Iowa · Nonprofit
MAHASKA COMMUNITY RECREATION FOUNDA
MAHASKA COMMUNITY RECREATION FOUNDA (Iowa) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,478,879 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,396,604). 4 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 FY2024
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $5.5M
- Net assets
- $5.4M
What Mahaska Community Recreation Founda does
Mission
To facilitate development of recreational facilities, resources and programs with emphasis on helping current providers expand their programs and facilities. We provide needs assessments and capabilities assessments to the communities in our area and operate as an information exchange among the constituencies and the providers.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The lacey recreation complex began with the development of a 5-plex little league complex and has grown to include soccer fields, additional baseball and softball fields and activities, and football fields. Construction is almost complete on three more basbeabll/softball fields. The complex also is home to a collegiate sized stadium (owned by the local college) hosting football, soccer and track & field and la crosse for high school and college age competition. The number of youth and community members served through the complex and stadium is steady with over 100,000 spectators and nearly 55,000 players served annually.
$639,522 spentof which $780 as grants$22,363 earned by the program52% of program spendingTrail tram (elogated electric golf carts carrying up to 7 passengers) tours began with one volunteer driver and 1 tram, booking 63 tours in 2010. The program was planned for patrons who are not otherwise able to get out in fresh air, to be able to see beautiful scenery & learn the history along the trail from volunteer drivers. The program to date has grown to include 15 drivers & four trail trams and open public tours, booking as many as two tours a day. In the last 5 years the trail has brought in visitors to oskaloosa and the mahaska community from at least 27 states and 6 countries
The mahaska community recreation trail started as a dream with the first foot poured in 1999. Today, over 13.5 miles of planned 15 miles are in existence. When fully developed, the ten-foot wide concrete trail will loop around oskaloosa and university park in mahaska county. It follows along old rail right-of-way, winds through scenic woodlands, by agricultural fields, through parks, by two golf courses, offers unique underpasses, and safely accommodates two-way recreational traffic.
$595,606 spentof which $17,455 as grants48% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,235,128.
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 $3.2M to $4.2M (+29%).
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 9% · 2018 12% · 2019 8% · 2020 9% · 2021 11% · 2022 8% · 2023 18% · 2024 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of MAHASKA COMMUNITY RECREATION FOUNDA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% 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
Makenzie Burk
Exec. Dir/se
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $2.1M.
2 of 4 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 MAHASKA COMMUNITY RECREATION FOUNDA’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
MAHASKA COMMUNITY RECREATION FOUNDA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 MAHASKA COMMUNITY RECREATION FOUNDA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 98% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of MAHASKA COMMUNITY RECREATION FOUNDA'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. Of the $19k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
MAHASKA COMMUNITY RECREATION FOUNDA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MAHASKA COMMUNITY RECREATION FOUNDA
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
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 MAHASKA COMMUNITY RECREATION FOUNDA: 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 MAHASKA COMMUNITY RECREATION FOUNDA?
- MAHASKA COMMUNITY RECREATION FOUNDA (Iowa) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,478,879 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,396,604). 4 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 MAHASKA COMMUNITY RECREATION FOUNDA have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $5,478,879 in grants to MAHASKA COMMUNITY RECREATION FOUNDA, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MAHASKA COMMUNITY RECREATION FOUNDA?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $5,396,604 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MAHASKA COMMUNITY RECREATION FOUNDA 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 4 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