Iowa · Nonprofit
LUCAS COUNTY PRESERVATION ALLIANCE
LUCAS COUNTY PRESERVATION ALLIANCE (Iowa) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being The Coons Foundation ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $4.6M
What Lucas County Preservation Alliance does
Mission
The rehabilitation, restoration, and preservation of historic and unique buildings in Lucas County, Iowa.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The organization became the sole member of CB&Q Freight House L.L.C. in February 2020. Two members of this organizations governing board currently serve on the governing board of CB&Q Freight House L.L.C. This organizations board receives updates on the operations of the CB&Q Freight House at its regular board meetings.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The organization was the primary coordinator of the historic rehabilitation of the Hotel Charitone, a building on the Chariton town square individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Through its disregarded entity Hotel Charitone LLC, the organization manages the leases on three floors of apartments and first floor restaurant.
$0 spent$158,762 earned by the program0% of program spendingThe organization purchased the Palmer Building on the Chariton town square in 2018 and took the steps necessary to prevent its collapse. Beginning in 2023, the organization has undertaken to develop the building consistent with historic preservation standards as first floor school/commercial space and a second floor apartment. The project is scheduled for completion in 2026.
$20,930 spent100% of program spendingLucas County Arts Council contributed the CB&Q Freight House and related properties to the organization in February 2020. Through its disregarded entity CB&Q Freight House LLC, the organization manages the property as an event space.
$0 spent$14,031 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $20,930.
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 2018 to 2019, from $4.7M to $5.3M (+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: 2019 53% · 2020 24% · 2025 1268%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2996% of LUCAS COUNTY PRESERVATION ALLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 LUCAS COUNTY PRESERVATION ALLIANCE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 2 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.
Where its funders are
LUCAS COUNTY PRESERVATION ALLIANCE 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.
Against its field
LUCAS COUNTY PRESERVATION ALLIANCE holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like LUCAS COUNTY PRESERVATION ALLIANCE
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
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Hotel Charitone LLC · disregarded
- CB&Q Freight House LLC · disregarded
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LUCAS COUNTY PRESERVATION ALLIANCE: 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 LUCAS COUNTY PRESERVATION ALLIANCE?
- LUCAS COUNTY PRESERVATION ALLIANCE (Iowa) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being The Coons Foundation ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LUCAS COUNTY PRESERVATION ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $10,000 in grants to LUCAS COUNTY PRESERVATION ALLIANCE.
- Who is the largest funder of LUCAS COUNTY PRESERVATION ALLIANCE?
- The Coons Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LUCAS COUNTY PRESERVATION ALLIANCE 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 2 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