networking and educational session opportunity offered. During the event, 33 educational sessions are offered providing attendees with keynote speakers, interaction between commercial and not-for-profit vendors with delegates, off-site facility tours and an awards banquet. There were 164 attendees to the annual conference along with 57 exhibitors. The fall workshop is the assoc.'s second largest professional development experience comprising 24 educational sessions with social networking opportunities including a golf outing and off-site facility tours available to the attendees. 110 delegates attended and 60 golfers participated.
$62,344 spent$114,522 earned by the program16% of program spendingCertified pool operator/aquatic continuing education workshops: a two-day class culminating in an open book exam prepares attendees to take the certified pool operator certification exam. 422 persons participated in the exam. The class is presented by nationally certified instructors from the pool and hot tub alliance. The aquatic continuing education workshop is a 2-1/2 hour continuing education course mandated by the state of iowa to allow pool operators to remain current on their pool operation knowledge. This workshop is approved by the iowa department of health's swimming pools and spas division. 578 operators attended which was an increase of over 100 operators from prior year.
$112,997 spent$274,645 earned by the program29% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $389,646.
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 2017 to 2018, from $290k to $233k (−20%).
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. 2 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.
Board chair
Nick Schenck
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOC’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 PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOC'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k 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.
Organizations like IOWA PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOC
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOC?
- IOWA PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOC (Iowa) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,223 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN ($6,223). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does IOWA PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,223 in grants to IOWA PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOC.
- Who is the largest funder of IOWA PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOC?
- COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES F/K/A GREATER DES MOINES COMMUNITY FDN is the largest funder on record, with $6,223 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IOWA PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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