Iowa · Nonprofit
IOWA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION
IOWA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,322,210 to it, the largest being ADITI FOUNDATION ($835,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Iowa Women's Foundation does
Mission
The Iowa Women's Foundation is committed to improving the lives of iowa's women and girls. We use research to uncover barriers to women's success as well as their greatest needs, and we invest our passion and resources accordingly.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Iwf facilitates three robust grant programs. Core grants provide programmatic funding to support programs across the state working to break the six identified barriers to women's economic self-sufficiency: housing, transportation, childcare, education, employment and mentoring. The child care solutions fund focuses on increasing women's economic security through access to quality, affordable childcare. Emergency grants are one-time-only cash awards given to nonprofits and community organizations for immediate emergency needs. Iwf awarded thirteen grants for $190,000 in 2023.
$304,000 spentof which $304,000 as grants$5,670 earned by the program51% of program spendingIowa Women's Foundation continued to be a convenor and connector throughout the state to build local solutions that create more affordable, accessible and safe childcare slots. Iwf has provided data, information, consulting and resources to 75 communities and 150 employers to provide tools and expertise. Iwf hosted the first iowa solutions summit: childcare - bringing together over 125 community leaders from across the state to learn best practices, understand policy changes and receive updates from state departments. Iwf's work was recognized nationally in the boston globe, among other publications, highlighting our childcare work. Iwf staff were frequent presenters at conferences, forums and panels to promote better understanding of childcare needs and solutions in iowa.iwf continued to foster support and mentoring for younger women through events in partnerships with women in business groups at the university of iowa and university of northern iowa. In addition, iwf partnered with drake university for a women in sports event.iwf recognized over 100 outstanding women serving their companies, communities, neighbors and families through the 10th ovation awards. This program is…
$296,199 spent$336 earned by the program49% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $600,199.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.2M to $1.6M (+30%).
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: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 16% · 2021 5% · 2022 10% · 2023 12% · 2024 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of IOWA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
Deann Cook
President and CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $2k → $608k.
10 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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 WOMEN'S FOUNDATION’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 WOMEN'S FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
61% 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 WOMEN'S FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 70% · 2019 59% · 2020 85% · 2021 82% · 2022 64% · 2023 78% — growing more concentrated.
“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
33% of IOWA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
IOWA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 WOMEN'S FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like IOWA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION
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
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for IOWA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: 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 WOMEN'S FOUNDATION?
- IOWA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION (Iowa) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,322,210 to it, the largest being ADITI FOUNDATION ($835,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does IOWA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $2,322,210 in grants to IOWA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IOWA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION?
- ADITI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $835,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IOWA WOMEN'S FOUNDATION 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 24 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