Iowa · Nonprofit
MATURA ACTION CORPORATION
MATURA ACTION CORPORATION (Iowa) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $862,365 to it, the largest being SOUTHERN IOWA COG HOUSING TRUST FUND INC ($311,651). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.0M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $862k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Matura Action Corporation does
Mission
Matura Action Corporation partners with the community to provide quality programming for families and individuals in need, assisting them in achieving self-sufficiency, in strengthening families, and in improving their quality of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Child education services are provided through the head start/early head start programs. Head start and early head start are early learning development programs for economically disadvantaged participants who meet the criteria for the programs.
$1,537,855 spentof which $7,225 as grants$21,436 earned by the program34% of program spendingCommunity services these programs serve income-qualified individuals and families with a variety of services including family development, rental assistance, child and dental health, and disaster and emergency needs.
$1,176,571 spentof which $54,495 as grants$286,400 earned by the program26% of program spendingWeatherization/energy assistance consists of the low-income housing energy assistance (liheap) and weatherization programs. Liheap gives emergency fuel assistance to economically disadvantaged consumers who meet all criteria of the program. Weatherization improves the energy efficiency of homes for individuals eligible to receive assistance in the program.
$1,143,290 spentof which $836,781 as grants25% of program spendingFood/nutrition programsthe child & adult food program provides supplemental reimbursement for meals and snacks at licensed centers. The women, infant, and children program helps new mothers and children at risk of poor nutrition. It provides healthy food, nutrition education and referrals to other agencies so babies and children grow up healthy.
$521,960 spentof which $12,354 as grants12% of program spendingDiscretionary programs
$147,192 spentof which $72,307 as grants3% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,526,868.
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 $1.8M to $2.5M (+37%).
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 88% · 2018 89% · 2019 92% · 2020 89% · 2021 90% · 2022 91% · 2023 88% · 2024 84% · 2025 87%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of MATURA ACTION CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Danna Buls
Executive director
Board chair
Leland Shipley
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $108k → $83k.
4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 MATURA ACTION CORPORATION’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
MATURA ACTION CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
89% 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 MATURA ACTION CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 76% · 2019 59% · 2020 28% · 2021 59% · 2022 59% · 2023 60% — 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.
How long its funders stay
30% of MATURA ACTION CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
97% of MATURA ACTION CORPORATION's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $93k 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
MATURA ACTION CORPORATION receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $862k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding MATURA ACTION CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $11.1M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$11.1M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like MATURA ACTION CORPORATION
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
93% 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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MATURA ACTION CORPORATION: 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 MATURA ACTION CORPORATION?
- MATURA ACTION CORPORATION (Iowa) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $862,365 to it, the largest being SOUTHERN IOWA COG HOUSING TRUST FUND INC ($311,651). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MATURA ACTION CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $862,365 in grants to MATURA ACTION CORPORATION, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MATURA ACTION CORPORATION?
- SOUTHERN IOWA COG HOUSING TRUST FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $311,651 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MATURA ACTION CORPORATION 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 15 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